Union Pacific Foundation Continues The Principals' Partnership in Missouri Public High Schools
The Principals’ Partnership and Nonprofit Organizations in Missouri Receive Nearly $224,000 from Union Pacific Foundation
Omaha, Neb., March 10, 2008 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $223,995 to fund The Principals’ Partnership and projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Missouri.
The Principals’ Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 26 public high school principals in Missouri. This is the sixth year the program has been in Missouri. Additionally, the Foundation is providing grants to 17 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 – Missouri | |
| Recipient | City |
| United Way of Southeast Missouri | Cape Girardeau |
| Keller Public Library | Dexter |
| United Way of Central Missouri | Jefferson City |
| Children’s Center For The Visually Impaired | Kansas City |
| Heart Of America Shakespeare Festival | Kansas City |
| Junior Achievement Of Middle America, Inc. | Kansas City |
| Nelson Gallery Foundation | Kansas City |
| United Way of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City |
| Missouri Valley Community Action Agency | Marshall |
| Pacific Partnership | Pacific |
| Jefferson County Rescue Mission | Pevely |
| United Gospel Rescue Mission Inc | Poplar Bluff |
| Sedalia-Pettis County United Way | Sedalia |
| Magic House | St. Louis |
| Nurses For Newborns Foundation | St. Louis |
| United Way of Greater St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Green Hills Rural Development, Inc. | Trenton |
| 2008 The Principal's Partnership – Missouri | |
| Participating School | City |
| DeSoto High School | DeSoto |
| Van Horn High School | Independence |
| Jefferson City High School | Jefferson City |
| Central High School | Kansas City |
| Fairview Alternative School | Kansas City |
| Lincoln College Preparatory Academy | Kansas City |
| Manual Career Technical Center | Kansas City |
| Northeast High School | Kansas City |
| Paseo Visual and Performing Arts Academy | Kansas City |
| Southeast African Centered High School | Kansas City |
| Teenage Parent Center | Kansas City |
| Westport High School | Kansas City |
| Smith Cotton High School | Sedalia |
| Beaumont High School | St. Louis |
| Career Academy High School | St. Louis |
| Central Visual & Performing Arts High School | St. Louis |
| Cleveland Naval Junior Academy | St. Louis |
| Community Access & Job Training at Southwest | St. Louis |
| Gateway Institute of Technology | St. Louis |
| Griscom School | St. Louis |
| Meda P. Washington Education Center | St. Louis |
| Metro High School | St. Louis |
| Roosevelt High School | St. Louis |
| Soldan International Studies High School | St. Louis |
| Sumner Mega Magnet High School | St. Louis |
| Vashon High School | St. Louis |
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.
About Union Pacific
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