A Big Thank You To All Who Made The 2011 Holiday Home Tour A Great Success

The Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources (OFFER) is very grateful to all of the citizens of Oneonta and Blount County who made this year’s OFFER Christmas Home Tour a big success. First and foremost, sincere thanks go to the homeowners, Jack and Pat Standridge, Jan Mooney, Steve and Diane Clowdus, and to the Calvary Episcopal Church for providing wonderful venues for the tour. Each property included in the tour was beautifully decorated and presented its own unique aspect of Christmas. Special thanks go the members of Calvary Episcopal Church who prepared and served delicious refreshments and provided organ music for the tour goers’ enjoyment. OFFER extends thanks to the Oneonta city School teachers who served as additional hosts and hostesses at the homes. Many thanks, too, to the city-school students who directed traffic and assisted in various ways throughout the hours before and after the tour. Sincere thanks, appreciation, and applause go to Rita Allen, Josephine Rouse, and Camille Shirley for providing lovely music during the afternoon’s activities. The Blount Countian is thanked for providing complete and comprehensive coverage of the tour for a month prior to the actual tour date. Alpine Advertising, which provided excellent and creative cable coverage promoting the tour and WCRL-WKLD for their timely radio spots covering the tour are thanked as well. Many thanks go, finally, to all who purchased tickets for the tour. This support will greatly assist students and teachers of Oneonta City Schools in the coming years. Bettye Baker-Bradford, President Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources 27605 State Highway 75 Oneonta, Alabama35121 www.oneonta-offer.org

OFFER Grant Helps With Purchase of Smart Boards for Oneonta City Schools

By partnering with the Oneonta City School Board, the foundation was able to help fund the purchase of Smart Boards for many classrooms. Grants from OFFER totaled $15,000 toward that project. With this fourth holiday tour, OFFER hopes to eventually help fund this interactive technology for all classrooms at Oneonta City Schools, as well as to provide grant money for enhanced instructional materials. View the photos below to see the Smart Boards at work in the classroom.

First Row: Sharon Breaseale, Joy Majors, Bryan Smith, Cheryl Martin, and Teresa Ratliff Second Row: Charlene Smith, Kellie Dailey, Jill Amberson, Amanda Wood, Tiffany Jones, Ramona Brewer, Beatrice Vargas, and Christy Weems Third Row: Karen Clark, Nan Cox, Krystal Hall, Anna Fowler, Rosemary Atkinson, Autumn Hyde, Tricia Watson, Marci Catron, Angie Hogeland, Janna Hollingsworth, Nancy Gentry

Grant Presentation

Oneonta City Schools

March 29, 2011

Recently, twenty-eight (28) teachers from Oneonta City Schools received grants from the Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources (OFFER) totaling $ 18, 431.00. Each teacher was presented a certificate and a red rose by Superintendent Scott Coefield and representatives from the OFFER Board.

The grants covered many different needs, mainly money for new technology.

Recipients of the grants were: Sharon Blackwood, Rosemary Atkinson, Amanda Wood, Jana Hollingsworth, Angie Hogeland, Jill Amberson, Beverly Anderson, Ramona Brewer, Teresa Ratliff, Anna Fowler, Kellie Dailey, Tricia Watson, Autumn Hyde, Beatrice Reyes, Charlene Smith, Deb Hicks, Cheryl Martin, Joy Majors, Marci Catron, Karen Clark, Nancy Gentry, Bryan Smith, Christy Weems, Nan Cox, Krystal Hall, Grace Malek, Sharon Breaseale, and Tiffany Jones.

The Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources is a non-profit organization designed to foster and promote excellence within the Oneonta City School System. The foundation is an active organization that is committed to support Oneonta City Schools through better communication and cooperation among students, teachers, the community, and former graduates. The primary goal is to help provide funding not available through traditional sources.

The Foundation is funded by contributions from businesses, organizations, and individuals as well as fundraisers such as the Christmas Home Tour.

OFFER would like to thank its business and organization donors for this school year. They include Hometown Bank, New York Life/David Wilson, Compass Bank, Otelco, Trinity Management, Inc., The Picket Fence, Oneonta Jaycees, Oneonta Rotary Club, Amicus Club, Variosa Club, Oneonta High School Class of 1958, plus numerous memorials and personal donations.

Donations may be made to: OFFER

Oneonta High School

27605 State Highway 75

Oneonta, Alabama 35121