Leaders Credit Union, member-owned financial cooperative based in Jackson is pleased to award eleven West Tennessee educators with the L.E.A.D.S. Educator Grant. This program awards eleven $1,000 grants to area educators whose initiatives empower students to Learn, Experience, Advocate, Dream, and Serve.
Among the 11 are two from Carroll County.
Cara Chadwick, a teacher at Carroll County Technical Center will use her grant funds for supplies and materials for the new greenhouse. Michael Nelson, a teacher at West Carroll Junior/Senior High School has plans to use the grant funds for quality musician stands for band.
“The L.E.A.D.S. Educator Grant embodies who we are as an organization because we are here to serve, advocate and educate our members and allow them to dream of a new future,” said Todd Swims, President and CEO of Leaders Credit Union. “We were started by Jackson educators, so we are honored to be able to give back to those educators in a meaningful, intentional way.”
