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Ruby Valley Hospital - Supporting Science Education in Ruby Valley Schools
Every fall, the medical staff at Ruby Valley Hospital’s Medical Clinic offer low-cost sports physicals for athletes at the local high schools. Money collected is then given back to the schools in the Ruby Valley. The schools use the funds to purchase books or equipment in support of science education.
What is it?
Every fall, the medical staff at Ruby Valley Hospital’s Medical Clinic offer low-cost sports physicals for athletes at the local high schools. Money collected is then given back to the schools in the Ruby Valley. The schools use the funds to purchase books or equipment in support of science education.
Who is it for?
Children in Ruby Valley’s schools
Why do they do it?
Low-cost physicals are important to the health and safety of young athletes, and all funds from the physicals circle back into science education of the community’s children. The Ruby Valley in Madison County is a rural area with two small schools that have limited funds to enhance their science curriculum.
Impact
In 2013, more than $1,500 was collected and then donated to local schools. Funds were used to purchase iPad tablets filled with science applications and digital books to complement the K-12 science curriculum and projects.
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