CPB awards grants for service-learning projects

The Community Partnership Board (CPB) on Dec. 2 awarded more than $20,000 in grant monies to Cornell student-initiated, grassroots service-learning projects. CPB, a program of the Cornell Public Service Center, awarded grants of up to $2,000 each to projects that address an outstanding social need in a community, which can be local, national or international.

Through a combination of social responsibility, partnership, student leadership, education and evaluation, CPB strives to strengthen the ties between Cornell students and their communities. During the past 10 years, CPB has given out $90,000 in grants to community partnership programs. The program is funded in part by the Student Activity Fee at Cornell.

The following projects and programs, with their Cornell student grant coordinators, were awarded grants of up to $2,000 each:

• Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) Pee-Wee Room Renovation -- Jennifer Harber '03.
• Big Red AIDS Campaign -- Rose-Marie Jerlaianu '02.
• HALO: Help a Life Organization -- Keisuke Nakagawa '04, Daguang Sun '04, Nina Rajpurohit '04.
• From Farm to Fork -- Juleah Faye Tolosky '03, Rachael Kelly '02.
• Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (BJM) After-School Newspaper -- Abra Havens '03, Susan Chavez '03, Leon Cruz '04.
• MacCormick Center Art Class -- Rebecca Messineo '02, Katie Sawicki '02.
• Multicultural Initiative for Racial Awareness through Reading (MIRAR) -- Tamika Lewis '02, Stephanie Harris '02, Jackie Castro '03.
• College Is Key -- Christina Lofton '04.
• College Info Session -- Edwardo Valero '04.
• Lesbian Health Initiative -- Somjen Frazer '02.
• Multicultural Education Program -- Rotem Ayalon '02, Matthew Gewolb '04, Jessica Brown '04.
• Ngware -- Andrew Mude and Lydiah Bosire, graduate students.
• YOU:Youth Outreach Urgently -- Mary Ann Nkansa '02.