BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Convenience Express Stores, Quickway Food Stores and its parent company, Mirabito Fuel Group, were able to provide 19 Central New York and Southern Tier area schools with a total of $9,500 in grants through ExxonMobil's Educational Alliance Program this year.
The 19 schools each received a $500 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant. The grants could be used by the schools to help fund projects in the following categories: math/science; art/music/cultural; physical education/athletics; general education support; reading; field trips/[image-nocss] enrichment; computer/technology; and student awards.
Area schools had the opportunity to apply for a grant from ExxonMobil through their local Convenience Express or Quickway Food Store. Each manager of a local ExxonMobil branded store sent the completed application into ExxonMobil for their review and was notified of the funding approval in October.
The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant Program is a program funded by ExxonMobil. It consists of $500 grants that are awarded annually to thousands of schools throughout the United States for programs that the company view as beneficial to the educational process on the elementary and high school level.
Schools from our area receiving an ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant through Convenience Express, Quickway Food Stores and Mirabito Fuel Group were Altmar-Parish-Williamstown High School, Binghamton Alternate High School, Brewerton Elementary School, Central Square Middle School, Charlotte Valley Central School, Cleveland Elementary School, F.P. Donnelly Elementary School, Hancock Central School, Millard Hawk Primary School, Holy Family School, Paul V. Moore High School, Nathan T. Hall Elementary School, Oneonta High School, Oxford Academy Middle School, Sherburne-Earlville Elementary School, Sidney Central School, The Susquehanna School in Binghamton, Watertown High School and the Whitney Point Middle School.
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