News and Announcements
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May 12, 2011 - Lea Teachers Recognized
News-Sun
April 11, 2011 - Newton Excellence in Education Award Recipients
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
July 15, 2010 - Soccer Complex Will Expand With Indoor Field
The Enterprise
June 23, 2010 - Reaud Family Shelter Opens July 5 near Baptist Beaumont Hospital
The Enterprise
May 6, 2010 - OC Teachers Honored With Reaud Awards
The Record Live
April 7, 2010 - Kountze ISD's Johnston Among Top Area Teachers
The Silsbee Bee
June 1, 2009 - Reaud Family Shelter Groundbreaking Ceremony
The Enterprise
May 8, 2009 - Reaud Excellence in Education Gala Honors Excellent Local Educators
The Examiner
May 1, 2009 - Reaud Excellence in Education Award Recipients
The Examiner
March 27, 2009 - Beaumont Foundation recognizes 15 Southeast Texas teachers
The Enterprise
December 21, 2008 - Local Foundations make Christmas a Little Merrier for Orange County Kids
The Examiner
Local Foundations make Christmas a little merrier for Orange County kids. The Beaumont Foundation, in partnership with the Reaud Foundation, hosted the first ever Hurricane Ike Relief "Bicycles and Bibles" event on Sunday, December 21, 2008 for 1000 children ages 6 to 12 and their families who suffered economic losses due to Hurricane Ike.
April 18, 2008 -
Local Civil
Rights Leaders Honored with Monument
The Examiner
Written By: Jerry Jordan, Staff Writer
Judge Theodore Johns and the late Elmo R. Willard III were honored April
15, 2008 by three of their peers, local attorneys Wayne A Reaud, Gilbert
I. "Buddy" Low and Michael Jamail, during a standing-room-only ceremony
and statue unveiling at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The ceremony
and statue were provided through a grant from the Beaumont Foundation.
April 18, 2008 –
Crusaders Took
Lead in Fight for Racial Equality
The Examiner
Written By: James Shannon, Staff Writer
Theodore R. Johns and the late Elmo R. Willard III were memorialized in
bronze as “Crusading Lawyers” whose work for civil rights in the 1950s
and 1960s managed to bend history itself in Beaumont, Texas. The
ceremony and bronze statue were provided through a grant from the
Beaumont Foundation.
January 6, 2004 - Open
House Set For PLUK (Parents Let's Unite for Kids) Lab
Billings Gazette, Billings, Wyoming
February 9, 2004 - Grant
Brings New Computers to Jones Middle School
Laurel Leader, Call, Mississippi
February 10, 2004 - Seaford
Middle School Explores New Technology
Sussex Post, Delaware
February 13, 2004 -
Tri-City Teens Dig New Pasco Center
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Washington
February 25, 2004 -
Three Columbia Basin Boys & Girls Club Awarded Technology Grant
Columbia Basin Herald, Washington
March 1, 2004 -
Youth Club Goes High-Tech… Tracy Boys & Girls Club Give Youth a
Chance
Tri-Valley Herald, California
June 4, 2004 -
Technology Comes to Hoover Students
Salem Statesman Journal, Oregon
June 13, 2004 -
Warner Elementary School in Wilmington Gets Grant for Laptop
Computers
The Delaware News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
June 15, 2004 -
Grant, Donations Buy Computers for Boys & Girls Clubs of Weld
County
Greeley Tribune, Colorado
June 25, 2004 -
Central Elementary School in Gulfport Received Grant
The Sun Herald, Mississippi
July 1, 2004 - Boys
& Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley’s Youth Computer Lab Gets Big Upgrade
The News-Review, Oregon
June 29, 2004 - Wyden
Appearance to Tout Computer Grants
The News-Review, Oregon
July 6, 2004 -
Grant Helps Keep Talladega Youths Up-to-Date
Talladega Daily Home, Alabama
July 6, 2004 -
The Salvation Army in Waco is Working to Open a Community
Computer Lab
KWTX, CBS, Waco, Texas
July 18, 2004 -
Church Group Keeps Fit
Selma Times-Journal, Alabama
February 3, 2003 -
Kids Talk About Loss of Columbia
Hampton Roads Daily Press, Hampton Roads, Virginia
Gov. Mark R. Warner visited Clark Springs on Monday to announce that it
and other schools across the state would be receiving $1.5 million in
computers from the Beaumont Foundation of America, which provides
wireless, Internet-enabled computers and software to American schools
and communities. Warner took the opportunity to tell students that the
loss of the space shuttle "was very sad."
February 3, 2003 -
$1.5 Million To Bridge Digital Divide
Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia
Gov. Mark R. Warner appeared today at Clark Springs Elementary School in
Richmond to announce a $1.5 million grant aimed at bridging the "digital
divide" between rich and poor.
January 2003 -
New Foundation to Join Digital Divide Efforts Across the Nation
New Republic
Written By: Frank Newton
Dedicated to the principle of digital equity, the Beaumont Foundation of
America has joined the ongoing efforts of government agencies, schools,
nonprofit communities, businesses and the philanthropic sector to
provide universal access for all. The Foundation’s goal is to provide
access to information for everyone, everywhere, anytime by granting free
computers to underserved schools, community organizations and
individuals.
January 29, 2003 -
Faulty-disk Settlement Gets Computers to Needy
Washington Times, Washington, DC, Written By: Jennifer Harper
Needy Americans will have access to plenty of computers in the next few
years, courtesy of some faulty floppy-disk drives and a trio of canny
Texas lawyers.
January 21, 2003 -
Some
CCISD Elementary Schools Get Free Computers And Software
KRIS TV, Corpus Christi, Texas, Written By: Sylvia Martinez
$400,000 worth of free computer equipment and software is being made
available to underprivileged students around the country, including
nearly a dozen CCISD schools.
January 15, 2003 -
Foundation Seeks Grants for Computers
Picayune Item, Mississippi
The Beaumont Foundation of America, headquartered in Jefferson County,
Texas, today kicked off its effort to provide free computer technology
to underserved communities in Mississippi.
January 8, 2003 -
$2 Million Worth Of Computers Coming To State
Alexander City Outlook, Written By: Stephanie Rebman
Over the next year, the Beaumont Foundation of America will be
allocating $1,987,200 worth of Toshiba computers to Alabama’s schools,
community organizations and individuals.
January 8, 2003 -
Grants to Provide Computers
Montgomery Advertiser
A private foundation, funded by a lawsuit settlement with Toshiba Corp.,
has announced plans to award computers to schools, community groups and
individuals in Alabama.
January 7, 2003 -
Group to Donate Supplies in Mississippi
Jackson Clarion Ledger, Written By: Julie Goodman
A $350 million Texas foundation is donating $1.1 million worth of
hardware — from laptop computers to overhead projectors — to poor
communities in Mississippi this year. The Beaumont Foundation of America
is giving the equipment to eligible schools, community organizations and
individuals as part of a nationwide giveaway over the next four years.
November 21, 2002 -
Foundation's Gift of Computers Benefits Waco Educational Entities
Waco Tribune-Herald, Written By: Terri Jo Ryan, Staff Writer
Some of Waco's most disadvantaged students and their families will gain
access to computers through the proceeds of a class-action suit's
settlement. Some $300,000 in computer equipment purchased with a grant
from the Texas-based Beaumont Foundation of America was awarded
Wednesday to three public high schools, a charter school and a community
center during a ceremony at A.J. Moore Academy.
June 13, 2002 -
Foundation will Help Educate, Put Computers in the Hands of Poor
The Examiner, Written By: Jerry Jordan, Staff Writer
Key figures from government, education and technology sectors from
across the nation were in Southeast Texas this past week to meet with
directors and staff of The Beaumont Foundation of America over how to
put computers in the hands of less fortunate children throughout the
country.
February 28, 2002 -
Beaumont-Based Charity Opens Its Doors
The Examiner, Written By: Erin Koenig, Staff Writer
With the opening of the Beaumont Foundation of America, disadvantaged
school districts, charities and community organizations from around the
nation will now be looking to Beaumont for help in bridging the Digital
Divide — the trend in which affluent Americans are much more likely to
have access to technology and its benefits.