Sportsmen and Businessmen’s Charitable Organization has awarded over $20,000 to local educators across Coffee County, Manchester City, and Tullahoma City Schools through its Educational Enrichment Grant opportunity. SBCO’s Educational Enrichment Grant encourages local educators to submit innovative, outside-the -box opportunities for their students and schools that may encompass STEM, literacy, physical activity, social/emotional, to fine arts or career readiness. “This year’s selected recipients, through a highly competitive grant application cycle, represents our continued interest in and support of the outstanding work educators do for their students and our community,” said Carter Sain, SBCO President. This year’s grant recipients are as follows:
Coffee County Schools:
Coffee County Central High School:
Archery in Physical Education – David Martin
Biology Classroom Library — Tish Jaco
Journalism Online Newspaper — Katie Duke
In Class Texts for Foreign Language — Kaya Knox
Coffee County Middle School:
Trauma-Informed Classroom Calm Corners — Lana Creek
After School STEM Club — Deb Wimberely
Deerfield Elementary School:
Trauma-Informed Classroom Calm Corners — Alisha Vaughn
East Coffee Elementary School:
Pebble Path Early Childhood Playground — Lindsey Tucker
STEAM Bins — Wendy Manning
Hickerson Elementary School:
STEM Collaborative — Angela Ridner
Hillsboro Elementary School:
Trauma-Informed Classroom Calm Corners — Connie Heatherly
STEM Classroom Kits — Donna Harryman
New Union Elementary School:
STEM Night Activities — Michele Howell
North Coffee Elementary School:
Literacy Manipulatives — Kerry Pearson
Manchester City Schools:
College Street Elementary School:
SkyDome Planetarium — Allison Beachboard
Westwood Elementary School:
Literacy Texts for 1st Grade — Kelley Felice
Literacy Classroom Libraries — Amanda Phillips & Kari Lawson
Light Table Manipulative Enhancement — Lesli Sherrill
Light Table Manipulative Enhancement — Hilary Statum
STEAM Activities — Michelle Husted
STEM Activities — Misty Crosslin & Megan Walling
Classroom Library — Wendi Patton
Westwood Middle School:
– Classroom Library — Laura Freeze
– Art Easels — Will Pannell
Tullahoma City Schools:
– Sensory Room — April Norris
Robert E. Lee Elementary School:
– Peace Corners — Mary Gilbert
Since 1984, the Sportsmen & Businessmen’s Charitable Organization (SBCO) has been serving the Coffee County community through various philanthropic efforts. Those efforts include financial assistance to those in need with health, medical, dental, vision, food, education, transportation, shelter, and other expenses. In addition, we have successfully implemented several programs directed at assisting the children in our community.
For questions regarding this program or learning more about how to support the organization, please contact us at (931) 728-5048 or via email sbco1986@gmail.com
