Bubel-Aiken Foundation Funds Inclusive Service-Learning Project

The Bubel Aiken Foundation is funding the Inclusive Service-Learning Project at the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, according to an article at the ICI website. The article says that this project "is developing inclusive service-learning curricula for elementary, middle, and high school levels that will be pilot-tested at target schools in Minnesota, Iowa, Los Angeles, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, as well as in after-school programs run by the YMCA in New York City." The curricula will bring young people with and without disabilities together both in the classroom and in their communities, and will help in the development of friendships among the young people.

The Bubel Aiken Foundation is funding $82,000 for the first year. This will be used to develop the initial lessons in the curricula. Project Director Brian Abery says, "“We’re excited about working with the Bubel-Aiken Foundation on this ground-breaking project, and about the interest that State Farm Insurance Foundation has shown in collaborating in the future stages of development.”

The Bubel Aiken Foundation continues to make great strides in their goals of inclusion of children with disabilities. This is just another example of the great work that is being done and of how our donations to BAF are being used. BAF is making certain that the message of inclusion is being spread all over the country. We can all be very proud to be a part of this message in whatever way we are able. Thanks to everyone at BAF for their hard work.

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