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2007
Recognition Awardee - Best Practices |
Findlay-Hancock
County ECLIPSe Partnership
Hancock County Educational Service Center
Findlay City Schools, Findlay, Ohio Honorees:
Kimberly Bash, Marty Rothey, Sandy White, Cassie Ohlrich,
Cheri Rhodes and Bailey Shoemaker Richards
Nominated By: Ohio Department of Education,
Learn and Serve Ohio
(See
Other Recognition Awardee)
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ECLIPSe
(Emerging Community Leaders Investing in Philanthropic Service)
is a K-16 partnership in Hancock County that is working to promote
youth philanthropy and service learning in order to increase
youth civic engagement. Created in 2001, the partnership includes
a youth grantmaking council that raises their own funds and
awards grants for youth-driven service learning projects twice
a year. These students in the eighth grade through college have
granted over $34,000. ECLIPSe youth also participate in their
own service learning projects throughout the year and serve
as service learning leaders in their schools. The ECLIPSe Partnership
Coordinator works with ECLIPSe youth to facilitate training
on youth philanthropy, service learning and community needs.
Additionally, the Coordinator provides professional development
and technical assistance on service learning and grantwriting
to all K-12 schools, the University of Findlay and local nonprofits.
Service learning projects are taking place in all of the local
K-12 schools and the University of Findlay. A couple of outstanding
service learning projects include the Van Buren Medieval Garden
Project (Hancock County Educational Service Center’s Learn
and Serve Transition Grant) and the Findlay High School Johnson’s
Island Project (Findlay City School’s Adult Volunteer
Grant). The Medieval Garden Project involves all students K-5
as well as middle and high school students at Van Buren. Students
have worked with community partners to create and maintain a
school garden that physically bridges the elementary and high
school buildings. The Johnson’s Island Project has Findlay
High School students working to preserve and protect the Civil
War Prison ground at Johnson’s Island, near Marblehead,
that held Confederate Officers during the war. Students participate
in archeological digs, help educate their peers and the community
and are helping a local nonprofit pay off the mortgage on the
Johnson’s Island site. Students are also working to petition
state and federal representatives to designate Johnson’s
Island as a protected site that will qualify for state and federal
funds.
Community
Partners:
- The
Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
- University
of Findlay Campus Compact
- United
Way of Hancock County
- Ohio
State University Extension
- Hancock
Youth Leadership
- Family
Resource Center
- Camp
Fire USA Northwest Ohio Council
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