2008 Greater Lawrence Summer Fund Grants

Organization  Program  Award 

Lazarus House Ministries

Annual Rainbow Festival: One day neighborhood celebration with activites and food.

$1,000

Merrimack College

ABA Camp at Merrimack College: Athletic, academic and life skills coaching for at-risk youth

$4,000

Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps

Youth Volunteer Corps Summer Program: Provides recreational and educational activites to children

$1,000

Merrimack Valley YMCA - Lawrence Branch

School Aged Child Care (SACC) Summer Program: Activites include reading, writing, math, field trips, arts and sports

$8,000

Merrimack Valley YMCA - Methuen Branch

Summer Child Care Program: educational and recreational activites for youth

$8,000

Methuen Arlington Neighborhood, Inc.

Summer Youth Safe Haven Program: Assists implementing craft, sport, field trips and camp activites

$7,000

MSPCA

Children's Summer Camp at Nevins Farm: Interaction with foster animals and other activites to learn responsibility and compassion for all living things

$5,000

North Andover Historical Society

Adventures in Time Summer Enrichment Program: For youth to explore the cultural heritage of essex county with an emphasis on the greater lawrence area

$1,000

North Shore Youth Symphony Orchestra, Inc

Strings Open Opportunities: Violin students summer practice

$500

Northeast Independent Living

Teen Fest 2008: Life skills and awareness development

$5,000

Notre Dame High School

Quick Start Tutoring Program: Tutoring for 50 academically at-risk students

$5,000

Phillips Academy ABL

Andover Bread Loal (ABL) Lawrence Student Writers Workshop

$4,000

Phillips Academy PALS

PALS Program: Academic enrichment and career exploration and guidance in high school choices for junior high students

$5,000

Pingree School 

Prep at Pingree: A program for 16 students entering the 8th grade to enhance academic skills, explore career options and become aware of different high school choices that they may have

$7,500 

Si, Se Puede, Inc.

Project Away 2008: Provides educational and recreational opportunities for low-income, urban youth

$5,000

St. Ann's Home

Children's Summer Camp Program, Cape Cod: To provide a summer camp experience for 6 weeks to students who live at St. Ann's Home

$7,500

Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation, Inc.

Summer Horsemanship Program for Youth at Risk

$5,000

Youth Development Organization, Inc.

 Provides transportation expenses for lawrence students to after school enrichment programs

$6,000

YWCA of Greater Lawrence

YWCA Girls Center Summer Program: Two programs: One to serve economically and educationally disadvantaged minority children and one for promoting youth leadership

$7,500