Center Gets Grant
WALMART FOUNDATION DONATES MONEY FOR PROGRAMS
Posted: February 2, 2012 at 5:35 a.m.
Kelly Kemp-McLintock, second from left, chief advancement officer for the Jones Center, speaks Wednesday to Karen Parker, from left, senior manager for the Walmart Foundation, Sarah Van Vleck, advancement coordinator for the Jones Center, and Evan Carver, a Jones Center intern, in the YOUth Center’s art room at the Jones Center. The Walmart Foundation presented the center with a $250,000 check to support youth programs, the YOUth Center and the Summer Youth Academy.
A donation to the Jones Center from the Walmart Foundation will keep a summer program afloat.
AT A GLANCE
The Jones Center Summer Youth Academy
The Youth Academy for 9- to 17-year-olds will add a week and operate for seven weeks from June to August. Participants will increase from 750 to 900. It will run Tuesday through Friday. The cost is $60 per week, but full or partial grants are available based on financial need.
Source: The Jones Center
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I hope the funds come in. We can't keep hoping for Wal Mart to be our local bail out benefactor.
Posted by: Oldearkie
February 2, 2012 at 6:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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