Dater Foundation: Success Stories
Celebrating Clifford's 50 years of entertaining and educating
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WCET threw a 50th birthday party for Clifford the Big Red Dog Feb. 9, and the Dater Foundation joined in the celebration and provided a big cake. The Foundation is a supporter of CET’s children’s programming, which includes Clifford’s TV show.
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2010-11 Annual Report Available
You can read a year's worth of success stories in the Dater Foundation's annual report.
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Ronald McDonald House Expansion Highlighted
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The expansion of the Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House was the subject of a front-page article in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Sunday, April 26. The Dater Foundation has made six grants totaling $180,000 to the local Ronald McDonald House, including a $100,000 grant for the Charles H. Dater Children's Theatre.
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Xavier University Summer Internship Program
Xavier University's Summer Internship Program places capable college students at non-profit organizations, and both the students and the non-profits benefit from the experience.
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Gene Therapy Research in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The Dater Foundation's average grant is in the $10,000 to $15,000 range, so a significantly greater commitment to the funding of gene therapy research in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center back in 2001 was not done without some extensive discussion. Nine years later, the funding continues and the results and feedback are very positive.
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Camp Joy Fosters Success
Joy Outdoor Education Center
Camp Joy's Fostering Success program has benefited hundreds of foster children over the years. Marcell Walls, now age 20 and in college, recalls how important his time at Camp Joy was to him.
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Xavier University Summer Internship Program
Xavier University's Summer Internship Program places capable college students at non-profit organizations, and both the students and the non-profits benefit from the experience. Read Xavier graduating senior Evan Werk's reflections after his summer internship at Stepping Stones.
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Operation School Bell A Ringing Success
Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati
Over 400 inner-city youngsters from Cincinnati's Over the Rhine area will return to school with new clothes and a new school backpack thanks to Operation School Bell, a program of the Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati and supported by the Dater Foundation.
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Dater High Seniors Awarded Scholarship
Five graduating seniors at Gilbert A. Dater Senior High were awarded Dater Foundation scholarships in ceremonies at Senior Awards Night May 22.
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Madcap Puppets at Dater Monterssori
Madcap Puppets delighted more than 200 boys and girls at Dater Montessori last week with an hour-long performance. Madcap’s outreach program to schools has featured over 100 performances in the last four months. The Foundation is a long-time supporter of Madcap.
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Dater High Seniors Earn Scholarships
Six graduating seniors at Gilbert A. Dater Senior High were awarded Dater Foundation scholarships in ceremonies at Senior Awards Night May 15.
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Six Dater High Seniors Earn Dater Foundation Scholarships
Gilbert A. Dater Senior High School
A highlight of the Senior Awards Dinner and Program at Gilbert A. Dater High School May 23 was the announcement of the six Charles H. Dater Foundation scholarship recipients for the Class of 2005.
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Portraits Presented to Dater Schools
Dater High School and Dater Montessori
Large portraits of school namesake Gilbert Dater and his grandson Charles Dater were unveiled Thursday, April 14 in ceremonies at Gilbert Dater High School in Western Hills. "We're so pleased to have these two wonderful paintings to remind our students and staff of our heritage and two men who have made significant contributions to our schools," said Dr. Beverly Eby, principal at Dater High School.
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Dater High Seniors Earn Dater Scholarships
Gilbert A. Dater Senior High School
A highlight of the Senior Awards Program at Gilbert A. Dater High School was the announcement of the five Charles H. Dater Foundation scholarship recipients for the Class of 2004.
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Live Theatre Impacts Youngsters
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
The Ensemble Theatre's Fairy Godmother program introduces inner-city school children to live theatre on the ETC stage and its Prelude Program takes playwriting and production into schools.
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Classics for Kids
WGUC Radio
Kids listening to classical music? It's happening in Cincinnati. WGUC's Classics for Kids radio broadcasts air twice every weekend and an exciting, interactive web site makes music fun for children and provides curriculum resources for music and classroom teachers.
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Computers for Learning
CISE (Cincinnati Inner-City Schools Education Fund)
Against big odds, eight Cincinnati inner-city Catholic elementary schools are making a difference. Two thirds of their students live at or below the poverty level, yet an amazing 96% of graduate from high school and many go on to college.
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Surfing Colleges in Cyberspace
Gilbert A. Dater High School
The "College Corner" at Gilbert A. Dater High School provides students at the Cincinnati Public School and their parents with computers and other resources to enhance college education opportunities.
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PowerUp for Success
Urban League of Greater Cincinnati
The Urban League and the Dater Foundation are helping minority youngsters in low income, urban families enhance their computer skills and close the "digital divide" that exists with their more advantaged counterparts in the suburbs.
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Taking Art on the Road
Taft Museum of Art
The Taft Museum of Art is bridging gaps during its current renovation and expansion program with creative programs like Galleries on the GO" and "Artists Rearching Classrooms" ... both supported by the Dater Foundation.
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Up Close with Nature at the Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Reading about animals and seeing pictures in books is educational, but learning really comes alive when youngsters take a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. And some of their favorite places to visit are exhibits funded by the Dater Foundation.
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Junior High Students Put On An Old Radio Drama at WVXU
WVXU Radio
Ever hear kids say, "Let's put on a show." But how many get to write and star in their own play that is actually broadcast on radio? It's happening in Cincinnati, thanks to a Dater Foundation grant to WVXU Radio and the station's strong commitment to programming that makes classroom education come alive for Greater Cincinnati schoolchildren.
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Cincinnati Opera Takes Outreach Program into Schools
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More than 8,000 students at 40 area schools benefit from the Cincinnati Opera's Education Outreach program. As school field trip/transportation budgets are cut and schools face greater pressure to maximize classroom time, the program takes opera into the schools and provides exposure to the arts for students (4/2/2013)
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