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This annual grant provides a perfect tribute to Eleanor Flanders. Eleanor had told the Foundation’s directors that starting as early as WWII and continuing thereafter she would put away a little money here … and a little money there for her investments. She called the fund that she created ‘The Eleanor Venture’. As time passed Eleanor often used this money to travel … from the state college in Kansas to places all over the world. With each trip she felt renewed and energized, and her world view expanded. When asked how she might be honored, Eleanor looked back over her years and decided that the directors could best honor her by investing in a teacher – giving that teacher the funds for a significant travel experience.
While such an experience can be given to only a few teachers over time, it is intended to honor all teachers and to tell them how important they are. It is expected that the trip would not only renew, energize and educate the teacher involved but that the teacher’s experience would be brought home to their classroom, fellow teachers and students and provide broad-based benefits for a long time to come.
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Beginning in the spring of 2004, the directors of the Education Foundation have awarded The Eleanor Venture grant to teachers within the St. Vrain Valley School District. The grant was developed and named to honor the Foundation’s founder and longtime president Eleanor Flanders. The purpose of the grant is to provide a teacher with an educational travel experience to either a domestic or international destination. Such an experience is expected to enhance the teacher’s classroom skills, expand curriculum options and ultimately benefit future students directly.
