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Press RoomMedia Contacts: David Perry, Judyth Collin, Marketing Coordinator This document and all Chabot Space & Science Center news releases may be found online at www.chabotspace.org under Press room. The Clorox Company Foundation Invests in Education Programs at Chabot Space & Science Center $300,000 Grant Announced 13 September 2002 – OAKLAND, CA: Chabot Space & Science Center’s innovative education programs have received a significant boost through a major grant of $300,000 over three years from The Clorox Company Foundation. “This support will enable us to continue to offer exciting, hands-on science classes at an affordable rate, with continued discounts for Oakland students,” said Chabot’s Director of Education Mollie Field. Chabot Space & Science Center currently offers over 50 different science classes, as well as interactive scientific exhibits and exciting shows in the Ask Jeeves Planetarium and Tien MegaDome Theater. The Science Center’s education programs serve approximately 50,000 school children annually. “The Clorox Company Foundation seeks to support programs that help to prepare youth for success in school, in work, and in society,” said Victoria Jones, senior manager of government affairs and community relations at The Clorox Company. “We feel that Chabot’s student programs are helping to accomplish this goal and we want to ensure that these programs are accessible to the youth who need them.” The Clorox Company Foundation has been a long-time supporter of Chabot Space & Science Center. “We were pleased this year to be able to make a major donation that will have a significant impact on Chabot’s education programs,” Ms. Jones said. In recognition of their support, Chabot’s traveling exhibit hall will be named The Clorox Company Traveling Exhibit Hall. Below: The Clorox Company's Senior Manager of Government Affairs and Community Relations Victoria Jones (far right) and Vice President and General Manager Glenn Savage (far left), a Chabot board member, explore an exhibit in The Clorox Company Traveling Exhibit Hall with middle school students (l-r) Chinwe Oniah, Marshella Ryan, Deatre Rogers, and Molly Montgomery (seated).
General Information The Clorox Company Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in communities where Clorox employees live and work. The Foundation supports programs that serve youth development, kindergarten through 12th-grade education, cultural and civic organizations, needs in communities where Clorox manufacturing facilities are located. For more information, visit www.clorox.com/company/foundation The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a $4.1 billion multinational manufacturer and marketer of household products and products for institutional markets. www.clorox.com Chabot Space & Science Center is located at 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland (in Joaquin Miller Park in the Oakland Hills). General admission to the galleries and classrooms is $8.00 adults/$5.50 seniors & children. The first Wednesday of each month is FREE general admission for visitors. There is an additional charge for programs in the Ask Jeeves Planetarium and Tien MegaDome Theater. The new Chabot Space & Science Center opened to the public on August 19, 2000. It is an innovative teaching and learning center focusing on astronomy and the inter-relationships of all the sciences. Its telescope and observatory complex, domed-screen Tien MegaDome Theater, Ask Jeeves Planetarium, exhibits and natural park setting are a place where students, teachers and the public can imagine, understand and learn to shape their future. Set amid thirteen trail-laced acres in Joaquin Miller Park, with glorious views of San Francisco Bay and the Oakland foothills, the $76-million complex offers a hands-on celebration of sights, sounds, and science. Chabot Space & Science Center is the continuation and expansion of Oakland, California’s public Chabot Observatory that has served San Francisco Bay Area schools and citizens with astronomy and science education programs for 117 years. The institution began in 1883 as the Oakland Observatory, through a gift from Anthony Chabot to the City of Oakland. The original Oakland Observatory was located in downtown Oakland, and provided public telescope viewing for the community. For decades, it served as the official timekeeping station for the entire Bay Area, measuring time with its transit telescope. Hours of operation: ** CLOSED SEPTEMBER 16–20 for installation and maintenance ** For more information, call (510) 336-7300, or visit www.chabotspace.org # # # | |||||||||||
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