Adopt-a-Class Director Karen Hamerslag applies for grants to fund special projects or supplement general funds.
Adopt-a-Class was awarded generous grants for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. These grants support the Mathematics, Science and STEM Support Program.
Adopt-a-Class has received generous grant support for our Loudon County school support since 2021. In 2023, 2024 and 2025, the GNS fully funded the Literacy Program at Loudon and Steekee Elementary Schools. This program provides educational magazines to all students in second through fifth grade.
Over 100 members of the East TN Foothills chapter of 100 Women Who Care voted to support the new Adopt-a-Class Family Engagement literacy program. Each member contributed $100 for this initiative at Loudon, Steekee and Vonore Elementary Schools. Beginning in November 2022 and with additional support from a partner foundation, the program will be funded through 2026.
Members awarded generous grants supporting the Adopt-a-Class Literacy Program in 2022 and 2023, and the Mathematics, Science and STEM Support Program in 2024 for 2025.
Members generously supported the Adopt-a-Class Literacy Program.
Adopt-a-Class has received three grant awards from the Tellico Community Foundation. In 2022, a grant award provided a jumpstart to our literacy program. In 2023, the TCF provided supplemental funding to the new Mathematics and STEM Program. In 2025, the TCF awarded funds to assist expansion of the Literacy Program to an additional school.
The Tellico Community Foundation is an affiliate of the East Tennessee Foundation.
The Network For Good Donor Advised Fund is a 501(c)(3) charity that advises and processes donations.
Adopt-a-Class received generous Ministry Partnership grants for General Program services in 2022 and 2023.