For sixteen summers A.P.P.L.E. has offered a variety of seminars and workshops for teachers, administrators, librarians, social workers, special educators, parents, and others involved with the Lithuanian educational system. Our goal is to help our colleagues reform Lithuania’s educational infrastructure so that all citizens will have the skills they need to sustain democracy and promote freedom. The unfortunate reality is that the costs to educators of implementing some changes in their schools are still prohibitive. Your contribution will help these teachers implement some small but significant project with their students.

Through the Lithuanian Scholars fund (Lietuvos Mokytojų Fondas, LMF) we will be offering grants to a teacher or groups of teachers, who participated in any of the summer seminars. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation of $40 or more toward such a grant. You can read about the 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 grant recipients and their projects by clicking on the link above.

Lithuanian scholar awards are not the only way to help sustain democracy in Lithuania. For $100, you can provide an ink cartridge and two boxes of paper so that A.P.P.L.E. can distribute lesson notes to teachers. For $200, you can provide a stipend for a translator. For $450, you can underwrite the distribution of our newsletter. For $1,000, you can send a US lecturer to Lithuania.

Reminder:
A.P.P.L.E. is a 501(3)c organization, which means that your gifts are tax-deductible. Our tax-exempt number is 23-2682202. Because of strict IRS regulations, we cannot accept donations intended for specific people. If you would like to support relatives or friends, please do so directly. The A.P.P.L.E. scholar grants are intended for Lithuanian educators who do not have contacts in the United States.