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The Hambrick Foundation
Aug 30, 20242 min read
THF grant supports art program for adults with developmental disabilities
Art program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities gets assistance from a THF grant.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Annual Unified Sports Day will bring students together with help from THF grant funds
Students from across Central Illinois will meet at Farmington Central High School this fall for a day of unified sports events and fun....
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The Hambrick Foundation
Feb 8, 20242 min read
THF grant will provide adaptive PE equipment to help students develop physically and mentally
Life skills students at Deer Creek-Mackinaw Primary School will soon have new, accessible ways to meet physical education standards,...
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The Hambrick Foundation
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Teacher awarded THF grant to help meet students' individual classroom needs
Margaret Johnson is working to make her life skills students at Olympia North Elementary School in Danvers, Illinois, more independent....
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The Hambrick Foundation
Jan 22, 20242 min read
Special needs students' coffee shop grows with THF grant
The Wildcat Café at Central Junior High School is thriving, and its operators are looking to expand. The business at the East Peoria,...
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The Hambrick Foundation
Jan 16, 20242 min read
Literacy program to help students with different learning styles thrive
A teacher at South Elementary School in Chillicothe, Illinois recently received a THF grant to help her students learn reading skills....
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The Hambrick Foundation
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Students receive a LiFT from a THF grant
Funds will provide a dedicated classroom space to students who are two or more grade levels behind.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Dec 15, 20232 min read
THF grant will help make playground accessible to all
A THF grant will provide equipment to make the playground accessible to students in wheelchairs at a central Illinois school.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Dec 11, 20231 min read
THF grant awarded to give nonverbal children a new way to communicate
Patients at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida will soon have access to specialized toys that allow them to...
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The Hambrick Foundation
Dec 8, 20232 min read
THF grant will help special needs students develop math fact fluency
Eureka Middle School teacher Stacey Mooney recently received a THF grant to purchase Reflex, an online math program, to improve math fact...
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The Hambrick Foundation
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Teacher receives THF grant to support play-based learning
Early Childhood Special Education teacher receives a THF grant to support play-based learning in new classroom and outdoor learning area.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Literacy program brings the joy of reading to special needs students
Special needs students at Washington Central Primary School are enjoying reading with a new guided reading system.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Oct 11, 20231 min read
School year begins with educational and therapeutic items for Beyond the Spectrum students
Students at Sarasota's Beyond the Spectrum were welcomed back to a classroom with many new tools to teach important life skills.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Special needs students take pride in school store
Special needs students at Lincoln Elementary School in Morton recently opened a school store, expected to have 500+ customers this year.
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The Hambrick Foundation
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Dance reimagined with a THF grant
Shannon Johnson and Melanie Simmons of Sarasota, Fla.-based ReImagine Dance received a THF grant in March to purchase costumes, dance...
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The Hambrick Foundation
May 26, 20232 min read
High school special needs educator preparing students for life after graduation awarded THF grant
Kristopher Ketelsen to use funds from a THF grant to ensure students meet graduation requirements and are ready for life after high school.
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The Hambrick Foundation
May 25, 20231 min read
Students to have access to calming sensory room with funds from a THF grant
Special Education Coordinator Kari Behrends will use funds from a THF grant to provide a safe, therapeutic space for her students to...
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The Hambrick Foundation
May 24, 20231 min read
Special needs students to learn social and cooking skills with funds from a THF grant.
Amy Smith, a special needs educator at Central Intermediate School in Washington, Illinois will use funds from a THF grant to help teach...
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The Hambrick Foundation
May 23, 20231 min read
Special needs teacher to use THF grant funds to bring literacy curriculum to students
THF grant to provide special needs students at Washington Central Primary School access to the Literary Footprints curriculum.
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The Hambrick Foundation
May 22, 20231 min read
High school social worker awarded grant to create custom sensory room
East Peoria Community high social worker to use THF grant funds to create a custom sensory room for her students.
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