Posts by The Picerne Family Foundation
J3 Foundation awarded Picerne Family Foundation Social Entrepreneur Grant
The Picerne Family Foundation has selected the J3 Foundation for the 2025 Social Entrepreneur Fund, a three-year renewable capacity building grant. J3 provides research-based in-class and after-school reading curriculum along with a lending library of books to nearly 900 in-need fourth graders in 24 Title I schools in Los Angeles. The mission of the J3…
Read MoreFoundation Selects Global Sustainability Teachers for 2024-25
The Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of three teachers to lead the Global Sustainability Project in school year 2024-25. Jennifer Walters, an Advanced Placement Biology teacher and Kimberly Rapp, an AP Environmental Studies teacher will co-lead students from Corona del Mar High School. Because of their outstanding performance in co-leading a group of…
Read MorePicerne Family Foundation Global Sustainability Project Students Begin Work on Local Projects.
After a rigorous application process, 10 students selected to participate in the Global Sustainability Project from Dana Hills High and 10 students from Edison High began work on local sustainability projects. This month, Dana Hills High students are establishing a restoration, research and education zone where future 5th grade students will study the effects of…
Read MorePicerne Family Foundation Awards New Vision Initiatives Grants for Mental Health Professionals
Awards are focused on providing opportunities for accomplished mental health professionals to implement a “dream project” that will have significant impact for the people and nonprofits they serve. This year the foundation approved 9 proposals from mental health professionals. Among those receiving support were Open Paths Counseling Center, enabling them to launch a new psychoeducational…
Read MorePicerne Family Foundation awards 18 new Artist Outreach Project Grants
The Picerne Family Foundation is pleased to announce that 18 artists have been selected to participate in the 2023 Artist Outreach Project. Each of the artists listed below were awarded $15,000 plus funding for materials to pursue a year-long arts based therapeutic, mentoring or educational project of their own design for people who would otherwise…
Read MorePicerne Family Foundation to Resume Global Sustainability Project
The Global Sustainability Project (GSP) gives California high school students the opportunity to actively engage in ecological sustainability, both locally and internationally. July 18, 2023 – With the post-COVID resumption of international travel, the Picerne Foundation is continuing the Global Sustainability Program. Dolores Dang-Wright, a teacher at Dana Hills High School, and Greg Gardiner at…
Read MoreFoundation Offers New Round of Educational Visions Grants
Awards to be focused on the opportunities and challenges of the return to classrooms. Recognizing that students returning to the classroom after over a year of online instruction will create opportunities and challenges for teachers, the Foundation is offering a new round of Educational Visions grants to support innovation in this area. it is likely…
Read MoreThe Picerne Family Foundation donates essential items to The Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation.
May 21, 2021 – To enhance the working environment for local firefighters, The Picerne Family Foundation’s Giving Back Program recently donated $20,000 to The Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation. The funds were used to purchase state-of-the-art essential equipment identified as most needed by fire personnel working at several fire station in Los Angeles County.…
Read MoreThe Picerne Family Foundation creates Shelter-in-Place: Face-to-Face program to counter isolation of COVID-19 Crisis.
In response to the social isolation necessitated by the COVID-19 crisis the Picerne Family Foundation has initiated a new program: Shelter-in-Place: Face-to-Face. Volunteer artists, writers and musicians will provide live, one-on-one face-to-face lessons free of charge through interactive video platforms such as Zoom, Skype and FaceTime. For more information go to Programs on this website.
Read MoreGlobal Sustainability Project students contribute to climate change research in the Peruvian Amazon.
Eleven San Clemente High School students completed a 13 day Earthwatch research expedition in the Yarapa river basin of the Peruvian Amazon. Students surveyed a variety of species including river dolphins, wading and aquatic birds, macaws, fishing bats, frogs, fish and caimans. The data they collected contributes to cutting edge research by Dr. Richard Bodmer…
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