Nick Berg Memorial Fund

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Nick Berg Memorial Fund

c/o of First National Bank of Chester County
P.O. Box 514
West Chester, PA 19381
(610) 724-3801 (Doug)

The indelible spirit of "Berg" will live on through this extraordinary fund dedicated to advancing the contributions Berg initiated. Contributions are tax deductible as of November 5, 2004 under section 501(c)(3).

Projects:

· Scholarships

· Grants for new American enterprises focusing on progress in poor or disadvantaged countries

· An institute teaching children the wonders and excitement of practical science

· Tower and industrial safety and innovation

· Enthusiastic and fearless efforts to improve cultural and social understanding

· Invention

We have already begun to devise a grant system for people attempting to create businesses in third word countries with the purpose of helping the local communities - i.e., not companies to export good to the US, but companies that actually benefit a local community, similar to Nick's brick company and water well works in Uganda.

We are to give a national award in his memory to enterprising young inventors or business people.

We will also create a learning institute based on Bergology. Nick was always devising ways to teach children science, even when he was in Africa doing research and employing 15 people in a construction effort. We would like to make an online repository for creative thoughts.

We encourage everyone who was touched by the tragedy, or witnessed the video, to help our cause by contributing a dollar to Berg’s memory.

Thank you,

Nick Berg Memorial Fund Foundation

Special Details:

Further questions can be directed to Doug Strickland at stories@nickberg.org

1. The Nick Berg Scholarship is awarded to a graduating individual from Nick's Alma Mater, Henderson High School. This Award will be bestowed by committee and presented to a student who has been an active participant of the music program and shows enthusiasm for learning, especially in the sciences. The recipient of this award will have generous spirit, positive attitude, strong relationship with peers and teachers, and a steadfast desire for learning and success.

2. Grants for new American enterprises focusing on progress in poor or disadvantaged countries: We will accept nominations and recommendations and submissions for our grant. Candidates must be citizens, or organizations from the United States. We wish to grant money to the most promising and far reaching idea whose objective will benefit the local people, communities, or infrastructure in a country with poor economic, political, or general prosperity.

The recipient(s) of our grant will be the favorite choice(s) selected by a team of researchers, entrepreneurs, and humanitarian focus groups. All ideas will remain the property of the originator. Any submission may be published for further consideration by third party benefactors.

3. Online Educational Facility:. We are currently exploring the implementation of an open-source science-focused web based education resource. The main contributors will be children and young adults who build the site by contributing with their own science experiments and discoveries. Experts, moderators, and facilitators offer advice and guidance. Bergology.com will host and collaborate with world renown institutions. Our goal is to encourage children not only to feel more comfortable with different aspects of science, but to experience the enjoyment and self-fulfillment inherent in teaching other youngsters about science. Our site will offer practical curriculum and fun experiments for children, teachers, and parents.

4. Tower and safety innovation and design: We will complete a manual based on the experiences of Berg’s company, Prometheus Methods Tower Service. We encourage the expertise of the broadcast engineering community.

5. Enthusiastic and fearless efforts to improve cultural and social understanding: We will encourage and favor ideas with a fundamental tone of learning and understanding other cultures.

6. Invention:We will accept nominations and recommendations and submissions for our grant. Candidates must be citizens, or organizations from the United States. We will grant money for the development of a promising invention with emphasis given to children, and ideas that encourage a fundamental tone of learning and understanding of other cultures, or improving our own. All submissions will remain the property of the originator.

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