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In Alexandria, the National Inventors Hall of Fame operates a museum in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building at 600 Dulany Street, with a gallery of digital portraits of the honorees, interactive kiosks and a theater. Admission is free.  In addition to the exhibits of the artifacts and documents from the collections of the Patent and Trademark Office, it also promotes future generations of inventors by sponsoring the Invent Now Kids program, Camp Invention, Club Invention and the Collegiate Inventors Competition as well as, with national partners, many ventures and special projects.  Camp Invention, founded in 1990, is a daytime summer camp for children, with program sites in 49 states. Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of the invention.  The Collegiate Inventors Competition was created in 1990 to encourage college and university students to be creative and innovative with science, engineering and technology for dealing with the problems of the world. Since then, with the help from the sponsors, it has awarded more than $1 million to the winning students in two categories, undergraduate and graduate. In 2012, the first places were won with a delivery therapy for treating cancer and a way to facilitate suturing in abdominal surgery. Other finalists included the use of CT scanning and 3-D printing technology to replicate an amputee's lost hand, a low-profile shoulder brace that can be applied by the athletes themselves, and an electric motorcycle that runs on spheres instead of wheels. CANNOTANSWER
Camp Invention, founded in 1990, is a daytime summer camp for children, with program sites in 49 states.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also operates a museum in Alexandria, Virginia, sponsors educational programs, and a collegiate competition.

As of 2020, 603 inventors have been inducted, mostly constituting historic persons from the past three centuries, but including about 100 living inductees. Nominees must hold a U.S. patent of significant contribution to the U.S. welfare, and which advances science and useful arts. The 2020 class included 22 inventors.

History 
The National Inventors Hall of Fame was founded in 1973 on the initiative of H. Hume Mathews, then the chairman of the National Council of Patent Law Associations (now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations). It was launched by Ed Sobey, who was also the first director. In 1974, it gained a major sponsor in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from Washington, D.C.

At first, the Hall was housed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., near the Washington National Airport but it soon needed more room at a more prominent location. A committee was formed in 1986 to find a new home for it. For a time, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the frontrunner. But in 1987, a patent attorney from Akron, Edwin "Ned" Oldham, the representative from the National Council of Patent Law Associations, led the drive to move the Hall to Akron. According to Maurice H. Klitzman, one of the founding members of the Board of Directors, because of the guaranteed financial support by the city of Akron that greatly exceeded any other community's proposal, the Board selected Akron as the new home. The construction of the new building was finished in 1995 and the Hall opened to the public with the name of the Inventure Place.

From the beginning, the Inventure Place was intended to be more than a science and technology museum and library. It was designed to double as an inventor's workshop and a national resource center for creativity. Designed by an architect from New York City, James Stewart Polshek, it was a stainless-steel building, shaped like a curving row of white sails, with five tiers of exhibits. One of the exhibits allowed the visitors to use computer programs for making animations and mechanisms for running laser-light shows.

But attendance did not meet the expectations and the museum never made a profit, although its related ventures and programs, such as Invent Now and Camp Invention, proved to be more successful. In 2002, its name was changed to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum. Six years later the Hall moved to Alexandria. Its former facility was converted to a specialty school for students in grades between 5th and 8th. It is now the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School, a middle school for the Akron Public Schools.

Activities 

In Alexandria, the National Inventors Hall of Fame operates a museum in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building at 600 Dulany Street, with a gallery of digital portraits of the honorees, interactive kiosks and a theater. Admission is free.

In addition to the exhibits of the artifacts and documents from the collections of the Patent and Trademark Office, it also sponsors Camp Invention, Club Invention, and the Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Camp Invention, founded in 1990, is a daytime summer camp for children, with program sites in 49 states. Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of the invention.

The Collegiate Inventors Competition was created in 1990 to encourage college and university students to be creative and innovative with science, engineering, and technology for dealing with the problems of the world. Since then, with the help from the sponsors, it has awarded more than $1 million to the winning students in two categories, undergraduate and graduate. In 2012, the first places were won with a delivery therapy for treating cancer and a way to facilitate suturing in abdominal surgery. Other finalists included the use of CT scanning and 3-D printing technology to replicate an amputee's lost hand, a low-profile shoulder brace that can be applied by the athletes themselves, and an electric motorcycle that runs on spheres instead of wheels.

Inductees

See also
List of African-American inventors and scientists
NASA spinoff
Science and technology in the United States
Technological and industrial history of the United States
Timeline of United States inventions
Timeline of United States discoveries
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Yankee ingenuity

References
General
Akron Life and Leisure magazine, Baker Publishing, J. McGarrity, June 2003

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Why Do These Kids Love School? is a documentary film directed by filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman, which examines an independent school, Peninsula School, followed by visits to eight public schools around the country (pre-school through high school) all of which have innovative programs. What emerges is the value of implementing humane values and programs that value creative thinking, self-directed learning, and first-hand experience more than memorization of facts.   The schools in the film are Peninsula School, Graham and Parks School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Central Park East Secondary School  in New York City (now a high school since 2005), Clara Barton Open School in Minneapolis, Clement Gregory McDonough City Magnet School in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jefferson County Open School in Lakewood, Colorado, New Orleans Free School (closed after Hurricane Katrina), Central Park  East II in New York City, and Davis Alternative Magnet School in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mary Anne Raywid wrote that the film "manages not only to produce a strong emotional impact but also to provide a remarkably intimate look at life inside nine different schools.  It successfully conveys a sense of the spirit and personality of the schools portrayed, and it even manages to suggest something of what makes them tick."   Alternative Education Resource Organization used the film to explain the term, "Open School" in a glossary about education.

Awards

Blue Ribbon American Film and Video Festival

Best Documentary The "Joeys" San Jose Film Festival

Silver Plaque Chicago Film Festival

Silver Apple National Educational Film and Video Festival
1991 Bronze Star at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Screenings 

2001 In Honor of the 75th Anniversary of  Peninsula School
2009 Peninsula Peace and Justice Center July Screening
2010 Bechtel International House Screening April 2010, Stanford University 
2010 Las Vegas Film Commission with the Las Vegas Peace and Justice Center

References

External links 
 
  Why Do These Kids Love School? at vimeo.com
  Why Do These Kids Love School? at archive.org
 
  Why Do These Kids Love School? on CultureUnplugged.com
 Women Make Movies
 Paths of Learning

1999 films
American films
English-language films
American documentary films
1999 documentary films
Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area
Education in San Mateo County, California
Documentary films about education in the United States
Films directed by Dorothy Fadiman Camp Quality is an Australian non-governmental and non-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Camp Quality aims to provide support for children living with cancer and their families. Camp Quality's programs are designed specifically for children aged up to 15 years who are dealing with a cancer diagnosis (this could be their own, a sibling's or parent's). The incidence rate of childhood cancer rose by 35 per cent between 1983 and 2014 in Australia  - and it is expected to increase a further seven per cent over the next 20 years. This means that growing numbers of children and families will need the kind of services and support programs that Camp Quality provides to help them cope with a diagnosis of cancer.

Camp Quality is registered as a charity by the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission as a public benevolent institution, and is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient.

History 
Camp Quality was founded by Vera Entwistle in 1983. The name of the organisation was sourced from a conversation with a pediatric oncologist, who told Entwistle that "No one can do anything about the quantity of life, but we all can do something about the quality."

Entwistle later introduced Camp Quality to several countries, including the United States and Canada.

Programs and services

Online programs 
Camp Quality offers a number of online services to provide support to children dealing with cancer who are unable to access traditional face-to-face services including:

 Puppet Digital Playdates
 Happiness Hub 
 Virtual Camps
 Kids' Guide to Cancer app
 New Normal Navigator app

In hospital support 
Camp Quality funds are also used to give kids diagnosed with cancer in hospital emotional and psychological support during their treatment. These programs include:

 Visits from Camp Quality staff
 Visits from the Camp Quality Puppets
 Child Life Therapy

Primary School Cancer Education Program 
Camp Quality also runs an educational puppet show program to help children understand what it is like to have cancer. The Camp Quality Puppets visit primary schools and pre-schools across Australia and perform an interactive show that aims to create an inclusive community for children who have been diagnosed with cancer, or who have a diagnosed parent or sibling, helping to reduce incidents of bullying. The Primary School Education Program also offers access to downloadable resources for teachers and parents.

Camps, Fun Days & Retreats 
Camp Quality is best known for their camps which are run across Australia and allow kids facing cancer and their families to partake in a number of fun activities. These include

 Kids' Camps (for children aged 4–13)
 Family Camps
 Kids Impacted by a Carer's Cancer (KICC) Camps
 Family Fun Days
 Family Experiences
 Retreats
 Financial Support Program

Fundraising 
In the 2019 financial year, Camp Quality reported total income of $14.1 million, derived from events & community fundraising (28%), corporate income (24%), general donations (16%), volunteer contributions (18%), private & government grants (7%), ORANGES Toolkit revenue (4%), and bequests (3%).

References

Cancer organisations based in Australia
Cancer charities in the United States
Organizations established in 1983