Monday, December 02, 2013

Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Local News: Seventh-grade philanthropy essay winner announced (12/01/13)

Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Local News: Seventh-grade philanthropy essay winner announced (12/01/13): Jonathon DeHaan, a student in Caitlynn Bryan's class at South Putnam High School, is the grand prize winner of the Putnam County Community Foundation's 2013 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest.

Jonathon's prize winning essay, "Philanthropy in a Nutshell," described his grandmother, Brenda McCullough, as being the philanthropist he admires most because of her wish to help mankind become smarter, wiser and stronger.

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High school students work to fight child abuse � Philanthropy North Carolina

High school students work to fight child abuse � Philanthropy North Carolina: RALEIGH, N.C. — The first week in December, at assemblies for all 2,700 students, leaders of the student council at Enloe High School in Raleigh will talk about child abuse and how students can help fight it.

The assemblies are part of a student council project to raise awareness about the issue, and to raise $50,000 to support SAFEchild, a child abuse prevention agency.