PAWZ PATROL STRIKES AGAIN

THE SIXTH YEAR!

Holly Gaylord, PC Physical Education

PC Music teacher, Debbie Ellebracht excitedly receives her grant.

Beth Nelson receives her grant from Superintendent Paul Dorathy. BJHS Choir watches.

BJHS Student Council President accepts the WEB grant on behalf of Mrs. Laura McCall.

3rd grade teacher, Michelle Leeker, receives her grant from BEF Exec. Dir. Kathy Gerstner.

2011 Baldwin Education Foundation Luncheon – March 10, 2011

"You never know where inspiration is going to come from," Mike Carriker said.

Mike Carriker with the BHS Real World Design Team

Mike Carriker & Coach Venable

Coach Venable with some of his former players.

A record crowd attended the BEF Luncheon March 10, 2011.

The fifth annual Baldwin Education Foundation Luncheon raised more than $5,200 for the Baldwin Education Foundation Innovative Project Grants.  Boeing Chief Test Pilot and 1973 BHS graduate Mike Carriker offered the keynote address.  “I want to thank the Baldwin Education Foundation for giving me the opportunity to say thank you to my hometown for all that you have done for me and my family,” Carriker said.  ” You never know when passion or inspration is going to come and that’s what is great about the Baldwin Education Foundation.  You never know when that little trigger is going to do something to inspire them for the rest of their life.  Maybe it’s that one little program that is funded by the Baldwin Education Foundation,” Carriker said in his address at the luncheon.

The Coach Merle Venable Sports Complex was also formally dedicate at the luncheon.  Coach Venable was honored by many of his former players.  “It was his interest outside of football that made him great,” Mike Carriker said of Coach Venable.

2010 “Paws Patrol” Surprises Teachers with Innovative Project Grants.

The Baldwin Education Foundation awarded $11,344 to 29 teachers in our district.  The Foundation has awarded more than $40,000 in grants in the past five years.