GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Boston Globe

Suffolk University is abuzz with ten-year-olds engaging in activities such as building houses from straws.

This is all part of a newly-launched program of the Steppingstone Foundation which aims set students from two Boston middle schools on the path to acceptance at local private schools and public exam schools.

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Featuring the Steppingstone Foundation, a grantee of the Ludcke Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Boston Globe

Unique in Boston’s Metro West, Waltham’s Community Day Center provides 600 homeless people a year with a daytime base of operations for job searches, short-term services and a midday meal.

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Featuring Community Day Center of Waltham, a grantee of the Clipper Ship Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The Waltham bookstore More Than Words provides troubled teens with more than an entry-level job.

Since its founding in 2004 with an initial stock of a pile of books found along a road, both the organization and program participants have experienced consistent success.

More Than Words is now poised for expansion to a second site.

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Featuring More Than Words, a grantee of the Linden Foundation, the Ludcke Foundation and the Clipper Ship Foundation.