Academic Sports Academy

Mission: The GGrant94ft, Inc. Academic Basketball Academy is designed to foster learning through rigorous  academic tutoring as well as through basketball training that stresses high expectations for students. Our program includes parent/family involvement and school/ community volunteers so that students will acquire a base of real world experiences. Through these experiences our student athletes will become life-long learners and positive community participants. Programs/Services: tutoring; afterschool enrichment; mentoring

Website: http://www.ggrant94ftinc.com/ACAD.htm 

Capital Corridor Community Development Corporation

Mission: The Capital Corridor Community Development Corporation’s mission is to improve the quality of life of residents in Trenton and neighboring communities by empowering individuals and families socially, educationally, and spiritually. Programs/Services: community organization; voter registration; youth career development.

Website: http://www.capcorcdc.org/ 

Columbus Elementary School (Trenton)

Mission:   to assure learning experiences that will help students achieve their greatest potential to adapt and adjust to a diverse and ever changing society;  to serve students with the understanding that diversity of gender, physical or mental ability, culture, and background is a strength to be respected.  Programs/Services:  K-8 “partially-included” elementary education; after-school tutoring, supplemental education, and enrichment.  Website: www.trenton.k12.nj.us/columbus/ 

El Centro de Recursos Para Familias (Trenton)

Mission:  to promote a world in which immigrant families reach their full potential, achieve self-sufficiency and live in a just and compassionate world. Programs/Services:  adult basic education; ESL; individual and family counseling; health screenings and education; men and women support groups; information and referral; after-school tutoring and enrichment; community forums and advocacy.   

Farmers Against Hunger (Central New Jersey)

Mission: to develop the capacity of emergency food providers, feed the hungry, and educate the poor about nutrition. Programs/Services:  food rescue & distribution; volunteer gleanings; community/nutrition education; advocacy. Website: www.njagsociety.org/fah/fah.htm 

Habitat for Humanity/East Trenton Neighborhood Center (Trenton)

Mission:  to embrace people of all faiths and work in partnership with them to build decent, affordable housing and to create healthy vibrant and self-sufficient communities. Programs/Services: sweat equity housing construction; emergency food pantry/distribution; homeless shelter (winter months); after-school homework assistance; summer enrichment and recreation camp; clothing distribution; narcotics anonymous.  Website:  www.habitatnj.org 

Kidsbridge (Ewing and Trenton)

Mission: to encourage the students, families and educators of the greater Mercer County region to understand and appreciate the strengths and opportunities that are inherent in the diverse, mosaic cultures of our community and world.  Programs/Services:  character education; conflict resolution; mediation; life-skills; children’s museum tours; community education & awareness.  Website:  www.kidsbridgemuseum.org 

LifeTies

Mission: to provide quality care and services to youth in crisis that are abused, neglected homeless and/or living with HIV/AIDS. Programs/ Services: Safe & Supportive Supervised Living Accommodations, Money Management Skills, Independent Living Skills Training,  Career Planning, Advanced Independent Living Skills Training, Community Involvement and Service, Life Skills through the Arts, Counseling, 24 Hour Group Residential Services, Intensive Medical Care, HIV/AIDS Education, Substance Abuse Assessment and Referral Website: http://www.lifetiesinc.org/Index.html 

Division of Natural Resources/City of Trenton (Trenton)

Mission: to enhance the quality of life for residents by establishing comprehensive and professional natural resource management programs, including park maintenance, recreation maintenance and urban forestry; thereby providing a healthy, pleasant environment for both active and passive forms of recreation.  Programs/Services:  park planning, maintenance and renovation; open space maintenance; tree maintenance and planting. Website:  www.ci.trenton.nj.us 

Salvation Army (Trenton)

Mission: to meet the needs of the Trenton community without discrimination.  Programs/Services: homeless drop-in center; mobile-feeding unit; job readiness/life-skills; substance abuse counseling; men’s fellowship groups; after-school tutoring; religious education.  Website:  www.newjerseysalvationarmy.org 

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (Trenton)

Mission:  to respond to the needs of people in the Trenton area by providing meals to all those who are hungry, delivering services to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life, informing the wider community of the needs of the hungry, and advocating for resources to meet these needs.  Programs/Services:  soup kitchen (lunch and dinner); adult basic education; GED preparation; social work/case management; health screening and counseling; adult art; youth enrichment. 

Website:  http://www.trentonsoupkitchen.org 

Trenton Medical Arts Academy (Trenton)

Mission: The Medical Arts Academy is dedicated to offering high level skills necessary for career success in the professions encompassing the various medical technologies and/or therapies or the field of professional nursing. The students’ personalized educational plan is designed to move him/her along a personalized developmental ladder culminating with a senior internship at a local medical center or social service agency. Programs/Services: Providing a curriculum rich in science and mathematics, assisting in student career focus, providing state-of-the-art equipment, resources materials, computer skills and writing enhancement. Website: http://www.trenton.k12.nj.us/tchsmedarts/Default.htm 

Visitation Home (Hamilton)

Mission: Visitation Home is a Catholic community (open to all) where people with developmental disabilities and those without, live together as family, called by the truth of the Gospel principle that human life is sacred at every stage and in every situation. We recognize our responsibility to grow in a spirit of openness, simplicity, and love through meaningful relationships. It is through these relationships that we discover each other's gifts and the inherent dignity of each individual. Programs/Services: a shared living community where developmentally disabled adults and their assistants live together as family.

Website: http://www.visitationhome.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ 

Young Scholars Institute (Trenton)

Mission:  to promote academic excellence and the pursuit of higher education.  Programs/Services:  tutoring; after-school enrichment; science exploration; model Congress; ESL; SAT preparation; college tours/admissions workshops; supplemental education services. 

Website:  http://www.youngscholarsoftrenton.org/programs.html