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Cathy Caldie served as Service Learning Coordinator at Mt. Healthy Elementary and led their Y.A.C. (Youth Advisory Council), which presented to area groups and state and national conferences. During that time, over 40 service-learning projects per year were completed by students in grades K-6.
Kristy Brugar teaches at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and is a Lecturer at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. In 2001 she received the Christa McAuliff "Reach for the Stars" Award from the National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Fund for the Advancement of Social Studies Education (FASSE), which supports teachers developing innovative social studies teaching strategies. She has received an Earthwatch Education Grant (2001) and traveled to Japan, South Africa and Zimbabwe with Fulbright awards to enhance her teaching.