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Annual Report - PHM Education Foundation

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Community Partnerships<br />

Partnerships in the community allow the P-H-M <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> to further support students and staff. Most notably in 2011-2012 were the<br />

partnerships with Barnes & Noble Bookstores and Penn Wrestling Club.<br />

The Penn Wrestling Club Challenge brought together nearly<br />

100 wrestlers in a 100-, one-minute wrestling challenge at<br />

Penn High School in January. The Penn Wrestling Club is<br />

a nonprofit organization and is led by Penn High School<br />

wrestling coach Brad Harper. Funds raised from the challenge<br />

were split between the Penn Wrestling Club and<br />

P-H-M <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>.<br />

A holiday book drive at Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the University<br />

Park Mall generated 1,836 books for five P-H-M elementary schools that<br />

have the highest percentage of economically disadvantaged students. The<br />

books, valued at a total of $10,246, were distributed to Elm Road Elementary,<br />

Elsie Rogers Elementary, Meadow’s Edge Elementary, Moran<br />

Elementary and Walt Disney Elementary schools. Many thanks to the<br />

P-H-M families and the general public who donated books to support<br />

elementary students.<br />

“It’s fun to see my fifth-grade boys excited about reading. These books<br />

very much filled a void.” — Shelli Treely, reading coach at Moran<br />

Elementary School.<br />

www.phmef.org P-H-M <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> 10

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