Grantees

Establish an afterscool program at the secondary level, primarily focused on grades 6-8 for the students of Twinfield Union School.

Three week outdoor adventure summer day camp for children of the Washington Northeast Supervisory Union (Twinfield and Cabot).

Offer academic tutoring and homework support in their afterschool program to help better support them to succeed in school.

Offer local grade school age children high quality and affordable summer programming in the areas of art, science, nature, and physical health for 4 full weeks during summer break.

A summer program for one week in Vershire, VT.

Develop and run a one week outdoor leadership training program for yough aged 13-15.

Very Merry Theatre is expanding access to theatre arts-based after school and summer camp programming to children in Winooski. Winooski's population of young people includes a high percentage of youth from the global majority. We will extend the collaborative partnership with Winooski Parks and Recreation to offer year round afterschool and summer programming characterized by Very Merry's inclusive approach to developing literacy skills, communication skills and teamwork to children from a range of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Very Merry Theatre (VMT) provides young people aged 6-18 the opportunity to perform classical works of drama and literature in a traveling theater company and/or through after-school and residency programs. Dedicated to the concept that theatre arts advances children’s literacy as well as encourages collaboration across differences, VMT is committed to providing program access to all interested children, through responsive policies, an active scholarship program, and commitment to overcome logistical limitations.