The BEF funded a grant for Whisconier Middle School to launch the Upcycle Center at Whisconier Middle School. Grant Champion, Jacquelyn Whiting, has created a permanent, low-tech maker space in the school library designed to promote hands-on, non-digital learning, sustainability, mental well-being, creativity and social interaction.  By teaching traditional skills and using donated materials from the community, the Upcycle Center hopes to enhance student well-being and focus through tactile skill-building, teach sustainability by repurposing discarded materials into functional art, and connect classroom concepts to real-world application.  The Center will connect local artisans and the broader Brookfield community through workshops, material drives, and collaborative projects, creating a circular, community-based and intergenerational learning model. The BEF funds help create the initial infrastructure and tool catalog, and the program is designed to be a self-sustaining partnership between the school, students and community.