IP Awards $50K In Foundation Grants; Recipients Include Tate High, Jim Allen Elementary

June 2, 2014

International Paper (IP) Pensacola Mill has awarded $50,000 in foundation grants to local community organizations, including projects at Jim Allen Elementary and Tate High School.

“We feel privileged to be able to assist our local non-profits and community organizations in their continued efforts to serve, educate and help the residents and children of Northwest Florida,” said Janice Holmes, communications manager.

Local community organizations and their projects that were awarded IP grants for 2014 are:

  • Jim Allen Elementary School, “Eggstraordinary Readers”
    • The goal of the Jim Allen Reading Eggs program is to support each child’s learning by offering individual, one-on-one lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate.  This program fosters a love of reading at a young age so students will continue to read and to be successful throughout life. The Reading Eggs program is a powerful educational program that is based on the most up-to-date research on how children learn to read.  The program is interactive and it includes activities and reward games to keep children motivated and interested in learning to read.
  • J.M. Tate High School “Focus on Biology”
    • The Tate High School grant helps to fund lab microscopes that run on rechargeable batteries. Students will be able to visualize micro and macroscopic organisms and objects, demonstrate proper use and procedures and learn how to properly label and illustrate organisms.
  • Autism Pensacola “Kids for Camp Summer Learning Lab”
  • Ballet Pensacola, ”Discover Dance”
  • Community Action Program, “Leap for Literacy”
  • Council on Aging of NWFL, “Little Readers”
  • Escambia County Board of Education, “Smart Links Recycling Program”
  • Escambia County Public Schools Foundation for Excellence, “Literacy Classroom Partnership with IP”
  • Every Child a Reader in Escambia, “Project Ready 2014”
  • Greater First Baptist Church, “Community Literacy Mentoring and Tutoring Program”
  • Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center “Conservation Center”
  • Partnership for Community Programs “Bay Day 2014” and “Stormwater Education and Inlet Marking Program
  • Pathways for Change; “Pathways to Success”
  • Pensacola Habitat for Humanity “Improving Access to Books”
  • Pensacola Opera “From Words to Music”
  • Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc., “PSC Summer Environment Camp”
  • Perdido Bay Tribe, Southeastern Lower Muscogee Creek Indians, “Longleaf Pine Repopulation”
  • Perdido Bay United Methodist Church, “Global Learning Academy Reading Volunteer” and “Nature Trail”
  • S.S. Dixon “Read and Succeed in Science and Social Studies”
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida “Journey to Literacy”
  • UWF Foundation, “Best Robotics Hub” and  “Explore Summer Camps”

Grants are awarded by the IP Foundation in Memphis, Tenn., which focuses on environmental education, literacy, employee involvement and critical community needs. A portion of those funds were used to purchase National Geographic Explorer magazine subscriptions for classes in Escambia and Santa Rosa Schools.

Mrs. Rhoda Greenwell, teacher at Jim Allen Elementary School for more than 40 years, reads Charlie the Caterpillar to the students before releasing butterflies. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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