Foundation and City Win Blandin Grant

In our first partnership with the City of Squaw Lake the ECF was awarded a $4,000 grant from the Blandin Foundation to support "Bimose Trail Planning." Bi-moh-say' means walking in Ojibwe. Our goal is to create an asphalt paved trail from a recreational park and trail head at the school, to the Max Mini store and beyond to the wayside rest at the Laurentian Divide.

The Blandin grant will allow the city to pay the matching funds required for an in-kind grant from the Arrowhead Regional Development Corporation's Regional Trasporation Advisory Committee. The Foundation will manage the remaining funds to pay for organizing community support for the project and engineering services not included in the in-kind grant.

Community Technology Center Grand Opening

Itasca County Commissioner Lori Dowling, Independent School District 318 Superintendent Joe Silko, Teen Volunteer Joseph Nehl, and CTC Manager Jackie Schuemann celebrate the grand opening of the Community Technology Center on May 19th. Thanks to the support of ISD 318 and grants from the Northland Foundation and Operation Round Up the CTC will be open every Thursday and Friday evening from 4:00-7:00 PM and on Saturday afternoon from noon to 4:00. Beginning June 1st patrons will also be able to check out books from the new community library located in the CTC.
Teen volunteer Joseph Nehl prepared a Power Point demonstration for the grand opening.

Community Technology Center Grand Opening Saturday

Please join the staff of the Community Technology Center, members of the Foundation, and Itasca County Commissioner Lori Dowling, at the CTC grand opening on Saturday, May 19. The CTC will open from noon-4:00 and teen volunteer Joseph Nehl will do a Power Point presentation on CTC services at 12:15 and 2:15. Beginning Thursday, May 24, the CTC will be open on Thursday and Friday evenings from 4:00-7:00 and Saturdays noon-4:00.

Operation of the CTC is made possible through the support of the Northland Foundation, Operation Round Up, ISD 318, and the members of the Eagleview Community Foundation. Many thanks!

May Foundation Meeting/Charter School Board Meeting

The Eagleview Community Foundation board of directors will meet Thursday, May 10 at 6:30 in the music room at Eagleview. The Charter School Board meeting will follow immediately after the foundation meeting. Everyone is welcome to both!

New Mailing Address for Eagleview Community Foundation

Effective immediately, send all snail mail to:

Eagleview Community Foundation (or Eagleview Community Charter School)
PO Box 475
Squaw Lake, MN 56681

Funds for this, and many other administrative expenses, were paid with a grant from the Labrador Foundation in St. Paul. Many thanks!

Eagleview Recruiting Americorps Volunteer for Reading Tutor Program

We have an opportunity to bring the Minnesota Reading Corps tutoring program to Eagleview and need to find local applicants for the Americorps position. Americorps is a service program but does provide a monthly stipend of $860 per month for full time volunteers or $430 for half time. Americorps provides health insurance, day care assistance, and an education award of $4,725 for full time ($2362.50 for half time) that can be used to pay for future college tuition or pay off past student loans.

For more information on Minnesota Reading Corps volunteer recruitment in general
click here. For specific information about Itasca County's Project Read k-3 tutoring program check back after May 15th.