Hillsboro, Ore. (Feb. 13, 2024) –COUNTRY Financial is pleased to announce the winner of the Hillsboro High COUNTRY Financial Classroom Makeover Contest. Hillsboro High School’s Special Education teacher Lori Engler-Mead won a $1,500 makeover for the school’s Life Skills classroom. Engler Mead nominated the Life Skills classroom for a much-needed makeover and described how updates to furnishings and equipment could significantly enhance the learning process for students with disabilities.
“We have students with a variety of disabilities and mobility challenges, and in the past, we’ve had to create workarounds,” said Engler-Mead. “With this donation, we will start by purchasing adjustable furniture to support our students’ sensory and visual needs and tables with outlets and USB ports that could support our students that use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices.”
Lori Engler-Mead (left), Eric Lindberg (right)
COUNTRY Financial representative and former Hillsboro High School student Eric Lindberg presented the $1,500 donation to the school to help purchase the specialty furniture and equipment to help support students’ success.
“As a former Hillsboro High School student, it’s my pleasure to give back to the school, the students, and its hardworking teachers in any way I can,” said Lindberg.
A program from COUNTRY Financial called Operation Helping Heroes helped make this happen. Through the program, COUNTRY Financial representatives can identify heroes in their communities and do something personally to give back.
COUNTRY Financial has donated more than $6 million since 2020 to organizations and programs that support teachers, first responders, active-duty service members, and veterans, supporting the company’s vision to “enrich lives in the communities we serve.” The Operation Helping Heroes program was created in 2015 to support non-profit events and programs that benefit active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. Later, the program expanded to include first responders and teachers.
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