2003 Columbus Foundation Community Grant Winner
Entry Title:	SSS: Sensors Saving Students
Coach:	Joan Hurd
School:	A.M. Kulp Elementary School
City/State:	Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Problem:	Danger of getting off the school bus and crossing the street because vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses.
Solution:	School bus that will alert students that a car was passing the bus — this equipment would also take a picture of the car license plate so that a ticket could be issued.

2003 First Place Winner
Entry Title:	Now You See It — Now You Don't
Coach:	Jon Hood
School:	Bexley Middle School
City/State:	Bexley, Ohio
Problem:	Excessive amounts of animal carcasses clogging landfills and incinerators.
Solution:	Morality Composting — burying a dead animal in a compost pile of sawdust where it will decompose quickly and with no odor.

2003 Second Place Winner
Entry Title:	Walk N' Rest
Coach:	Diane Rabalais
School:	Fontainebleau Junior High School
City/State:	Mandeville, Louisiana
Problem:	Poor design of current walkers.
Solution:	Redesign current walkers so they include lights for better vision and movement at night and a seat do the person can stop and rest when needed.

2003 Third Place Winner
Entry Title:	Purple Martin Houses
Coach:	Russ Tepen
School:	Carlinville Middle School
City/State:	Carlinville, Illinois
Problem:	The effects that West Nile Virus concerns have on the people and the community.
Solution:	Create Purple Martin colonies and an education program about them. Purple Martin's are birds that would control the mosquito population.

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