Since September 2010, academy students have been calling and writing to elected officials to ask them to support funding for service learning in the federal budget. We sent hundreds of letters to President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bill Nelson and members of the House of Representatives appealing for them to support Learn and Serve America Program funding under the Corporation for National and Community Service. Over one million students perform service under the national Learn and Serve America Program.
The Service Learning Academy is funded by Learn and Serve funds. Without the funds, we will spend more time fund raising then we do serving. We will have no funds to pay for buses, substitute, materials and supplies, books, postage, printing and other needs to keep the academy running.
While we received responses to our letters, unfortunately the budget for Learn and Serve America Program was cut.
The Service Learning Council has been working on a grant and will be spend the months of May and June researching and writing grants, asking local organizations and partners to consider contributing to our program, and trying to identify funding sources.
If you would like to contribute to the TCHS Service Learning Academy, please send your donation to:
Service Learning Academy
Timber Creek High School
1001 Avalon Park Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32812
On the same day that we learned that we would have no funding next year, we received a response from First Lady Michelle Obama. See some of our letters from Senators and the First Lady below:
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