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Glenwood School Receives $14.6K Grant From Community Foundation

Chicago Tribune – TribLocal.com – St. Charles
By Crystal Phillips

Relocation Of Rooftop Air Conditioning Units

St. Charles, IL — Glenwood School for Boys and Girls recently received a $14,640 grant from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. The grant was used to relocate rooftop air conditioning units on two of Glenwood School’s Rathje Campus residential cottages. The Foundation’s generosity has enabled Glenwood School to complete the project, which was vital to the students’ well-being and safety and preserving of the cottages.

The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is a non-profit philanthropic organization that administers individual charitable funds from which grants and scholarships are distributed to benefit the citizens of the Greater Aurora Area, the TriCities and Kendall County Illinois. The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley supports projects and organizations, like Glenwood, that are committed to education. The Foundation also provides grants for organizations committed to social services, healthcare, and arts and humanities.

To find out more about the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, please visit their website at www.cffrv.org.

Glenwood School for Boys and Girls is the only boarding school in the greater Chicago metropolitan area that provides disadvantaged children a safe, stable environment in which to live, learn and succeed. Co-founded by Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, in 1887, Glenwood has earned a reputation for excellence through a rigorous core curriculum, a nurturing boarding program and strong family and community partnerships. For more information on Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, please visit http://www.glenwoodschool.org/.

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