Ardmore Avenue Community Center

Ardmore, PA
https://aaccnow.org/

Grantee Details

Focus Areas
Education
Health and Well-being

Our mission is to provide a wide range of educational, recreational, cultural, and social resources for residents, particularly children and youth in South Ardmore and its neighboring communities.  "Teaching the Youth of Today...Tools for Tomorrow" is the motto of the AACC.  Our goal through our programming is to give our youth the tools and confidence needed to become strong goal oriented adults who will have a positive impact on the community and the future.  We take serious our charge to have a positive impact on the development of our youth, offering a safe haven with programs where they can learn new skills, develop important competencies and establish healthy supportive relationships with peers and adults.  Relationship building is very important in the lives of young people.

Grant Awarded

Sustaining the Ardmore Avenue Community Center

Black Justice Fund
Fiscal Year:
2022
Amount:
$15,000

Funding will be used to holistically enhance AACC’s operations and programs and support a strategy for organizational growth. Plans include strengthening existing programs, adding new initiatives like "Future" focusing on college counseling and financial literacy, developing leadership through young alums and staff training, improving marketing and infrastructure with legal and accounting support, and preparing for a capital campaign and building transition.