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2016 Update
Dear Friends and Family,
It is hard to believe yet another year has passed as we continue to fulfil our promise to
Geralynn and continue her vision to positively impact students. This year's Inter-Lakes High School
graduating class was in 5th grade when Geralynn began working with them as a paraeducator. She
truly cherished her role helping teach the 5th graders and enjoyed learning her new role from
Stephanie Howard while working with children in a school setting. Ger even eventually admitted to
her dad he was right…she should have been a teacher all along!
As you know the Geralynn Anne Fountain Memorial Fund was established to continue
Ger’s love for students and her desire to inspire them through education. The fund also serves as a
tangible way for us to feel Geralynn’s presence. She is always in our thoughts and not a day goes by
we do not miss her smile, her laugh, her warmth and her happiness for others. We know she is
always with us because there are too many signs to believe otherwise.
In November of 2015 we built on the previous success of Geralynn’s Fund and put in to
action a hands-on educational experience for the students of Inter-Lakes Elementary School in
Meredith, NH. With your financial help, and no doubt a nudge from Ger, we funded a program by
mobile education company Brain Mogul, which provided two interactive educational science shows
for the entire school. The classes participated in contests using everyday materials while also
learning the science behind their actions. To say the shows were a success is an understatement.
The excitement among the children was amazing and the teachers requested these types of shows
again. Without a doubt, Geralynn was with her students that day.
For the 2016-17 school year, Geralynn’s Fund was approached by the Inter-Lakes Schools
to help fund a program the administration thinks is a good match for the curriculum. We are pleased
to announce we will provide inspiration through education to the students by helping fund a yearlong
environmental science program for the I-L Elementary and Middle Schools. The program is entitled
“Naturalist in the Classroom” and is offered by Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center
(www.prescottfarm.org). This PreK-8 program involves teaming an outdoor educator from Prescott
Farm with Inter-Lakes teachers and uses the school grounds and surrounding land as an “outdoor
classroom” for learning.
The program which will span 8 months not only teaches the children but it also educates and
assists the teachers in developing activities, lessons and units of study the teachers can then replicate
each year for their classes. This will be a very meaningful program as it will not only impact
students this year but for years to come as well. We are very excited about this opportunity to once
again provide hands on opportunities for the young students to inspire them through education.
Finally, we cannot thank you enough for your support, prayers and kind words these past
years. Hearing stories or sharing pictures we have never seen before reminds all of us that Geralynn
touched so many people. Thank you for letting us know how much she meant to you. We hope you
can support Ger’s Fund this coming year.
Sincerely,
Stephen and Megan Fountain and the O’Brien Family