Marthasville Elementary is the recipient of a $2,000 grant from the MFA Oil Foundation.
The money will be used to purchase a sun shade for the playground. The purchase of the sun shade will help protect students and staff from harmful rays and the hot sun during warm months.
“Our playground does not currently have any shaded areas or trees for students to cool down during the extreme heat and high temperatures. This pavilion will be used all day, every day of the week by our school,” said Marthasville Elementary Principal Kristen Daffron. “The community will also benefit from the use of this pavilion when they use our playground outside of school hours and during the summer. We believe that recess and physical exercise breaks are an important part of the needs of the whole child and has positive impacts on learning.”
Marthasville Elementary plans to update their picnic tables, so students will have more choices to play games and read under the pavilion during recess. Teachers will be able to use the pavilion for outdoor learning as well.
“The addition of a playground pavilion will have many positive impacts and benefits to our school and community for years to come,” Daffron said. “The pavilion will match our outdoor classroom that was installed earlier this year. We are grateful to be this year's grant recipient from the MFA Oil Foundation.”
MFA Oil Foundation
The MFA Oil Foundation provides cash grants to support nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. The Foundation’s mission is to assist rural communities in MFA Oil Company’s market area by donating resources that help develop and strengthen organizations dedicated to education, youth, human services or civic endeavors.
MFA Oil Donation to Marthasville Elementary
Marthasville Elementary received a $2,000 grant from the MFA Oil Foundation to help with the purchase of a sun shade for the playground. Marthasville Elementary Principal Kristen Daffron, middle, accepts the donation. Representing MFA Oil, from left, are Larry Brewe, Rick Liermann, Marty Mills and Randy Heggemann.