| 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 |
