MaeAnna LaFavor of Hovland demonstrated quite a bit of initiative by applying for an Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. Operation Round Up grant. This last summer she was awarded $2,400 for the purchase of portions of the Barton Reading & Spelling System that Cook County Schools did not already have. The system will be used to help students with dyslexia. LaFavor applied for the grant as part of a Girl Scout community service project.
As students get back in the school routine this September, those dealing with the challenge of dyslexia will find they have a little extra help, thanks to a determined Girl Scout and the Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. Operation Round Up grant program.
When Arrowhead Electric presented its Operation Round Up grants last summer, there was one larger-thanusual award. What is more unusual than the amount of the award is that the award went to an individual—to a young woman named MaeAnna LaFavor. MaeAnna submitted an Operation Round Up grant for a special learning tool that would help her with dyslexia—and which will help other students for years to come. MaeAnna was awarded $2,400 for the purchase of three additional levels of the Barton Reading & Spelling System for Cook County Schools.
The Barton Reading & Spelling System is a one-onone tutor program designed to help teachers and parents tutor students with dyslexia. There are 10 levels of the Barton System and the school did not have them all. MaeAnna was introduced to the system by reading specialist Kim Carlstad-Gillis, who is a passionate supporter of the Barton System.
MaeAnna became one too and when it came time to pick a community service project for Girl Scouts, she decided to try to earn money to purchase additional levels of the Barton System for Cook County Schools.
Arrowhead Electric Customer Service Representative Georgene Daubanton presented MaeAnna’s grant last, stressing how impressive this request was. “MaeAnna’s efforts will help students who struggle with dyslexia in Cook County Schools for years to come. We are so proud of her,” Daubanton said.
MaeAnna is the daughter of Jay and Laura LaFavor of Hovland.
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