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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Junior League of Huntsville will hold its next meeting on Monday, August 29, 2011 at the Huntsville Museum of Art from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  The focus will be education as they welcome Dr. E.Casey Wardynski, Huntsville City Schools Superintendent, to the community. The Junior League will present an award to the Schools Foundation, Inc. in order to support their new Free 2 Teach initiative to help teachers in the community.  The JL Operation Education committee will be presenting an update on their programs including one to collect teacher school supplies, which will go to teachers throughout Madison County.  The Free 2 Teach initiative will provide all public school teachers throughout Madison County free teaching supplies.  Education is one of the Junior League's community focus areas, and it is thrilled to support The Schools Foundation as it launches Free 2 Teach.

What is Junior League of Huntsville?

Junior League of Huntsville is a diverse group of women dedicated to improving our local community through volunteering and developing women into future leaders. JLH members provide 25,000 hours a year of volunteer service in the Huntsville/Madison County area. In addition, the group awards numerous local grants annually. Originally founded as the Grace Club Auxiliary in 1949, the organization became a Junior League in 1975 and has been serving this community for more than 60 years.

About The Schools Foundation

The Schools Foundation is a not-for-profit local education foundation in Huntsville, Alabama.  The Foundation supports all three public school systems in Madison County, Alabama: Huntsville City Schools, Madison County Schools and Madison City Schools.  The Foundation solicits corporate contributions, individual donations and grant funds to support a variety of programs including student scholarships, teacher grants, staff development, technology deployment, and other programs that directly benefit students and enhance educational opportunities in the community's three public school systems.  Foundations funds are distributed equitably to the three school districts based on student enrollment.

The Junior League of Huntsville presents Dr. Wardynski and The Schools Foundation a donation in support of Free 2 Teach (l-r) Lady Smith; Junior League Huntsville President; Dr. Casey Wardynski, Huntsville City Schools Superintendent; Eula Battle, Free 2 Teach co-chair; Ranae Bartlett, Junior League Huntsville member and Madison City Board of Education member; Nancy Jones, Free 2 Teach co-chair; Amy Boyd, Junior League Huntsville Education co-chair