Longue Vue House and Gardens Offers Free Field Trips with Free Transportation
(New Orleans, LA) Longue Vue House and Gardens offers a variety of guided field trips for students of all ages. The younger ones love digging for worms and crushing herbs in the Lucy C. Roussel Discovery Garden, an interactive, hands-on children’s garden. Older students exploring the 8-acre Country Place Era estate can find inspiration for photography, drawing, and design projects. These field trips, which can be shaped to support Louisiana Grade Level Expectations, are normally $3 per student. However, in keeping with its goal to make quality programming available to all students who can benefit without regard to means, Longue Vue maintains a VIP Scholarship Fund. This fund allows students who cannot afford to attend the option of participating at reduced or no cost.
Despite this scholarship program, Program Director Jen Gick discovered that some schools were unable to participate because of the cost of bussing students to and from Longue Vue. Upon realizing this need, Longue Vue applied for a grant from PeyBack Foundation, which awarded Longue Vue $6,000 to pay for transportation. Founded by New Orleans Indianapolis Colts quarterback (and New Orleans native) Peyton Manning, the PeyBack Foundation promotes the future success of disadvantaged youth by assisting programs that provide opportunities to at-risk children. “I am thankful and proud each year that the PeyBack Foundation is able to assist a large variety of youth-related agencies” notes Manning, PeyBack Foundation President.
Gick explains, “Thanks to the generosity of the PeyBack Foundation, we will be able to offer our educational programs to more students.” For further information about field trips to Longue Vue, the VIP Scholarship Fund, or the Longue Vue Transportation Fund, contact Kat Chulvick at 504.488.5488, ext. 410 or kchulvick@longuevue.com.
THE VIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Type of Assistance: Free or reduced fee field trips at Longue Vue
Eligibility: Assistance is available in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes for students of all grade levels attending public or nonprofit schools, as well as to children attending after school programs run by public schools or nonprofits, and to children attending nonprofit run summer camps.
Application Procedure: Teachers should contact Kat Chulvick at kchulvick@longuevue.com or 504.488.5488, ext. 410.
THE LONGUE VUE TRANSPORTATION FUND
Type of Assistance: Free transportation to and from Longue Vue
Eligibility: Assistance is available in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes for public or nonprofit schools, after school programs run by public schools or nonprofits, and to nonprofit run summer camps.
Application Procedure: Teachers should contact Kat Chulvick at kchulvick@longuevue.com or 504.488.5488, ext. 410.
About Longue Vue House and Gardens
Longue Vue House and Gardens is a magnificent Country Place Era estate comprised of a Classical Revival-style mansion surrounded by eight acres of beautifully landscaped formal and informal gardens, including the interactive Lucy C. Roussel Discovery Garden for children. The former home of philanthropists Edith and Edgar Stern, Longue Vue was designed by renowned architects William and Geoffrey Platt and by Ellen Biddle Shipman, one of America’s premier landscape architects. Longue Vue, which now serves as an educational and cultural resource, offers tours daily and hosts numerous events centered around design, preservation, gardening, architecture, and civic engagement. Longue Vue is a designated National Historic Landmark, is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and is included on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in New Orleans at 7 Bamboo Road, Longue Vue is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. For more information, call 504.488.5488, or visit www.longuevue.com.
About the PeyBack Foundation
The Peyback Foundation, a non-profit corporation, was established by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in 1999 to promote the future success of disadvantaged youth by assisting programs that provide leadership grown and opportunities for children at risk. The foundation has given grants worth more than $3 million since its inception. The deadline to apply for a 2010 grant is February 1, 2010. For more information, contact Elizabeth Ellis at 317.257.2313 or elizabeth@peytonmanning.com.
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