March 28, 2003

Martin Luther King Jr. mini-grant winners announced

Twelve Martin Luther King Jr. mini-grants have been awarded to support local nonviolence and community service projects in nine communities.

The UO/E-sponsored mini-grants support implementation of the Carry-On Suitcase Project, a youth service activity that provides personal hygiene items for children, youth and adults staying in domestic abuse shelters; and RETHINK Anger Management, a six-week program that helps adults use appropriate strategies to deal with anger and children's challenging behaviors.

The MLK Jr. Mini-grant winners are:

• Wendy Brumbaugh, NE human environmental sciences specialist, RETHINK
• Mary Gosche, SE human development specialist, RETHINK
• Faye Johnson-Kendrick, WC youth specialist, Carry-On Suitcase Project
• Michelle Klem, NE 4-H youth specialist, Carry-On Suitcase Project
• Sherry Shepard-Connor, EC urban youth specialist, RETHINK
• Leanne Spengler, NE human development specialist, Carry-On Suitcase Project and RETHINK
• Donna Taake, SE 4-H youth specialist, Carry On Suitcase Project (two sites)
• Renette Wardlow, SW 4-H youth specialist, Carry-On Suitcase Project and RETHINK
• Pat Williams, SW information technology specialist, Carry-On Suitcase Project.

Members of the advisory committee: Tammy Gillespie, children, youth and families project director and MLK project coordinator; Nina Chen, WC human development specialist, Barb Casady, Missouri 4-H Foundation program coordinator; Steve Henness, 4-H extension assistant; Sarah Staude, WC 4-H youth specialist; and five members of Wal-Center 4-H Club in Cass County.

		Eileen Yager, yagere@umsystem.edu Weekly News Editor Last modified: January 08, 2007
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