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Area High School Guidance Counselors Attend Free Workshop
 Five ACM@UCO students answer questions from counselors during a breakout session at the Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network spring workshop. |
The Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network presented its spring workshop for high school guidance counselors Jan. 26 in Oklahoma City.
54 guidance counselors representing the 51 high schools participating in the network attended the workshop to learn the latest information on preparing students for graduation and college admissions processes.
The morning session at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) in Bricktown, included a tour of the facility and an overview of the academy’s music education programs. The counselors ended their day with learning sessions at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation offices. The Central Oklahoma Guidance Counselor Network was created through our Trustee Scholarship Initiative to provide support and free training to high school guidance counselors at public and private high schools in central Oklahoma. Learn more here.
Brian Dougherty to discuss successful and sustainable landscapes at Feb. 2 class
 Brian Dougherty |
Beginning in February, the City of Oklahoma City’s Planning Department will begin offering a series of free monthly classes about green infrastructure. The first class on Feb. 2 will be taught by Brian Dougherty, director of our Margaret Annis Boys Trust and Parks & Public Spaces Initiative. Brian will discuss the elements of successful and sustainable landscapes for central Oklahoma. The class is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation offices (directions). It is free and open to the public, no registration is required. For more information on upcoming classes, click here.
The Oklahoma Railway Museum: Preserving Oklahoma’s Railroad Heritage
 A group of Oklahoma Railway Museum members pose with one of the museum’s working locomotives and passenger trains prior to the last train ride day of 2011. |
The Oklahoma Railway Museum and its team of dedicated members truly epitomize the famous children’s book “The Little Engine That Could.”
Armed with an unflappable “we think we can” mentality, the members have established the Oklahoma Railway Museum as an educational and interactive attraction in northeast Oklahoma City. Created in 1972 by a group of railroad enthusiasts, the Oklahoma Railway Museum collects and preserves artifacts that reflect the heritage of railroad and street rail transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries in Oklahoma. The nonprofit organization also promotes safe conduct around and near all railroad operations through its partnership with Oklahoma Operation Lifesaver, a public safety education program.
“We are a very interesting group, a total volunteer effort with no staff that has one common denominator, the love of railroads,” explains Drake Rice, who is on the museum’s board of directors. “One may not realize but the newest piece of rail equipment we use at the museum was built in the 1950s and requires lots of TLC to keep it rolling.”
The museum’s location at 3400 N.E. Grand Blvd. is much more than a museum of freight and passenger cars and even a steam engine; kids of all ages can ride a train every first and third Saturday of the month, April through August. The train rides cover a three-mile track and right-of-way maintained by the organization’s members. The museum also offers special Halloween and Christmas train rides. In recent years, the museum has hosted the “Day Out With Thomas” event that features rides on a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends children’s series.
In 2004, the organization established its charitable organization endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. Mr. Rice says the organization encourages all of its members to contribute to the endowment whether the gift is small or large. Continue reading here.
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2011 Annual Report
On behalf of the Trustees and staff of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, we are pleased to present our 2011 Annual Report which illustrates the impact of our organization during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. This yearly publication provides in-depth information about our generous donors, the endowment funds we administer, our community programs and grants and our investment performance and financial highlights. To download a pdf of our 2011 Annual Report, click here.
