Grantee Stories
Grantee Partner: National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton, Inc.
It’s a sunny day in the middle of summer, and a few dozen young people charge across the tennis court at Cadwalader Park in [...]
Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County Has One Approach to Helping Area Elderly and Disabled: Never Say No
Jane Latini, executive director of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County, has a solemn recollection of the moment she realized that her organization’s work and its [...]
LALDEF Hones Skills, Broadens Capacity, to Help Immigrants
“It’s no secret that in order to be as effective as possible with immigrant groups, you need to have cultural familiarity and work hand-in-hand with [...]
Success! Air Conditioners Arrive at Grant School Just in Time
When Eva Gilbert, a first-grade teacher and parent at Trenton’s Grant Elementary School, attended her first meeting focused on her East Trenton neighborhood in early [...]
GrandPals Unites Students and Seniors Through Stories
In a corner of the library at the Littlebrook School in Princeton, 88-year-old Honey Rosenberg sits with kindergartener Emily Ewig as they read “Danny and [...]
Trenton Community Music School: Learning to Collaborate and Face Fear
“I think we sound better when we play all together,” Thomas, a fifth grader at Grant Elementary School in Trenton, said as he and his [...]
Every Child Valued: Teaching As If There’s No Tomorrow
Jaiela, 9, likes the Every Child Valued after-school program because she practices multiplication and fractions there. Davon, 9, described the program as “fun,” and his [...]
Collaboration is Key to This Choir’s Success
Jeremy Harrison, 13, a Trenton resident who has been singing with the Trenton Children’s Chorus (TCC) since kindergarten, said the program taught him teamwork [...]
How a Grant from The Fund for Women and Girls is Helping Millhill Child and Family Development Corporation
At the most recent Grantmaking Dinner last fall, voting members of the Fund for Women and Girls awarded a $75,000 grant payable over three [...]
UrbanPromise Trenton: Filling the Void
When a six-year-old Carl Clark, Jr. discovered there was a place where he could go to find mentorship, love, and support in his native Camden, [...]
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