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YOUR COMMUNITY<br />
New Albany Floyd County Education Foundation<br />
GALA SUPPORTS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS<br />
More than 600 people attended the ninth annual “Education Celebration!” gala, which netted $180,000 for projects for NA-FC<br />
Schools’ students. This exceeded last year’s proceeds by $40,000, according to Executive Director Tyler Bliss. Funded projects include<br />
Blessings in a Backpack, which sends food home with 1,200 needy children each week; classroom projects; Imagination Library of<br />
free books each month for 3,700 young students; First-Year Teacher gifts to set up classrooms; JA experience for all fifth and seventh<br />
graders; scholarships; Great ARTS projects in partnership with the Fund for the Arts; and annual educational tours (cultural and<br />
historical) for all elementary students.<br />
(Top) Jim Kanning and Alan Muncy bought strings of beads sold by New Albany cheerleaders Grace Swarens and Hailey<br />
Barker and Floyd Central cheerleaders Emma Shackleford and Regann Ballard to raise extra funds. (Right) Mandy<br />
Bennett, Elizabeth Hilbrich, and Laura Muncy perused silent auction items.<br />
Phillip and Deborah Wesley, Amy Letke, and Chuck Antonini prepared to enjoy the<br />
evening’s buffet.<br />
24 • <strong>May</strong>/<strong>June</strong> <strong>2020</strong> • Southern Indiana Living<br />
Sara Main, Superintendent Dr. Brad Snyder, and Dr. Rex and Marcia Bickers posed with<br />
an oversized auction item.
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