84 Monterey County GIVES! 2024 mcgives.com DONate online mcgives.com Education & Youth Hartnell College Foundation Year Founded: 1979 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 150 paid, 120 volunteers Budget: $5,354,680 755-6810 hartnellfoundation.org Big Idea: Did you participate in Young Company with The Western Stage? After a dozen-year hiatus, the Hartnell College Foundation has a Big Idea to bring back these theater programs for low-income students. The plan is to bring back two aspects of Young Company in 2025: matinee performances for more than 500 students and SPARK! Supper Camp for students ages 10 to 15. Donations to this Big Idea help resurrect the 39-year-old Young Company and rebuild it for future generations of young thespians. “Young Company at The Western Stage is a program I feel indelibly grateful for. This program instilled a foundational understanding of theater, and also taught me that community is a gift. Theater is the most collaborative of the art forms. Within that collaboration, there must be the intention to have clear communication, patience and a steadfast passion for the art itself. Young Company felt like magic. It was a place to explore my imagination, my artistic skills waiting to be unearthed, and the necessity that is the art of storytelling. I’m lucky to have told many stories at a young, aspiring age.” -Pablo Murillo-Edwards Lyceum of Monterey County Year Founded: 1960 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 14 paid, 350 volunteers Budget: $230,000 372-6098 lyceum.org Big Idea: The Lyceum of Monterey County is behind some of the most challenging educational opportunities available to local students. Brainstretchers like Mock Trial, Model United Nations, Expanding Your Horizons STEM Conference and Career Fair, History Day and Spelling Bee highlight the strengths of these bright community members, from researching to memorization, debating and diplomacy. In addition to bragging rights, this Big Idea helps students gain confidence in new skills and expose them to previously unexplored career paths. “Since our first class in 2014, the Lyceum has been a dependable resource for a variety of meaningful classes supporting and enriching my son’s homeschool journey and my own personal interests in the arts. Over the years, my son and I have greatly enjoyed taking many different Lyceum classes together, individually and with friends.” -Nicole Peartree Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science (MAOS) Year Founded: 1994 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 2 paid, 90 volunteers Budget: $129,550 (909) 644-3710 maosmontereyhigh.org Big Idea: For the last 30 years, the marine-related academic programs delivered at Monterey High School’s Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science (MAOS) have helped 95 percent of the program’s students reach college. The curriculum is propelled by the industry’s latest pedagogy and involves contact with oceanographic experts, handson labs and field studies. The Big Idea at MAOS is to connect what is happening in the depths of the ocean to the intellects of its students on land. Many of these students became the first in their family to attend college. “I learned the importance of being a good sport on and off the course, win or lose.” -Sophie Southard, Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association Greenfield Community Science Workshop Year Founded: 2011 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 18 paid, 80 volunteers Budget: $565,000 540-9830 ci.greenfield.ca.us/191/greenfield-science-workshop Big Idea: The Ciencia en Movimiento (ScienceMobile) program has become a staple in science education for students throughout South Monterey County, encouraging them to explore, build, tinker, dream and develop a love for science. This means securing longterm sustainability—and that is Greenfield Community Science Workshop’s Big Idea. While funding support for the 2024-2025 school year has been secured from several South County school districts, the goal is to leave no district without joyful visits from the Ciencia en Movimiento. “Given the exceptional feedback from both students and staff, we are eager to schedule more visits. The hands-on presentations of the ScienceMobile resonate with our mission to instill a love for learning and science. We believe more visits would enrich our students’ academic experience and cultivate further interest in STEM fields. We are open to collaborating on any logistical or budgetary considerations to make this happen. The enthusiasm from our students is a testament to the ScienceMobile’s positive influence on their educational journey. We are hopeful for more visits and are grateful for the existing collaboration in igniting our students’ passion for science.” -Jacqueline Ramos, ASES/ELO-P Coordinator at Chualar Union School District spotlight
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