NEOEA's Public Relations Committee
budget sets aside $12,500 to provide
grants of up to $250 to local associations.
Your local association may use one
of these grants for a public
relations project that will promote
a positive image of your association
within your community. Grants are
awarded based on the public relations
benefit to the community and/or the
association
demonstrated in the application. Please
be sure the primary purpose of the
funding is to provide exposure for
your association outside the school
and in the community.
Why not take advantage of this opportunity to enhance the image of your local association
within your community? To do so, complete the simple, one-page grant application provided.
Your application must be postmarked by December 31, 2009, and must bear at least two
signatures from among those of your local president, PR chairperson, or treasurer. E-mail
applications received by the due date will also be accepted if accompanied by e-mails from at
least two of the signers listed on the application form. Recipients of the grant will be
informed by the end of January 2010.
Local affiliates which send at least one delegate to the fall NEOEA Representative Assembly
may apply for a second grant involving an additional public relations activity.
The number of grants actually awarded is affected by the number of qualifying applications
received. NEOEA cannot guarantee that all qualified applicants will receive grants.
Please note: Grants are not awarded to purchase equipment or supplies normally used by
local associations to conduct routine business, to fund student or staff scholarships, to
purchase instructional materials, or to reimburse costs of internal activities.
| Recipients
of the 2009-10 Public Relations
Mini-grants |
| Local
Association |
Project |
Description |
| |
| Ashtabula
Area TA |
Lakeside
Spirit Towels |
We'll
purchase spirit/rally towels to
give away
at home basketball game. |
| Ashtabula
Area TA |
Making
Ashta-beautiful |
By
planting colorful flower beds at
the intersection of our town's
major roads and by placing signs
we'll promote our Association's
support of "Learning and Growing." |
| Barberton
EA |
Congrats,
Grads! |
BEA
members placed "Congratulations
BHS Graduate" signs in the
yards of graduating seniors. |
| Bedford
EA |
Graduation
Signs |
Each
graduating senior from Bedford
HS will receive a sign to post
in their yard or window which states "Proud
Bedford High School Graduate."
|
| Canfield
EA |
CEA
Community Outreach Tailgate |
Held
in conjunction with the last home
football game and senior night
for fall athletes, we handed out
upcoming levy information and spoke
with community members about happenings
in our district. |
| Champion
SSA |
CSSA
Spirit Pride |
Each
Friday CSSA staff will wear their
shirts for Spirit Day; the logo
will represent our pride in our
school but promote who represents
CSSA. |
| Chardon
EA |
Annual
Spring Recognition Dinner |
We
recognize a local citizen as a
Friend to Education at our annual
banquet. |
| Clearview
EA |
Graduation
Yard Signs |
"Congratulations
Graduates" yard signs will
be printed and placed in the lawn
of each Clearview graduate to show
pride that the teachers association
and the school has in its graduates. |
| Conneaut
EA |
Back
to School Book bag Distribution |
CEA
members donate their time and money
to purchase book bags for local
students to assist families in
the community. |
| Copley
TA |
Copley
Teachers Support Read Across America |
Copley
Teachers Association and Read Across
America -- a winning combination. |
| Copley
TA |
Support
Our Student Athletes |
By
buying an ad in the fall/spring/spring
sports program, the parents of
the students and district citizens
will see that we support the hard
work of the students, and, therefore,
we will be seen as a group who
supports the schools in the district
and public education as a whole. |
| East
Cleveland EA |
ECEA
Basketballs for Support |
Basketballs
will be imprinted with "ECEA
- Making a Difference in the Community!" |
| Elyria
EA |
Southside
Festival Book Giveaway |
The
Elyria EA donates summer reading
and writing materials to the children
who attend Elyria's "Taste
of the South" festival to
build relationships and enhance
the image of our local with the
public. |
| Firelands
EA |
FEA's
Congratulating Character Award |
FEA's
Congratulating Character award
is to celebrate kids that possess
good character traits that will
help them to be successful in school
and in life. |
| Howland
Classroom TA |
Oh!
The Places You Go with Books |
This
program encourages families to
read together and discover all
the places reading can take you. |
| Kenston
EA |
Teachers
Working for Kids |
We
will be distributing pens engraved
with "Teachers Working for
Kids - Kenston EA" at conference
nights as parents support our goal
to educate. |
| Lakewood
TA |
A
Book for Every Child |
The
LTA will bridge the relationship
between home and school by supporting
the students' self-esteem and a
sense of community to school, home,
and community by providing a grade-level
book. |
| Lorain
Assn. of Classified Employees |
Labor
Day Family Picnic |
The
Lorain County Labor Unions' Family
Labor Day Celebration is always
a rewarding experience, and we
are proud to be able to participate
and, hopefully, the kids will use
our school supplies and think of
us during the school year. |
| Maple
Heights TA |
Proud
of Our Graduates |
MHTA
displays congratulatory signs in
graduates' yards. |
| Mentor
Classified Employees |
Taking
Public Education to the Public |
Enlightening
our community about public education
and MCE at the "It's Better
in Mentor" festival. |
| Midview
EA |
MEA's
Friend of Education Award |
The
award reflects an idea that the
Midview Education Association's
membership has always believed:
the more positive people there
are involved in the education of
a child, the more chances for success
in that child's life. |
| Newbury
EA |
Welcome
to Newbury Schools! |
Packets
of goodies will be distributed
to welcome new students to our
schools (K-12) to show are local
cares about our students from the
beginning and throughout their
lives. |
| Nordonia
Hills EA |
Go
Knights! |
NHEA
members pass out hand clappers
to Nordonia fans at the first home
football game to show support and
promote school pride. |
| North
Olmsted EA |
North
Olmsted Teachers Care |
NOEA
teachers assisted the students
in their community in this time
of need. |
| North
Ridgeville EA |
Friends
of Education/ Community Pride Day/May
Art Show |
Friends
of Education Banquet honors community
volunteers who devote their time
to the students of North Ridgeville
City Schools. Community Pride Day
is an annual county-wide event
in which the NREA provides doughnuts
and juice to community volunteers
who participate in helping make
the community of North Ridgeville
beautiful and clean. The May Art
Show is an art show that showcases
the talented students in our district
at the public library. An opening
reception is provided by the NREA
for the community and the show
is displayed for two weeks for
the community. |
| North
Royalton EA |
NREA
Sign |
A
banner to promote our local association
to take to sporting events, meetings,
and open houses. |
| Orange
TA |
Orange
Giving to Orange |
By
making and sending Thanksgiving
cards, this OTA-sponsored service
project supported an Orange graduate
and his company in Afghanistan. |
| Parma
EA |
Placing
Historical Plaque in Parma |
PEA
made a contribution for the historical
marker which celebrates the Fay
family and their contributions
to developing the City of Parma. |
| Portage
Co. EA of the MR |
Shred
It and Forget It…Your Sensitive
Documents Safely Disposed |
We
would provide much needed service
and be posted on Shred-It website
as a participant--giving our union
nontraditional exposure. It would
also benefit the families we serve
by securely destroying medical,
financial, and personal information
to protect privacy and identity. |
| Revere
EA |
Congratulations
Graduating Seniors |
REA
posted signs in each graduating
senior's yard congratulating them
for 12 years of hard work. |
Revere
EA
|
Veterans
Day/Yearbook Ad
|
Our
partnership (REA/NEOEA) with the
students, staff, and administration
of Revere demonstrates our pride
and gratitude to the veterans in
our community and on our staff
who have served or are currently
serving our country. Chronicling
the past REA scholarship recipients
in the yearbook demonstrates REA's
continuing support of Revere students
pursuing a career in education.
|
| Sandusky
EA |
SEA
Graduate Recognition |
First,
we will give t-shirts to graduating
seniors as a gift and good testament
to the support we offer our students
as they venture out into the world.
Secondly, the yard signs would
be a way to reach out to all those
who frequent our town, especially
in the month of June as our tourism
is beginning to pick up. |
| Sheffield-Sheffield
Lake CEA |
Senior
Citizens Spaghetti Dinner |
Sponsoring
dinners for community members allows
them to see our staff, be entertained
by our students, and feel like
part of our community. |
| Sheffield-Sheffield
Lake TA |
Cardinal
Pride |
Promotes
school spirit and public education
through the use of our local association
t-shirt give-away at home football
games. |
| Sheffield-Sheffield
Lake TA |
Community
Days Celebration |
SSLTA
will provide give-aways at the
annual community "homecoming" which
promotes and celebrates the City
of Sheffield Lake. |
| Streetsboro
EA |
Levy
Ads from SEA |
Members
of the SEA are the foundation of
the Streetsboro Schools and the
community. |
| Streetsboro
EA |
Your
Teachers Are Proud of You |
The
yard signs show that "Your
Teachers Are Proud of You" in
conjunction with a picture competition
so the seniors send us pictures
of the signs. |
| Tallmadge
TA |
Take
Me Out to the Ball Game II |
TTA
members found relief for baseball
fever with their own Tallmadge
little league t-ball team! |
| Tallmadge
TA |
Trim
the Tree for Charity |
TTA
members celebrated the joy of the
holiday season by decorating and
donating a special tree for the
Holiday Tree Festival for Children's
Hospital of Akron. |
| Twinsburg
EA |
Recycling
Signs |
Recycling
signs to be posted at the Twinsburg
Athletic Field to provide information
for the public on proper use
of new recycling bins. |
| Wadsworth
EA |
Holiday
Parade |
Teachers
and their families walked in the
holiday parade handing out pencils
to the children. |
| Wellington
EA |
Ice
Cream Social |
Our
ice cream social provided our association
an opportunity to network and socialize
with our community. |
| Wellington
Support Staff |
Wellington
School's 100th Day Student Appreciation |
Each
student will receive a window cling
wishing them "Happy 100th
Day of School" with a message
that the support staff appreciates
working with them every day. |
| Willoughby-Eastlake
TA |
Community
Youth Baseball |
We
sponsored two teams last year with
grant and local funding. We have
six communities in our district
and would like to expand our outreach
to the four largest. |
| Youngstown
EA |
YMCA
Community Cup |
Our
local association took part in
a community-wide athletic event
that attracts people from our whole
area. |
| YSU-ACE |
Pete
the Penguin Reads Across America
|
Pete
the Penguin, YSU's mascot, encourages
students to read daily. |
YSU-APAS
|
"YSU-APAS
Cares" Bears for Children
of Domestic Violence |
YSU-APAS
purchased personalized teddy bears
to be donated to the Youngstown
Police Department and given to
children of domestic violence victims. |