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Three
Organizations Receive Community Grants
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The Robert H. Mollohan Family
Charitable Foundation awarded three organizations each a
grant of $5,000. In the fall of 2004, Appalachian Community
CARE, the Minority Aviation Education Association, Inc. and
the Boys and Girls Club of Weirton received funding.
Appalachian Community CARE
Appalachian Community CARE serves under-resourced
communities where little hope and many challenges exist.
Their after school tutoring program is currently operating
in four communities and three counties. Most of the children
who attend their after school program come from homes where
there is little or no money, failing grades, poor
self-perception, and more.
Recently, the organization’s after school program was
expanded to include activities which equip participants to
handle their daily challenges. Currently, this program
provides mentoring and tutoring to 160 kids. A weekly club
meeting is held that averages an attendance of approximately
80 children. This past summer, the organization took 45 kids
of those kids to summer camp and worked with 115 kids during
their Summer Adventure Program.
Appalachian Community CARE is the only organization in the
area that focuses on spiritual, physical, educational,
social, and financial factors at the same time. By
addressing all of these elements, the staff hopes to instill
in local youth a brighter vision for their future and to
provide the resources and support to ensure that they can
attain these visions.
The grant given to the Appalachian Community CARE will help
with expenses related to the Youth Outreach Workers who
facilitate the mentoring and tutoring programs. Expenses
include the cost of materials to serve and equip 80-100
youth to handle the unique situation that each of them face
and provide transportation for the youth who participate in
the program.
For more information about this program, please contact
Tracy Stine at 304.457.4575 ext. 61.
Minority Aviation Education Association, Inc.
The Minority Aviation Education Association, Inc. (MAEA) was
founded by Darryl Lee Baynes to overcome the
under-representation of minorities and women in the aviation
field. The scope has now been widened to encompass all
science, math, and related technologies which are
under-represented. MAEA is the preeminent science and math
outreach organization and the largest owned and operated by
minorities in the country. Founded in 1992, it has provided
programs for more than a quarter of a million students,
teachers and parents.
The company plans to use the grant money they received to
establish a robotics lab based on the Lego™ robotics
educational material. This lab will correlate with the
robotics program that MAEA already provides. The grant will
also provide funding for MAEA to provide Ohio County
teachers with the training needed for them to implement
their own mini-robotics program in their classrooms. The
company plans to hold a competition later in the school year
between the competing schools.
For more information about how to become involved with this
program, contact Darryl Baynes at 304.233.1536 or visit
MAEA’s website at
www.maeasciencecenter.org.
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Boys & Girls Club of Weirton
The Boys and Girls Club of Weirton is a youth development
organization that is dedicated to promoting the physical,
social, educational, vocational, cultural, character, and
leadership development in the youth of Brooke and Hancock
counties. The youth development professionals on staff use a
variety of programs and activities to promote and encourage
youth between the ages of 5 and 19 to develop these
qualities to grow up to be responsible adults and leaders.
The educational component of the programs offered by the
Boys and Girls Club is very important, especially to
children living in public housing. A majority of the Club’s
membership is from low-income families, and those members
often need all the incentive that the Club can provide them.
This club currently has 612 members and serves an average of
50 members on a daily basis.
The Boys and Girls Club of
Weirton was awarded a grant of $5,000 to be used toward the
salary of a Reading Specialist for their Power Hour Program.
A comprehensive homework help and tutoring program, POWER
HOUR is designed to raise the academic proficiency of Club
members ages 6-12.
This program reinforces and
enhances the skills and knowledge young people learn at
school through "high-yield" learning activities at the Club
and in the home. The Club’s current Reading Specialist
earned a M.A. in English and Counseling and has coordinated
special high-yield reading activities that serve to increase
Club members’ interest in reading, and in turn, spelling and
comprehension.
For more information about
the Boys and Girls Club of Weirton, please contact George
Vargo at 304.797.5712. |
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