The North Wasco County Education Foundation is embarking on a fundraising effort to enhance its classroom mini-grants program.  Foundation Director Rebecca Thistlethwaite says the program has helped eight-to-ten teachers a year since its inception in 2017, and they want to double that for this year knowing the need will be greater with state school funding expected to be impacted by the pandemic.  The Foundation has set a goal of raising $10,000 for the grants.  As part of that, they are holding a raffle with a grand prize of a family vacation on the Deschutes River in Maupin.  For information, go to northwascoed.org.