| Organization |
Program |
Award |
| Acting Out! Theater Company, Inc. |
To provide 10 kids one week of all day Improv and Theater camp. |
$1,500 |
| Adelante Inc./Lawrence Youth Center |
To support a six-week program of stimulating learning activites for middle school students |
$5,000 |
| American Training Co. |
To train and certify 64 inner-city high school students in adult and pediatric CPR/First Aid and Automated Externail Defibrillation (AED). |
$4,500 |
| Andover Youth Service |
To offer adventure camps, clinics and services to kids age 11-18. |
$2,500 |
| Arlington Community Trabajando, Inc. |
To provide low to moderate income youth with 16 hours a week of positive summer activities. |
$9,500 |
| Asian Center of Merrimack Valley |
To provide classes in science, reading, writing, math and art for over 60 children ages 4 through 12. |
$4,400 |
| Blessed Stephen Bellesini, O.S.A. Academy |
To provide a four week summer program to kids with the aim of to maintaining and expanding upon the school year's academic achievements. |
$7,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence |
To hire 16 counselors for 500 youngsters to enjoy a safe and fun-filled summer at the Club. |
$10,000 |
| Brooks School |
To develop campers both physically and socially while they enjoy a variety of recreational and creative experiences. |
$3,500 |
| Challenge Unlimited |
To support two groups of children participating in the summer horse care and riding programs at Ironstone Farm. |
$6,500 |
| Children's Center |
To provide creative workshops and field trips to educational and entertaining places. |
$4,500 |
| Communities Together |
To provide a value-centered program for young children of all faiths, races and ethnicity in greater Lawrence. |
$4,000 |
| Community Day Charter Public School |
To help students maintain academic gains achieved during the regular school year. |
$4,000 |
| Easter Seals |
To offer children with disabilities that do not have the social and recreational opportunities that their non-disabled peers do. |
$4,000 |
| Esperanza Academy, Inc. |
To fund staff salaries, camperships, tuitions, transportation and materials costs to enable a three-week summer program for all 80 students. |
$7,000 |
| Essex Art Center |
To provide art classes at a less than market cost to the student. Funds will help pay for materials and teachers salaries. |
$7,000 |
| Family Service, Inc. |
For Project Venture Summer Adventure Days, including day trips, bike rides and overnight adventure camps. |
$5,500 |
| Greater Lawrence Community Action Council |
To provide children ages 5-15 activities that promote preservation of the family unit in a society where drugs and violence are a part of everyday life. |
$6,500 |
| Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program |
To cover seasonal instructors and direct program expenses for our summer programs. |
$33,000 |
| Groundwork Lawrence |
To support implementation of the Green Team programming |
$10,000 |
| Lawrence Community Works, Inc. |
To support Movement City with outdoor art projects, music, dance and a health/fitness component. |
$6,500 |
| Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund |
To address the multiple barriers to educational success experienced by many of the students enrolled at school. |
$8,500 |
| Lawrence Public Library |
To provide a series of seven free performances as well as a variety of other educational or artistic programs aimed at preschool and primary school audiences. |
$2,000 |
| Lawrence Public School, Summer Meals Program |
To provide salaries for two bus drivers to deliver well balanced, nutritious meals to community agencies throughout the City of Lawrence. |
$3,500 |
| Lawrence Recreation Department |
To provide recreation to the city's youth during their summer school vacation. |
$5,000 |
| Let's Get ready |
To provide a college prep program for at least 45 low-income and under-represented high school students. |
$3,500 |
| Merrimack College |
A youth basketball and academic summer camp. |
$3,500 |
| Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps |
An intensive eight-week service-learning project that will connect local youth and senior volunteers to address important community needs. |
$4,000 |
| Merrimack Valley YMCA - Lawrence Branch |
To provide educational and recreational programs that combine reading, writing, and math skills with sports activities, crafts, field trips and swim lessons. |
$7,500 |
| Merrimack Valley YMCA - Methuen Branch |
A combined schedule of both educational and recreational activities for children. |
$5,500 |
| Merrimack Valley YMCA-Administrative Offices |
To allow 12 Greater Lawrence youth to attend Day Camp Otter over the course two week long sessions. |
$3,500 |
| Methuen Arlington Neighborhood inc |
To assist in implementing youth programming such as crafts, sports, field trips and camp activites. |
$6,500 |
| North Andover Historical Society |
To provide a safe and stimulating environment for children interested in exploring the rich cultural heritage of Essex County, with emphasis on the Greater Lawrence area. |
$1,000 |
| North Shore Youth Symphony Orchestra, Inc. |
To provide Lawrence violin students with opportunities to continue their study over the summer. |
$6,500 |
| Northeast Independent Living Program Inc. |
To offer community based, experiential education field trips, youth peer support groups, and technology skill development that engages youth with disabilities to work with adult peers with disabilities in real-world situations. |
$3,500 |
| Northern Essex Community College |
To support scholarship funds for financially disadvantaged students, ages 10-13, to attend College for Kids, a summer enrichment program. |
$13,000 |
| Notre Dame High School |
To prepare approximately 283 youth age 14-18 who have limited access to professional employment opportunities for the work environment. |
$5,000 |
| Phillips Academy ABL |
To enhance student writing skills and literacy and to improve the teaching of writing in urban public schools. |
$3,000 |
| Phillips Academy PALS |
For academic enrichment, study skills, career exploration, and guidance in high school choices to 7th and 8th grade students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. |
$5,000 |
| Pingree School- Prep@Pingree |
To provide an academic enrichment program for thirty-five public school students from Lawrence who have successfully completed the seventh grade. |
$5,500 |
| Si, Se, Puede, Inc. |
To provide educational and recreational opportunities to low-income, urban youth. |
$4,000 |
| St. Ann's Home and School |
To support the summer camp for students who live full time at St. Ann's. |
$5,000 |
| Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation, Inc. |
To support the horseback riding camp for dis-advantaged, inner city kids. |
$3,500 |
| Youth Development Organization, Inc. |
To provide city-wide enrichment programs for Lawrence students and to offset necessary transportation expenses and camp registration and tuition costs. |
$7,500 |
| YWCA of Greater Lawrence |
To serve educationally and economically disadvantaged, inner-city, minority children between the ages of 6-13 and a leadership program for 14-15 year olds. |
$5,000 |
