The Learning Corridor Awarded
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant
Totaling $510,000.00

           Hartford, CT – For the past few months, The Learning Corridor had been anxiously awaiting the answer from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation regarding submission of a grant totaling $510,000 to provide educational opportunities to children from Hartford and its surrounding communities, and to provide and educational environment in which children from various backgrounds and communities can learn and grow in understanding and acceptance of each other. On Friday, August 22nd, Pamela Churchill, Vice President of Development and Administrative Director of The Learning Corridor received a phone call awarding the grant. It is with great excitement in which The Learning Corridor begins a new school year and plans for the many years to come.
           “With this grant, The Learning Corridor will build upon its already apparent success to provide more educational opportunities to children for Hartford and its surrounding communities with necessary school programming and planning”, says Pam Churchill. “The Learning Corridor is a very diverse campus. These monies will allow us to continue to provide an educational environment in which children of all backgrounds and communities can learn and grow in understanding and acceptance of each other. These dollars will also assist us to enhance our neighborhood outreach.”
          Since its opening in September 2000, The Learning Corridor not only has become a model of educational success but also a place for communities of all sorts to enjoy the diversity and comfort in which the campus illuminates. This grant will give The Learning Corridor dollars to fund more community events such as outdoor concerts, multicultural celebrations, community cleanups and many others. The Learning Corridor has also become a favorite venue for local and national events. This grant will help The Learning Corridor assist some of the non-profit organizations with some of the event costs.
          The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations.” Its programming activities center around the common vision of a world in which each person has a sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family, community, and societal well being; and has the capacity to be productive, and to help create nurturing families, responsive institutions, and healthy communities.
          To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants toward specific areas. These include: health; food systems and rural development; youth and education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these areas, attention is given to the cross-cutting themes of leadership; information and communication technology; capitalizing on diversity; and social and economic community development. Grants are concentrated in the United States , Latin America , and the Caribbean , and the southern African countries of Botswana , Lesotho , Mozambique , South Africa , Swaziland , and Zimbabwe .
          The Learning Corridor is a 16-acre campus consisting of a unique cluster of schools; the Montessori Magnet Elementary School , Hartford Magnet Middle School , the Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science, and the Greater Hartford Arts Academy. Also included on the campus are support programs for the youth-- a Boys and Girls Club and the Aetna Center for Families. The Learning Corridor will be blending public health concepts into the educational instruction for students, faculty, parents and the entire community. There is no other public school campus in the country that combines these elements. The Learning Corridor was developed by a collaborative effort called the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA), composed of Hartford Hospital , the Institute of Living , Connecticut Children's Medical Center , Trinity College , and Connecticut Public Radio, along with the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford .