The Southwestern College Philanthropy Board (SCPB), in cooperation with the Non-profit Leadership Class at Southwestern College, is pleased to announce it has awarded an $800 grant to Irving Elementary School in Winfield. These funds will support the Outdoor Learning Classroom at Irving. Irving Elementary administration expressed a need to help students learn skills to calm their minds, battle hunger by teaching them the skills to grow their own food, and enrich social-emotional learning by being in nature in a technology-based world. This is how the idea of an outdoor classroom emerged. SCPB members felt that, as a staff, they are focused on creating a place students can grow food and explore sensory equipment that will help develop sensory needs. They are also working toward creating spaces where classes can create and produce learning projects such as art, theater, assemblies, and guest speakers.