Council of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - $5,000

The project “Who Says We Can’t” is a component of the Alternative Community Intervention program designed to use large numbers of volunteers and extensive collaboration with public and private sector organizations to reduce the risk factors among high risk youth, ages 10-18 and their families.  The funds from the JLL will strengthen the Service Learning component of the program and double the length of time the youth will participate in the summer Connections program. 

Crispus Attucks Community Center - $5,000

The project, “Summer Science Camp – Science for a Healthy Life” is a full-day summer camp that exposes urban youth at risk for delinquency and low achievement to the wonders of science.  Life skills and community service projects are integrated into the curriculum in order to build character, self-discipline, confidence and encourage making positive life choices.  The camp enrolls students in first through fifth grades.  JLL funding will be applied towards stipends for camp counselors, who are teens in the Crispus Attucks neighborhood that exhibit outstanding leadership skills.

Junior Achievement of Central Pennsylvania - $1,100

The program “Young Women’s Futures Symposium” addresses a need in Lancaster County high schools for students that are neither at the top nor at the bottom of their class.  It is directed at “B” and “C” students who are not overly motivated, have low self-esteem and who would benefit from interaction with positive role models.  The annual full-day symposium, which is attended by 350-400 young women, is designed to inspire the students to think about all the possibilities in their future by allowing them the opportunity to interact with professional women. The JLL funds will be used for sponsoring ten students to the program.

Lancaster Recreation Commission - $1,300

The LRC is a vital service that enhances the quality of life in Lancaster City and Lancaster Township by improving personal health, strengthening the community, preventing crime, protecting the environment and contributing to a healthy economy.  The JLL funds will support the program CARE (Conservation and Recycling for the Environment).  Through CARE, Children ages 5-12 will learn about the importance of recycling and conservation and ways to conserve and recycle that will benefit the environment and their community.  The program will be conducted at 12 elementary schools in the School District of Lancaster.

Lititz Public Library - $1,300

The program “Science Story Time for Preschoolers” will aim to create excitement about science and help very young children get the learning readiness skills they need when they enter kindergarten by exposing them to science concepts.  The JLL funds will help provide training for volunteer storytellers and librarians and will also be used to purchase supporting books and audio visual materials for the library’s collection.

Project Forward Leap - $1,300

The mission of Project Forward Leap is to close the gaps of academic achievement and development opportunities between students with academic promise put at-risk by socio-economic disadvantages and their advantaged peers and by serving as a catalyst for raising achievement standards in their schools.  PFL offers academically rigorous residential summer institutes to students in the 5th grade through high school on college campuses.  It is supplemented through a year-round enrichment program.  JLL funds will be used to provide services to seventh-grade Lancaster students attending the summer program at Millersville University and Swarthmore College.