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When schools shut down in March 2020, the impact on children was unknown. Now, well into the third school year disrupted by the pandemic, schools are grappling with mental health effects and looking toward the future of social and emotional.
In the winter of 2021, when COVID-19 was keeping many youths indoors, Avenue A Teen + Community Center’s youth programming director, Jacqueline Roland, found herself starting a new program “on a whim” – a sledding party for teens.“We had a campfire.
100+ Women donates to Avenue A
Avenue A recently accepted a donation of more than $11,000 from 100+ Women Who Care Monadnock. From left: Mikala Mackesy, teen representative; Jacqueline Roland, Avenue A Coordinator; Boo Martin, 100+ Women Who Care Monadnock; Melissa Gallagher, Executive Director, The Grapevine. Courtesy photo
Published: 5/6/2021 2:26:20 PM
100+ Women Who Care Monadnock stepped up recently to help fund critical support for local teens, with a donation of over $11,000 to Avenue A, a program of The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center in Antrim.
In the last year, almost 20% of local teens admitted to having thoughts of suicide, a surge that reflects the trauma of Covid-19. As explained by Mikala Mackesy, teen representative for Avenue A, teens have suffered “isolation and loss of connection to friends and loved ones. They’re reaching out and just waiting for someone else to reach back.” Jacqueline Roland, Avenue A Coordinator, noted that Avenue A is