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Camden nonprofits benefit from youth-oriented grants
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Several Camden-based nonprofits received grants this week to help them serve children, teens and young adults in the city.
The Camden Education Fund s Youth-Serving Organization grants are geared toward programming for ages 3 to 18. A total of 21 organizations received grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to support mentoring, mental health support, academic tutoring, enrichment and arts education.
An additional 16 organizations received $5,000, including the Salvation Army Kroc Center, Mighty Writers, and the Center for Aquatic Sciences, Superior Arts Institute, Adolescent Achievers, and the DaeLight Foundation. Grantees will be offered assistance from a local accounting and consulting firm for continued development, fundraising, and guidance with budgeting, financial reporting, governance and federal reporting requirements.
By TONY GALLOTTO
Credits: Joshua Rivera/Freedom Prep Charter School.
Credits: Joshua Rivera/Freedom Prep Charter School.
By TONY GALLOTTO
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his story is the third in a series of profiles highlighting Camden public school leaders. The first focused on Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) Principal Loray Vaughan. The second profiled Mastery Molina Upper Elementary School Principal Rickia Reid. The third profiled Cooper’s Poynt Family School Principal Janine Casella.
The series is sponsored by the Camden Education Fund.
CAMDEN NJ – As a student growing up in Pennsauken, Joshua Rivera knew he wanted to help people and serve his community.
N.J. school district is streaming meetings in Spanish. Others should too, advocates say.
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
Posted Apr 11, 2021
Diego Maya, of the Latino Spirit, is live simulcasting Camden s school board meetings in Spanish. Activists in New Jersey believe it could set a precedent for the state.
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Janet Pablo, a Camden mother of three, says when the clock read 5:30 p.m. on March 23, she dropped what she was doing at home and clicked the Facebook app on her phone as the local school board meeting began streaming.
With her kids preparing to return to classrooms after more than a year of remote learning, she was eager to hear updates.