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Fund Drive Each spring for the past 37 years, First United Methodist has sponsored the Shirley Teten Scholarship Fund Drive and more recently added the Leah Z. Haworth PreKindergarten Memorial. Shirley is the daughter of one of our retired preschool teachers, Mrs. Ruby Gregory, Ruby taught at First United Methodist for many years and Early Childhood teachers at Riverside Community College still make reference to Mrs. Gregory and her progressive ideas concerning children and play. Ruby’s daughter, Shirley passed away of a sudden heart attack leaving Ruby to raise her three grandchildren. In loving memory of her daughter, the Shirley Teten Memorial Scholarship Fund was born and to this day provides young children a good beginning to the life long learning. On behalf of First United Methodist’s Preschool Board and Staff, we would like to invite our families and friends to help support our scholarship goal of $6,000.00. This would provide yearly scholarships for five (5) children to attend FUMPS two days a week. We offer these scholarships to children who will be eligible for Kindergarten by the following year and who, for financial reasons, might not be able to attend but would benefit from a nurturing preschool experience. Recommendations come from parents and friends acquainted with our school, and through community and church referrals. It is through your donations and donations from our church family and friends that we are able to provide such assistance to our young families. If you would like to participate, please make your checks payable to FUMPS with the notation “scholarship”. Mail checks to FUMPS @ 4845 Brockton Ave. Riverside, CA 92506. Attn: Lee Ann Salmon Any amount (large or small) is greatly appreciated. We will keep you informed as to our progress toward our goal of $6,000.00. All applications for scholarship must be submitted no later than Friday, May 29, 2009 to be approved for the 2009/2010 preschool year. 2 teach is +2 touch lives 4 ever |