Tourje Family Fund Helps "Lead the Way"

The Jesse Osgood Tourje Memorial Fund has donated $900.00 to help fund Project Lead the Way at Susquehanna Community School District. The Tourje Fund, administered by The Community Foundation of Susquehanna & Wyoming Counties, provides grants to several area school districts to help with special projects.

Project Lead the Way is helping the SCSD upgrade its Industrial Technology Program by providing funding to implement an engineering and design curriculum for Middle and High School students. Project Lead the Way is a joint effort between Penn State University and Rochester Institute of Technology to instill in High School students an interest in math, science, and engineering.

The Tourje family of Forest City, proprietors of North-Eastern PA Telephone Company, established this fund several years ago in memory of their family's matriarch to provide support for special projects in the Blue Ridge, Forest City Regional, Mountain View, and Susquehanna Community School Districts. The Tourje Fund also provided assistance to Project Lead the Way in 2009.

Those interested in contributing further assistance may contact Superintendent Bronson Stone at 570-853-4921 extension 1304, or Community Foundation President Peter Quigg at 570-278-3800.