1st Source Bank Grant to Provide Outdoor Learning Center at Westville Little School
Westville, IN – 1st Source Bank has awarded a $22,864 grant
to provide an outdoor learning center at Westville Little School. The new 1st
Source Bank Outdoor Learning Center will be an extension of the indoor
classroom further enhancing the growth and development of the young students.
The space will include a xylophone, rain barrel, large drums, log fort, balance
beams, stepping stumps and other engaging activities.
1st Source Regional President Matt Vessely recently visited
the Westville Little School to present the donation to Dunebrook Executive
Director Jeanne Ann Cannon. Joining them were Dr. Curtiss Streitelmeier,
Superintendent of Schools at MSD of New Durham Township; Deb Pratt, Professor
of Early Education at Purdue North Central; and Westville Little School
teachers Erin Foust and Jamie Sales.
“1st Source Bank is pleased to partner with Dunebrook, Westville
Schools and Purdue North Central to bring an Outdoor Learning Center to the
Westville Little School,” said Vessely. “The new outdoor space will enhance
learning opportunities for the children so they are better prepared for
Kindergarten and have a strong foundation for the future.”
“We are so appreciative of 1st Source Bank’s generous
contribution to Westville Little School,” said Cannon. “1st Source and their
support is another example of when talent and expertise from a variety of a
community resources, such as business, education and social services
significantly increase the success of our children, academically, behaviorally
and physically. The physical play that 1st Source has provided will play an
important role in the holistic development and success of Westville Little
Schools’ unique curriculum.”
1st Source Corporation, parent
company of 1st Source Bank, has assets of $5.2 billion and is the largest
locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern
Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. The Corporation includes 80 banking centers,
22 1st Source Bank Specialty Finance Group locations nationwide, eight Trust
and Wealth Management locations and ten 1st Source Insurance offices. For more
than 150 years, 1st Source has been committed to the success of the communities
it serves. For more information, visit www.1stsource.com.
Attached photo, left to
right: Dr. Curtiss Streitelmeier, Superintendent of Schools at MSD of New
Durham Township; Erin Foust, Lead Teacher at Westville Little School; Jeanne
Ann Cannon, Executive Director of Dunebrook; Deb Pratt, Professor of Early
Education at Purdue North Central; Jamie Sales, Teacher at Westville Little
School and 1st Source Regional President Matt Vessely.
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