African Alliance of Rhode Island - $2,000
To support a permanent irrigation system at the community garden located at 40 Saratoga Street and to support its refugee and immigrant community garden project.
Blessings in a Backpack - $3,000
Provide 60 students from San Miguel School with a backpack filled with food staples every weekend of the school year.
Books Are Wings - $3,000
Distribute 10,000 books to 5,000 children in Providence through the unique Book Party events concentrating on children ages birth to twelve.
Camp Ruggles - $2,000
Support partial camperships for campers ages 6-12 from the Greater Providence area who have been diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disabilities and cannot succeed in or are not accepted to participate in regular day camp programs.
Camp Surefire - $2,000
Support a week-long resident campership for two Providence children ages 6-16 with Type 1 diabetes.
East Side Mount Hope YMCA - $2,000
Support the YMCA Swim Access Program, which teaches and engages at-risk youth in the city of Providence through swimming.
Everett: Company, Stage & School - $2,000
Support free, high-quality, after-school performing art classes and training to underserved youth in the Greater Providence area.
FirstWorks - $2,000
Build on the success of the Arts Learning Program for 1,500 Providence public school students.
Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England - $2,000
Support Urban Outreach efforts, which will allow girls from Providence to participate in leadership programs designed to build courage, confidence, and character.
Highlander Charter School - $2,000
Support a four-week intensive summer enrichment learning program for 60 struggling students in Grades K-6.
Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, Inc. - $2,000
Support the JA Our City program in two Providence classrooms, impacting approximately 50 students.
Providence ¡CityArts for Youth! Inc. - 1,500
Support CityArts Creative Futures classes.
Providence Community Library - $3,000
Provide educational programming expenses, which include the costs of out-of-school time educational programming.
PICA (Providence In-town Churches Association) - $2,000
Support the PICA Downtown Food Pantry.
Read to Succeed - $2,000
Support purchase of 864 books for 144 students for the 2014 summer program.
Resilient Kids Organization - $3,000
Support 28 children in an underperforming Providence school classroom with integrated yoga and mindfulness instruction for teaching them about focus, self-regulation, and self-esteem.
Rhode Island for Community and Justice - $1,000
Support Project RESPECT, a one week residential summer camp for teens that are ready for a life-changing experience centered on leadership, human relations, and diversity.
Rhode Island Urban Debate League - $3,000
Provide 30 high school students (at least 70% from low-income households) with a high-quality summer learning experience at its two-week Summer Debate Institute in August.
San Miguel School - $1,500
Support the Technology Special Project by purchasing eight Chromebooks.
Sojourner House - $2,000
Support Camp Eureka, which serves between 40 and 60 local children who have witnessed domestic violence.
Sophia Academy - $3,000
Support the Sophia on the Bay Program, a collaboration with Save the Bay to provide 20 Sophia Academy students with a weeklong program in late June.
The Fogarty Center - $1,790
Purchase items for the Fogarty Center's Special Olympics teams.
The Fund for UCAP - $2,000
Support the program, "Building Futures with DownCity Design." Students will design, create, and build a "solution" to a problem or issue they identify within our school or the greater community.
The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence - $2,500
Support the "Choose Peace Project" - training offered in Providence schools to encourage a culture of nonviolence.
The Manton Avenue Project - $2,500
Support three main out-of-school time theatre and playwriting programs for young people in Olneyville.
The Samaritans - $2,000
Support 17 28-day bus shelter display locations where Providence school children take public transportation to and from school.
YWCA Rhode Island - $2,000
Support YWCA's Rosie's Girls, a six week summer day camp program for young women from Providence entering fifth through eighth grade.
