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Lynchburg Community Trust Gives STEM Grant for Local Junior FIRST LEGO League
January 28, 2011
The
Future Focus Foundation, an educational non-profit organization supporting
youth programs of the Region 2000 Technology Council, received a $2,700 grant
this week from the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust’s Faye Marcum Mifka Fund.
The grant will be used to sponsor area 6-9 year olds to participate in Junior
FIRST LEGO League, a program that encourages kids to solve a real-world
challenge through research, critical thinking and imagination. Guided by adult
coaches, students work with LEGO elements and moving parts to create solutions
and present them at the Lynchburg Regional Junior FIRST LEGO Expo on Saturday,
April 30 at Timberlake Christian School.
For more information on Junior FIRST LEGO League and other STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math) Programs, contact Janet Walton at: jwalton@region2000.org, or 434-847-1447, ext.
318. Read full press release here.