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With approximately 3,000 opportunities annually for children to participate in life expanding activities, the Mudd Nick Foundation focuses on developing Learning Experiences for children that complement, enhance, and broaden what they learn in the classroom. We direct our efforts and energies on delivering impactful, stimulating, fun and meaningful experiences. In close partnership with the North Tillamook County schools, we identify and fund opportunities to which local children would not otherwise have access.
These Learning Experiences focus on providing children:
- access to the arts and cultural activities both within their local area and beyond
- opportunities to participate in athletic programs
- ways to build self-esteem and self-reliance
- a chance to give back to their community.
Mudd Nick Foundation 2017 – 2018 School Year and 2018 Summer Funded Learning Experiences Totaling $164,871
| Learning Experiences | No. of | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Garibaldi Grade School | ||
| Community Arts Project | 185 | $4,000 |
| Summer Reading Program | 75 | $800 |
| K/1 Team Animal Habitats, Adaption & Traits | 52 | $1,514 |
| 2/3 Team Gilbert House – Museum in Salem | 64 | $1,370 |
| 4/5 Team Tillamook | 70 | $846 |
| 4/5 Team Fort Clatsop | 70 | $505 |
| 4/5 Battle of the Books | 35 | $1,352 |
| STEM & Science Fair School Wide | 185 | $1,223 |
| OMSI Portable Planetarium Disc. Dome School Wide | 185 | $900 |
| 2/3 Team OCT Theater and Lunch in the Park | 64 | $2,060 |
| Total | 985 | $14,570 |
| Nehalem Elementary School | ||
| Blazer Game | 20 | $819 |
| K & K/1 Fire Dept, Tillamook Co. Library & NBSP | 40 | $100 |
| 1st/2nd Gilbert House | 23 | $550 |
| Romanov 1/2 Oregon Coast Aqua./ OMSI Coastal Disc. | 22 | $1,273 |
| Grade 3 team – OCT, book and lunch | 32 | $1,138 |
| DeGandi 4th – Raise fish fry | 22 | $125 |
| DeGandi 4th – Zoo trip – Learn about habitats/Lunch | 22 | $662 |
| 4/5 Team OCT, book and lunch (Cassius Clay) | 45 | $2,066 |
| Art Moms – Monthly art instruction | 184 | $900 |
| Summer Reading Program | 75 | $800 |
| 4/5 Battle of the books | 30 | $1,101 |
| School Wide Assemblies – OMSI & Opera to Go | 184 | $1,000 |
| OCCT Artist in Residence | 184 | $1,500 |
| Total | 883 | $12,034 |
| NKN Middle School | ||
| Washington DC Trip | 15 | $30,000 |
| 8th Grade OSU Trip | 50 | $1,550 |
| 6th Grade Newport Aquarium Trip | 78 | $1,680 |
| 7th Grade Ocean Spit | 65 | $2,900 |
| Oregon Battle of the Books | 5 | $245 |
| Tech Club – Lego League, Mini Maker Faire Field Trip | 40 | $2,000 |
| Tag Camp | 20 | $1,250 |
| Doernbecher Children’s Hospital | 20 | $400 |
| Total | 293 | $40,025 |
| NKN High School | ||
| Boeing Engineering Trip (5 workshops at Boeing) | 28 | $6,016 |
| Boys and Girls State $300 per student (students must apply and be accepted by program) | 10 | $3,000 |
| Grace Miller / Choir Nationals | 1 | $500 |
| HS Tech Club (6 to 12 students) | 8 | $900 |
| FBLA State | 35 | $5,500 |
| Career Expo (up to 120 students) host at HS | 40 | $810 |
| Financial Reality Fair (up to 215 students) | 15 | $350 |
| HOBY (Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership conference) | 1 | $225 |
| TAG Weekend Experience | 15 | $1,250 |
| ASPIRE | 60 | $240 |
| Total | 178 | $18,791 |
| Multi School | ||
| PX2 Two Sessions | 30 | $24,000 |
| NKN Youth Athletics | 100 | $5,000 |
| 4H Camp | 30 | $11,000 |
| Missoula Theatre | 55 | $5,000 |
| Youth Track and Field Meet | 100+ | $1,000 |
| S.H.E Warriors | 20 | $725 |
| Summer Art Camp | 70 | $5,000 |
| Skateboard Exhibit & Workshop | 15 | $100 |
| Partners of the Americas | 2 | $5,200 |
| Oregon Writers Festival | 30 | $2,081 |
| Swim Program | 185 | $1,000 |
| Forest to Sea Day Camp | 25 | $1,925 |
| Gardening and Cooking Day Camp | 25 | $2,800 |
| Total | 235 | $64,831 |
| Special Needs | ||
| GBAM & GBAM Jr. | 18 | $6,000 |
| Gales Camp | 1 | $350 |
| Mount Hood Kiwanis Family Camp | 2 | $1,800 |
| Race of Champions – Special Olympics | 27 | $1,000 |
| Camp Taloali | 1 | $400 |
| IFLY (MS trampoline center) | 10 | $1,070 |
| Sensory Regulation Experience for GGS sensory room | 25 | $1,250 |
| Extra Special Sensory Equipment for NES sensory room | 15 | $1,250 |
| Community Exploration (MS/HS) | 6 | $300 |
| Cooking and Physical Movement (MS/HS) | 6 | $300 |
| Think College Inclusion Oregon – trip to PSU | 8 | $900 |
| Total | 119 | $14,620 |
| Total All Learning Experiences | 706 | $164,871 |
On April 25, 2014, fifteen students from Neahkahnie Middle School and two from Neahkahnie High School arrived at the Twin Rocks Camp in Rockaway Beach to participate in a life changing weekend experience sponsored by the Mudd Nick Foundation. These young adults were about to embark on a two day, two night journey into PX2 – the Path to eXtreme Success, developed by the Pacific Institute. They would participate in a simple, structured process designed to build their understanding of how the human mind works, how a person thinks and how those thoughts affect how the person acts. The PX2 tools and techniques help students understand how habits, attitudes and beliefs may stand in the way of recognizing and releasing our inner potential. The PX2 process teaches goal setting, self-reflection and self-evaluation, leading participants to recognize that all individuals are responsible for their own actions. By accepting responsibility, participants are better equipped to make sound decisions and better choices in life. The goal is for each student to leave the PX2 training with knowledge and skills needed to take control over his or her own future by changing old habits, attitudes, beliefs and expectations; the motto being – Let the “true you” shine!
The PX2 weekend experience was planned and facilitated by two North Tillamook County teachers, Joan Henderson and Donna Miller, who are trained in the PX2 curriculum. They carefully developed activities and lessons that encouraged cooperative skills, social bonding and self-reflection that enhanced each of the twelve PX2 lesson sessions.
Treasurer’s Corner Archives
The week following our 2018 annual Event, Jim was overwhelmed to learn our Event revenues were $83,600. A tremendous THANK YOU to those who attended and bid on the outstanding assortment of live and silent auction items including the numerous $250 Help a Child donations, bought Blinkies and 50/50 raffle tickets, and from our generous Event sponsors. Jim wanted to know if I thought we would have a record revenue year. I told him it was unlikely we would eclipse our 2016 record year of $203,000; but we could now expect a GREAT year, to which he said “WOW, isn’t that wonderful!” Thanks to the $16,555 the Foundation has received to date in donations to Jim’s Remembrance, our revenues, with year-end In-Kind donations, reached a record 210,000! Jim would be blown away by the amazing support given to provide live changing experiences to children in North Tillamook County.
Thanks to the numerous volunteer hours donated by our Board and other wonderful people, around 80% of our donations go directly to fund our Learning Experiences and provide a reserve to maintain the quality of life-changing experiences for our children.