Through the empowerment, education, and on-going employment support, our graduates not only increased their employ-ability, but also are better connected with networks that are providing opportunities that are leading to jobs that provide the dignity of earning a living wage. This Jobs for Life project is making a difference in the community in that it continues to work towards creating Read more...
The funding provided for our project was used to buy new climbing systems for instruction of Single Rope Technique (SRT), and Cave Rescue classes. Before the project, there were not enough climbing systems for all the students in the classes. By adding these systems, there are enough systems for each student in SRT classes and in the cave rescue class. Read more...
The Garmin Alpha GPS collars allow SARTEC K9 to plot and track K9 team locations and searched areas. This allows the unit to deploy dogs more efficiently and helps us eliminate areas that have been searched. It also allows our K9 teams the ability to track the location of their K9 partner (when separated) and to accurately plot their search Read more...
Free 2 Teach has tremendously impacted the public school students of Madison County over the past seven years. In this time frame Free 2 Teach has distributed $5,640,935 in supplies and resources to public school teachers in all three school systems. While only $38,000 in supplies was distributed during Free 2 Teach’s inaugural school year of 2012 — 2013, the Read more...
Students and teachers are more aware of the necessity of trees for stability of soil, air, habitat and the millions of products that have some of the tree in them. Read more...
We were able to bring locally grown produce into our school system. We were able to help local farmers while giving fresh produce to students all over Marshall County. The farmers were also able to educate students on the growing process and about the produce. Read more...
This system is being utilized daily in our school. It has minimized classroom interruptions and has provided quality instructional time. This will reflect improved student achievement throughout our school. This system provides student participation and also offers safety features within this system. The faculty was trained on how to use the emergency button features before students returned to school this Read more...
Program participants will use the mower approximately 36-40 hours a week during the spring/summer months and 7-10 hours a week during the fall/winter months. The men are learning how to maintain a farm under the supervision of the Cullman County Conservation District’s 2017 Conservation Farmer of the Year David Hall. In addition, they learn to accomplish meaningful tasks without being Read more...