GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

Every Friday and Saturday during peak evening hours for juvenile crime and violence, 25 police officers bring up to 100 children from the Boston’s housing developments to the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club, first African-American owned nonprofit tennis club in the United States.   A Boston Globe article reports on the partnership that helps youth to bridge neighborhood divides and build new relationships through playing tennis.

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Featuring Sportsmen’s Tennis Club, a grantee of the Dolphin Trust and the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The nonprofit Food Project empowers youth while educating and engaging them in sustainable agriculture. Not only do teens learn about nutrition and health through farming, but they also gain vital workforce skills such as leadership training, community building and marketing through the organization’s Farmers’ Markets and Community Supported Agriculture programs. The Boston Globe highlighted the work of this unique organization and its impact on the urban agriculture movement.

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Featuring The Food Project, a grantee of the Ludcke Foundation, the Schrafft Charitable Trust and the Foley Hoag Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Newsweek

The Family Van is an affiliate of Harvard Medical School that provides medical services to Boston’s underserved population from a mobile clinic. Approximately 50,000 Boston residents utilize the van each year for health education, screenings, preventive services and referrals to medical and social service agencies. National weekly news magazine Newsweek explains how this innovative model could provide effective solutions for some of the problems facing American health care.

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Featuring The Family Van, a grantee of the Ludcke Foundation.