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Benefits of the Grace Place Children’s Garden
1) Educational benefits Gardening offers hands-on, experiential learning opportunities in a wide array of disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, math, language arts (e.g., through garden journaling), visual arts (e.g., through garden design and [...]
Academic Success: A Family Commitment
A firm and healthy family support system promotes a successful transition to, and completion of, college for a student. The AP Leadership Program requires a family commitment, which includes specific responsibilities of involvement in the [...]
HELP FEED THE HUNGRY WITH A CLICK A DAY!
Daily voting has begun for the Harry Chapin Food Bank to receive a Walmart $60,000 grant! As a partner of Harry Chapin Food Bank, a portion of the grant will go to Grace Place to purchase [...]
Grace Place Welcomes New Assets to the Team
Hannah Vet - Volunteer Coordinator We welcome Hannah Vet as our new Volunteer Coordinator. Hannah comes to us from Big Brothers Big Sisters where she served as Mentor Manager. At Grace Place, Hannah is responsible [...]
Back-to-School Supply Drive: 350 students will go back to school prepared, thanks to your generous gifts.
This summer we put out a call to fund a need. We set a goal to raise $8,000 to send 350 Grace Place students back to school with the supplies they need to be ready [...]
Two Grace Place students have been awarded MicroGrants to support their academic goals.
Grace Place worked with a community partner to serve as a conduit between an exciting new opportunity and our students. Chuck Garrity, a long time Grace Place enthusiast, recently visited campus to present two MicroGrants [...]