LGL: Union City School District Foundation
The Union City School District Foundation is the recipient of this week's JET 24/FOX 66 Loving Giving Local donation from Auto Express.
Helping students grow. That's the mission of the foundation. Donations to the organization help with a variety of initiatives, according to foundation board member Steve Jones.
'Most specifically, it's for the scholarships that we provide and also mini teacher grants,' Jones said. So teachers can come up with special ideas that otherwise that would not have been able to do. These teacher grants give them those opportunities to help enrich the lives of the students they have.'
One of the most noticeable projects funded in part by the foundation is recent upgrades to the district's sports complex.
Jones said, 'We put in all new dugouts, fields, fencing, concession stands, and most importantly, the press box. When you come into this community now, you can see the difference.'
The foundation received a $250 Loving Giving Local donation from Auto Express and immediately assigned it to students for something special. 'We're going to put it towards International Day, which is a day we get to celebrate a bunch of different countries all over the world.
And we get to try different foods from some of those countries. and play games and socialize,' said student Ava Greer.
The work of the Union City School District Foundation can be supported by you on ERIE GIVES day, coming up August 12.
Every week, JET 24/FOX66 and the Auto Express team up to honor a local non-profit. Find out who it is next, on Good Morning Erie on JET 24 or Good Day Erie on FOX 66, Wednesday mornings.
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