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For Love of the Arts 
Love of the Arts gala event at Abernethy Center in Oregon City. Kathy Harrison coordinated the gala, which raised approximately $52,000 to support North Clackamas Students and Schools with scholarships, innovative teacher grants, arts education and activity fees. The NCEF also serves to provide pass-through funding to support the Backpack Buddy program, the Lunch Buddy program and the Wichita Family Support Center.
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2011-12 Enrichment Grants
School budget cuts won’t stop classroom innovation, thanks to $10,040 in grants from the North Clackamas Education Foundation. The 16 grants, from $250 to $1,000, will fund engaging student projects from science and literacy to art and technology. Winners include:
- Cascade Heights Public Charter School, Elimane Mbengue, Engineering Design: Building and Programming a Robot
- Verne Duncan Elementary School, Jodi Lee, Science for All!
- Linwood Elementary School, Bridget Miller, Energy, Engineering and Skype
- Milwaukie Elementary School , Jim Schlauch, Building Bridges/Building Teams
- Mt. Scott Elementary, Karen Morgan, Chess Club
- Sunnyside Elementary, Wendi Branstetter, Sunnyside Family Reading Night Book Give Away
- Sunnyside Elementary, Marilyn Rogers, A Shout Out to Sunnyside
- Lot Whitcomb Elementary School, John Gorman, Language development Lab
- Alder Creek Middle School, Rick Bures, Rockets Rock
- Rock Creek Middle School, Theresa Taylor, Illustrating Community Culture
- Rock Creek Middle School, Rowe Middle School & Sabin-Schellenberg Center, Patrick Shaw, Building an Electricity Bridge Between Buildings
- Rowe Middle School, Jeff Young, Kellogg Creek Water Quality Data Collection
- New Urban High, Kirstan Fengler, Biodiesel Production: Corn Fields to Fuel
- New Urban High, Anna Scarpino, You've Been Played
- Sabin Schellenberg Center, Deborah Barnes, Sherry Cornell, Video Modeling
- Wichita Center for Family and Community, Phil Phan, Creativity through Cultures
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2011 Scholarship Awards
With costs rising 13 percent a year, students are struggling to afford college. To help deserving students begin higher education, the North Clackamas Education Foundation awarded 14 deserving high school seniors $1,250 each for college, totalling $17,250. Kaiser Permanente sponsored one of the scholarships. The Clyde Main scholarship was also awarded through NCEF to a Milwaukie Academy of the Arts scholar.
- Katarina Brubaker, Milwaukie Academy of the Arts, winner of Clyde Maine Scholarship
- Sara Catt, New Urban High School
- Ann Marie Lupi, Clackamas High School
- Chelsea Conachan, Clackamas High School
- Libbi Wilson, Milwaukie High School
- Neysa Daquilante, Milwaukie High School
- Susan Britzman, Milwaukie High School, winner of Kaiser Permenente Sponsored Scholarship
- Maisie Marek, Clackamas High School
- Douglas Cook, Clackamas High School
- Andrey Byelogurov,Rex Putnam High School
- Jordan Collie, Rex Putnam High School
- Patrick Krumm, Rex Putnam High School
- Morgan Skeels, Clackamas Middle College
- Travis Walker, Milwaukie High School
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North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce Christmas Giving Breakfast
Thanks to the support of our community, NCEF was the recipient of the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce Christmas Giving Breakfast.
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