CFWT Grant Story: Texas Tech University UIL
With the support of a Sybil B. Harrington Endowment for the Arts grant, scholarships were given to 10 Lubbock ISD students to attend the 2021 Texas Tech University UIL Summer Theatre Camp hosted by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Students were selected based on academic success, financial need, and interest in theatre performance and allowed to audition, rehearse, and perform in a one-act play in the Maedgen Theatre on the TTU campus. Campers took courses that
CFWT Scholarship Spotlight: AmandaJo Zimmerman
The Lubbock Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Chapter Memorial Scholarship Fund for the 2021-2022 academic year is Texas Tech Ph.D. student AmandaJo Zimmerman. AmandaJo explained, “For the past seven years I worked as a geophysicist for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – essentially the oil and gas industry for the federal government in NOLA, and for the past eight years I concurrently taught physical and historical geology in the evenings at Delgado Comm
CFWT Grant Story: OneVoiceHome
In 2021, OneVoiceHome purchased tactile and training resources to create a sensory room with a Parkhill Building Community Fund grant, a Component Fund of the Community Foundation of West Texas. The organization purchased items like art supplies, musical instruments, and comfort objects to fill the room and provide a space for recharge and de-escalation for survivors. The nonprofit writes, “It is very normal for overstimulation to occur for a survivor on their healing journey