Grantees

Kingdom County Productions in collaboration with Centerpoint will produce the Listen up Project: an original musical based on the lives of Vermont teens. The Listen Up Project is an ambitious original musical based on 8 months of interviews, workshops, and listening sessions with more than 800 teens across Vermont. From the vast and diverse stories gathered over this time, a script was written with teens, youth were engaged in the song-writing process and the musical was created. In August the show will tour across the state with 9 live outdoor performances. In the fall live streaming of the musical will be available to schools and the public.

Literacy for Life is a program-wide initiative to expand & promote early literacy opportunities for children and famlies in the Champlain Islands

A literacy mentoring program in White River Jct., VT.

The Little School suffered severe damage from flooding this past summer and we are looking to replace items lost in the flood. We are hoping to purchase 2 new tricycles, and an outdoor magnetic wall. This equipment will help with children's growth across all domains of learning while enjoying our outside play space.

Live Your Why: Passport Edition is a dynamic series of programs to help middle-school students and their parent/caregivers to connect with the community and build resilience and social connections. Healthy Lamoille Valley, a program of the Lamoille Family Center, works with a coalition of community partners to provide education and prevention efforts against teen substance misuse. Kids feeling welcome and valued by their community is a factor that helps reduce these problems. Data shows that middle schoolers in the Lamoille Valley don’t feel valued or connected in their community, and these programs will help improve their feeling of connection.

Living Tree Alliance believes all children should explore and connect to the seasons and to each other. Our educators provide outdoor, place-based education for exploring and building community. We host field trips, after school programs, community wide programs, and camps to create experiences of wonder. Youth share in the work of homesteading and interact with our animals, garden and forest. Building out our natural playground will enhance opportunities for creative and collaborative play. We are extending our Adventure Garden by adding swings, a sandbox, sense gardens, and outdoor games for kids ages 6-12 to expand their connection to the land.

Lund’s Early Childhood Education Program (LECP) is a 5-STAR rated therapeutic childcare and early education program, specially designed to guide children through the most crucial period of brain development—birth through age five. LECP uses a play-based curriculum, valuing creativity and respect for nature and all living things. This philosophy allows children the opportunity for physical, cognitive and social/emotional development. After recently expanding our infant room capacity and adding 4 new infants, new floor mats and climbing equipment will keep the youngest children at Lund safe and supported as they learn to crawl, walk, and climb.