The Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus (A-Tech) Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB) has been provided with $5,000 by the Ashtabula Foundation to dispense to worthy community groups and organizations, who meet certain criteria on their applications as a 501 C3 non-profit.
The YPB board at A-Tech is composed of 14 juniors and seniors who have the mission of assisting in directing the funding of projects in our community that will directly benefit people in the area.
The board is requesting that area non-profit organizations with special projects needing monetary assistance submit their applications for review. Requests for applications from the non-profit (501C3) groups are due by January 24, 2020. Completed applications are due by February 7, 2020. After the applications are received, the YPB members will review the applications and interviews if necessary, will be arranged with the applicants. The YPB will meet and review all applications. Once the YPB makes its selections, the recipients have the obligation to demonstrate how they spent the grant money.
In partnering with A-Tech the Ashtabula Foundation’s goal is to allow the students to focus on ways to give back to the community through service learning, to expand leadership skills, to use their individual talents and energy to help in this type of endeavor relating to the community in which they live and work. Last year, A-Tech students selected four community groups to receive funds.
Members of the A-Tech YPB this year are juniors: Nic Brown (Visual Design & Imaging), Karena Byler (Cosmetology), Carolyn Kobus (Culinary Arts), Malachai Rossiter (Software Application Design), Vincent Schismenos (Software Application Design), Padam Sidhu (Healthcare Academy), DaHai Skaruppa (Healthcare Academy), Wilmarie Telleria (Visual Design & Imaging); and seniors: Sara Gonzalez (Early Childhood Education), Seth Hering (Software Application & Design), Alexis Kicielinski (Health Care Academy), Brodie Mlckovsky (Health Care Academy), Melissa Robinson (Health Care Academy), and Savanna Sternberg (Health Care Academy).
For information on how to apply or to receive an application please contact Gilda McQuoid at [email protected] or 440-576-6015, extension 1076.