RFP for funding to be used for field trips

Competition Fundraising
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**Go for it! **

Subject: Target Stores to Award Field Trip Grants

        Applications Invited for Target Field Trip Grants Program

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=261400044

        5000 Grants of up to $800 will be awarded to K-12 education professionals conducting art, science, and cultural field trips, community service or civics projects, career enrichment opportunities, and other events or activities away from the school....

        Grants will be awarded in February 2010. Applications can be completed online anytime between August 5 and November 3, 2009.

        Deadline: November 3, 2009

        Posted: August 5, 2009

        Applications Invited for Target Field Trip Grants Program

        The Target Corporation has announced that it will award 5,000 field trip grants of up to $800 each for the coming K-12 school year.

        Managed by Scholarship America, the program is open to education professionals who are at least 18 years old and employed by an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States that maintains 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt status. Educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff of these institutions must be willing to plan and execute a field trip that will provide a demonstrable learning experience for students.

        Grant funds may be used for visits to art, science, and cultural museums; community service or civics projects; career enrichment opportunities; and other events or activities away from the school facility. Funds may also be used to cover field trip-related costs such as transportation, ticket fees, resource materials, and supplies.

        Grants will be awarded in February 2010. Applications can be completed online anytime between August 5 and November 3, 2009.

        Complete program information is available at the Target Web site.
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Cool. Thanks

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thanks for this
as a first year team last year we had a very hard time getting to all of our competitions so this should help solve that problem

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Isn’t February a bit late to be awarding the grants, thats like two thirds of the way through the [edit]school[/edit] year?

edit: I am talking for trips outside of FIRST and VRC, I am not sure how getting money in February is effective for most people.

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not for the ftc or vex teams it helps not to mention if a team makes it to atlanta that can be beneficial as well

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I’d like to think that “getting money” is “effective” for ALL people, regardless of when it is received. :wink:

I say bring it on. I’ll pass this on to local teams - thanks for the link!