Union Pacific Foundation Continues The Principals' Partnership in Idaho Public High Schools
The Principals’ Partnership and Nonprofit Organizations in Idaho Receive $229,700 Union Pacific Foundation
Omaha, Neb., March 10, 2008 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $229,700 to fund The Principals' Partnership and projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Idaho.
The Principals' Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 46 public high school principals in Idaho. This is the fifth year the program has been in Idaho. Additionally, the Foundation is providing grants to 29 nonprofit organizations in the state.
Union Pacific continues our association with the great organizations located where our employees live and work because we know they help make those communities a better place," said Bob Turner, president of Union Pacific Foundation. "We are also very proud of our award winning program that supports public high school principals called The Principals' Partnership. Union Pacific created The Partnership because we believe strong leaders build strong schools and ultimately, stronger communities."
The Principals' Partnership assists approximately 1,000 principals with responsibilities for more than 1 million students. The six-year-old program helps fulfill principals' leadership needs through a number of opportunities, including research, networking and workshops. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, the Partnership starts with the professional needs of each principal and offers an individually customized program to meet those needs. The program is offered at no cost to the school, the district or the principal.
The Principals' Partnership was created seven years ago and is offered to public high school principals in key communities served by Union Pacific. The program extends to principals in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
| 2008 Foundation Grants – Idaho | |
| Recipient | City |
| Blackfoot High School | Blackfoot |
| Independence Alternative High School | Blackfoot |
| Boise Senior High School | Boise |
| Borah Senior High School | Boise |
| Capital Senior High School | Boise |
| Centennial High School | Boise |
| Dehryl A. Dennis Technical Education Center | Boise |
| Mountain Cove High School | Boise |
| Timberline High School | Boise |
| Caldwell Senior High School | Caldwell |
| Canyon Springs High School | Caldwell |
| Clark Fork Senior High School | Clark Fork |
| Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy | Couer d'Alene |
| Couer d'Alene Senior High School | Couer d'Alene |
| Lake City High School | Couer d'Alene |
| Project CDA | Couer d'Alene |
| Eagle Academy | Eagle |
| Eagle High School | Eagle |
| Idaho Falls High School | Idaho Falls |
| Skyline Senior High School | Idaho Falls |
| West View Alternative High School | Idaho Falls |
| Kuna High School | Kuna |
| Central Academy | Meridian |
| Meridian Academy | Meridian |
| Meridian Charter High School | Meridian |
| Meridian High School | Meridian |
| Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School | Meridian |
| Mountain View High School | Meridian |
| Bear Lake High School | Montpelier |
| Columbia High School | Nampa |
| Nampa Senior High School | Nampa |
| Skyview High School | Nampa |
| Lakeside High School | Plummer |
| Alameda Alternative High School | Pocatello |
| Century High School | Pocatello |
| Highland High School | Pocatello |
| 2008 The Principal's Partnership – Idaho | |
| Participating School | City |
| United Way of Treasure Valley | Boise |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | Boise |
| Idaho Dance Theatre Inc | Boise |
| Log Cabin Literary Center Inc | Boise |
| Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry | Boise |
| Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry | Boise |
| Discovery Center of Idaho Inc | Boise |
| Idaho Governor's Challenge Cup for Education, Inc. | Boise |
| Childrens Home Society of Idaho | Boise |
| Idaho Public Television Foundation Inc | Boise |
| Treasure Valley Family YMCA | Boise |
| Friends of Weiser River Trail Inc | Cambridge |
| Friends of Head Start Inc | Coeur d' Alene |
| Trinity Group Homes Inc | Coeur d'Alene |
| Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce | Coeur d'Alene |
| Eastern Idaho Economic Development Council Foundation Inc | Idaho Falls |
| Family Care Center Inc | Idaho Falls |
| Northwest Childrens Home Inc | Lewiston |
| Bear Lake County Library District | Montpelier |
| Public Access Channel 8 | Mountain Home |
| Nampa Civic Foundation Inc | Nampa |
| Mercy Medical Center Nampa | Nampa |
| Friends of The Portia Club Inc | Payette |
| Public Hospital Cooperative Inc | Pocatello |
| United Way of |
Pocatello |
| Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce | Sandpoint |
| Bonner General Hospital Inc | Sandpoint |
| Festival at Sandpoint Inc | Sandpoint |
| Washington County Senior Citizens Inc | Weiser |
The Union Pacific Foundation grants to nonprofit organizations support education, health and human services, and charitable outreach, and reflect Union Pacific Foundation's 49-year tradition of supporting community and civic programs.
Union Pacific Foundation
The Union Pacific Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Union Pacific Corporation. The Foundation has distributed funds since 1959 to qualified organizations in communities served by Union Pacific. The Foundation is not endowed, but is funded each year from the operating profits of Union Pacific Corporation. Much of the foundation's philanthropic support is directed toward The Principals' Partnership, its signature giving program. Union Pacific believes principals who are effective leaders build strong schools, which in turn produce solid citizens, workers and adults. When that happens, we all benefit.
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