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    Silos & Smokestacks Awards $12,000 in Bus Grants to Iowa Schools

    Northeast Iowa – More than 3,100 students now have an opportunity, they may have
    otherwise missed, to learn firsthand about Iowa’s rich agricultural heritage. During the
    third year of the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) Bus Grant
    Program, $12,000 has been awarded to 48 schools within the Heritage Area; helping
    cover the costs of field study trips to 24 different SSNHA Partner Sites.

    The Bus Grant Program, which is part of the SSNHA Education Scholarship Fund, helps
    cover transportation costs of field study trips to designated SSNHA Partner Sites.
    Grants are awarded on a first-received, first-funded basis to accredited Pre K-12 public,
    private or charter schools located in the Heritage Area; with a maximum of $350 per
    school building.

    “Over the course of the last 3 years Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area has
    distributed $29,000 to local schools, we believe these funds help connect students to
    their agricultural heritage and we are excited to help students attend field trips in the
    Heritage Area.” commented SSNHA President, Don Short.

    Schools receiving grants include: East Union, Ames; Bellevue Elementary, Bellevue;
    Marquette Catholic Schools, Bellevue; Northeast Hamilton, Blairsburg; Aquin
    Elementary, Cascade; Grant Elementary, Cedar Rapids; Harrison Elementary, Cedar
    Rapids; Hoover Elementary, Cedar Rapids; Monroe, Cedar Rapids; Taylor Elementary,
    Cedar Rapids; Viola Gibson Elementary, Cedar Rapids; Lincoln Elementary, Charles
    City; Eisenhower, Davenport; Decorah Middle School, Decorah; Bryant Elementary,
    Dubuque; Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School, Dubuque; Table Mound Elementary,
    Dubuque; Dunkerton Community School, Dunkerton; Robert Blue Middle School, Eagle
    Grove; Heritage Christian School, Eldridge; Nixon Elementary, Hiawatha; West
    Elementary, Independence; Helen Lemme Elementary, Iowa City; Janesville School
    District, Janesville; Cardinal Elementary, Maquoketa; St. Joseph School, Marion;
    Nashua-Plainfield, Nashua; Nevada Community School District, Nevada; New Hampton
    Middle School, New Hampton; St. Joseph Community School, New Hampton; Benton
    Community Schools, Norway; Oelwein Middle School, Oelwein; Preston Elementary,
    Preston; Trinity Catholic School, Protivin; Riceville Community School, Riceville;
    Olmsted Elementary, Urbandale; Rolling Green Elementary, Urbandale; Dr. Walter
    Cunningham School For Excellence, Waterloo; Expo Alternative High School, Waterloo;
    Lincoln Elementary, Waterloo; Kingsley Elementary, Waterloo; Lou Henry Elementary,
    Waterloo; Lowell Elementary, Waterloo; Waterville Elementary, Waterville; East
    Elementary, Waukon; Saint Francis of Assisi, West Des Moines; and North Fayette,
    West Union.

    SSNHA is currently working to raise funds for the 2010-2011 school year. To donate to
    the SSNHA Education Scholarship Fund, visit www.silosandsmokestacks.org and click
    on “Giving” along the bottom bar.

    Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area is one of 49 federally designated heritage
    areas in the nation and is an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. The Heritage
    Area covers 37 counties in the northeast quadrant of Iowa. Interstate 80 borders it on
    the south and Interstate 35 borders it on the west. Through a network of sites, programs
    and events, SSNHA interprets farm life, agribusiness and rural communities – past and
    present.

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