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    Springfield Company steps up to help local  non-profit. 
    The Clorox/Kingsford Company awards their Community
    Development Grant-2012 to The Arc Lane County. 

Awarded yearly to a local community nonprofit organization The Clorox/Kingsford Company Foundation focus is on Education and Youth Development - The Foundation Supports programs that prepare young people to participate successfully in an increasingly global society and to contribute back to the communities in which they live.  The Clorox/Kingsford Community Development Grant targets education and youth development programs that strive to achieve improved academic performance of children, especially through strategies that foster reform within the public schools. And which prepare youth for the world of work, community leadership and to promote positive relationships among youth from diverse cultural and ethnic groups.

The Arc Lane County Executive Director Pam Ring says we are beyond excited to receive this $8,500.00 grant to help us grow and improve our Jumpstart program. Currently we provide the only after school program designed specifically for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Lane County. The program was established 1991 and has continued to grow and flourish.  The need to develop this program into a more structured learning opportunity for children experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities is our next step. The new curriculum uses recreational opportunities such as art, music, sports and community outings to teach youth socialization and community living skills which has been developed and tested with a small focus group.  Our programs are led by skilled staff, community members and peer mentors. This grant will allow The Arc Lane County to finalize and implement this curriculum into the current Jumpstart program.