1. Windsor
2. School/Community Conference
3. Synchronized Swimming
4. Summer Activities Fair
5. Loften HS -- LOVES volunteers!
6. Great Strides Walk
7. Tons of Grants--Thanks, John Johnson and Tanya Ott
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CALENDAR
Feb 10 School/Community Conference 8:00 am -12:00 p.m. at Kanapaha
Middle School.
Feb 11 Synchronized Swim demo. Noon Florida Pool during the Polo
match
Feb 12 Gainesville City Hall 5:30 p.m. Request for Anti-Paving
Clarification
Feb 12 Master Plan Public Comments 6:00 p.m. Hawthorne High School
Feb 13 Master Plan Public Comments 6:00 p.m. Santa Fe High School
Feb 15 Loften HS SAC meeting
Feb 17 Master Plan Public Comments 10:00 a.m. Eastside High School
Feb 17 Master Plan Public Comments 2:00 p.m. Wiles Kimball Elem.
School
Mar 10 Sawgrass Fiddle Contest, Paines Prairie 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
(Kids and Teens)
Mar 17 Hawthorne Area Baseball season starts--need volunteers
481-2834
Mar 25 Summer Activities Fair, 1-4 p.m. Florida Museum of Natural
History
May 4th Great Strides Walk registration 8:00 am, the walk at 9:00
Westside Park
WEBSITES
(send in yours! Others are at http://alachua-recreation.gru.net
)
http://www.afn.org/~fl142/ Gainesville Civil Air Patrol Squadron
142
http://alachuapost.com includes recreation news, etc.
http://www.activeparks.org for parks & rec. stuff, with NRPA
GRASSROOTS
(Do you know others?)
Cone Park (Gainesville): Tom Hawkins thawkins@atlantic.net
Greentree Park (Gainesville): ACTION, Dave Hill dnbhill@digital.net
Hawthorne: HARA, Werner P. Schuman <schuman@bellsouth.net>
Jonesville: Debbie Kennedy, 332-5713, and ACGARPA, Tom Trscabinets@aol.com
462-4902
Squirrel Ridge Park Gretchen Howard Gch@sa.co.alachua.fl.us 337-6174
Waldo: Henry Drake <SagoDr@aol.com> (352)468-2298
Windsor: Juanita Biles jkbracin@bellsouth.net 373-2812, 538-3235
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WINDSOR
I was a little disappointed to see that Windsor was not listed
under the grass roots section of your email. We are so little
I know that, but we are working diligently to try and get enough
people to sign up and play baseball this season in Windsor.
We too, need a grant for lights, how do we accomplish that? I need info bad for this. I have had Henry Drake say he will help me with equipment. I am also looking for two dugout doors I need to have before the season starts. I am meeting with Joanne from Poe Springs Saturday to get some equipment from her.
I sure am short on volunteers for coaches. I am looking for anyone that can help out 2 days a week i.e. one day during the week for practice and Saturday for practice or a game.
Thanks, Juanita - Windsor Recreation Department 373-2812 538-3235
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SCHOOL/COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
Saturday Feb 10 8:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. at Kanapaha Middle School
FREE, Open to the Public
Keynote speaker is Dr. Maryanne Clark, "School Safety and
Violence"
Other topics include Family involvement, Technology, Partnerships,
scholarships, and more.
Among the many exhibitors, Alachua County Parks is exhibiting
information on the recreation master plan
--Connie Brower, President, Alachua County PTAs
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SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
The Gator Synchro Team, College level, perform their competition
number during the UF Water Polo match, Sunday, February 12, Noon,
at the UF Florida Pool. All swimmers have credentials from top
teams throughout Florida. This is a new group working toward official
UF club status.
The Gainesville Gaviata Swimmers, ages 10-15, compete in their first meet February 24 and 25. We suspect this group will do very well. Swimmers currently practice Saturday mornings, 300 Club.
Clinics and lessons begin formally in April at Gainesville pools. Contact Jennie Harper 381-2669, or Alison Law 338-0606 alilaw@gru.net
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES FAIR
March 25, 2001 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AT POWELL HALL
Hull &34th Street next to the Center for the Performing Arts
Over 60 Summer Rec. Providers, Prizes and much much more!!!
Come and plan your summer fun!
Sponsored by the PTA's of Glen Springs, Hidden Oak, JJ Finley,
and Littlewood Elementary Schools.
Vendors: Contact Sharon Studley srs410@aol.com ,378-2502
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FROM LOFTEN HS:
We are doing an integrated activity involving Math, Science and
the new Construction Academy. Classes are building a bat house
on campus! Bell South donated the poles. We have a terrible mosquito
problem in the summer, and evening classes are a problem. Hopefully,
the Bat house will help.
We work with the Hippodrome on Improvisational Teen Theater and are headed to a conference in Orlando soon. We stole the show earlier this year!
We love volunteers and recently added retired physician John Boyle to our list...the kids love him!
--Ellen West, Principal
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GREAT STRIDES WALK
The 2001 Great Strides Walk is May 4th. Registration starts at
8:00 am, the walk starts at 9:00 at Westside Park. Lunch is provided
and the fire dept will "cool" everyone off.
The Great Stride's Walk is a charity event to raise money for
Cystic Fibrosis research. Cystic Fibrosis is a #1 genetic killer
of children and young adults in the United States. Currently,
over 30,000 people suffer
from this disease which causes the body to produce abnormally
thick, sticky mucous. This mucous clogs the airways to the lungs
and causes lung infections. The average life span is 32 years.
So, we need help!
--Carrie Godfrey
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GRANTS
These come from John Johnson, Alachua County Grants Coordinator,
(338 7392) <JDJ@SMTP.CO.ALACHUA.FL.US>
Full text of the Federal Register Listing for documents listed available at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html
FR Doc.01-128
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- 21st Century Community Learning Centers;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2001
SUMMARY: The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program was established by Congress to award grants to rural and inner-city public schools, or consortia of such schools, to enable them to plan, implement, or expand projects that benefit the educational, health, social services, cultural and recreational needs of the community. School-based community learning centers can provide expanded learning opportunities for children, youth and their families as well as a safe, drug-free, supervised and cost-effective afterschool, weekend or summer haven.
FR Doc.01-407
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- Rehabilitation Services Administration
Recreational Program; Notice of proposed priority for fiscal
year (FY) 2001 and later years
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a priority under the Recreational Program. The Assistant Secretary may use this priority for competitions in FY 2001 and later years. We take this action to provide individuals with disabilities recreational activities and related experiences to aid in their employment, mobility, socialization, independence, and community integration.
FR Doc.01-1054
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- Parental Assistance Program; Notice of
Proposed Priority for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary proposes to give a competitive preference in the FY 2001 grant competition under the Parental Assistance Program (20 U.S.C. 5911 et seq.). The program provides grants to eligible non-profit organizations, and eligible non-profit organizations in consortia with local educational agencies (LEAs), to establish parental information and resource centers.
Under this competitive preference, the Assistant Secretary
would award up to 10 additional points to an applicant that would
implement comprehensive strategies designed to strengthen school-family-community
partnerships in order to help children in low-performing schools
reach high academic standards.
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GRANTS
From Tonya Ott, Independent Journalist tanya_ott@yahoo.com (children's
issues newsletter)
1) Foundation for Exceptional Children
A national organization committed to improving the lives of children
and youth with disabilities, gifts,and talents. The FEC Web site
provides information on a variety of grant and scholarship opportunities.
http://www.cec.sped.org/fd-menu.htm
2) International Reading Association
The International Reading Association seeks to promote high levels
of literacy for all by working to improve the quality of reading.
The association's site includes a nice listing of grants and
awards in
various fields related to reading and reading education. http://www.reading.org/
or
http://www.reading.org/about/whatwedo/awards/
3) Grantmakers in Health
Grantmakers In Health's mission is to help foundations and corporate
giving programs improve the nation's health. It works to build
the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of individual grantmakers
and the field of health philanthropy. Site offerings include a
biweekly newsletter containing news in health
philanthropy as well as an extensive set of links to GIH funding
partners and related resources.
http://www.gih.org/
4) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dedicated to improving the health of Americans, the RWJ Foundation
offers a wide variety of funding opportunities for health research
and related programs. http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
5) Commonwealth Fund
The New York City-based Commonwealth Fund conducts independent
research on health and social issues, advancing healthcare services,
and improving the health of minority Americans, the elderly, and
children. The Commonwealth Web site features information on various
initiatives, including the fund's grant and fellowship programs.
(http://www.cmwf.org/)
6) Grantmakers for Education
A membership organization for private and public grantmakers that
support education from early
childhood through K-12 and higher education. Includes links to
member Web sites.
(http://www.edfunders.org/)
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Thank You,
Alison
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.--Eleanor Roosevelt
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