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Children,Youth & Families
<br />Family Learning Center, 3164 34th Street, Boulder, CO
<br />The Family Learning Center (FLC) offers educational
<br />opportunities
<br />for children
<br />and youth in
<br />low-income
<br />households.
<br />The center
<br />is located
<br />in the City
<br />of Boulder
<br />near an area
<br />with the city's
<br />highest concentration of people living in poverty.
<br />Worthy Cause III funding played a major role in the
<br />construction of FLC's new 1,700 square foot Health
<br />and Wellness Education Center, which was completed
<br />in late 2016. The building gave FLC enough space to
<br />offer its clients education in healthy eating, including
<br />showing parents how to can or freeze fruits and
<br />vegetables so they don't go to waste. The building also
<br />hosts classes in yoga, Zumba, along with a strength
<br />and conditioning program. All preschool students
<br />get at least 60 minutes of physical activity daily, and
<br />the new Health and Wellness Education Center is
<br />adjacent to the FLC's playground so kids can go
<br />outside to play when the weather permits. Worthy
<br />Cause accelerated the project and helped FLC reduce
<br />its debt by providing $235,000 over four years.
<br />Teens, Inc., 151 East Street, Nederland, CO
<br />Teens, Inc. empowers youth and their families in the Peak to Peak region, by offering educational and recreational
<br />opportunities, youth employment and training, support services, and a safe environment in which to socialize.
<br />However, it gets cold and windy in Nederland, and an energy audit showed that Teens, Incas building envelope was
<br />extremely leaky. With the help of $164,588 in Worthy Cause grants
<br />and matching funds, Teens Inc. was able to shore up its building
<br />and provide a greater comfort level for students and employees.
<br />The project included digging a four -foot -deep trench around the
<br />entire building, insulating the floor, removing the siding to seal
<br />gaps around the windows, and installing a high -efficiency furnace
<br />and a high -efficiency water heater. A new second floor now
<br />includes office and classroom space - a nice upgrade since Teens
<br />Inc. used to hold classes in its kitchen. These renovations allowed
<br />Teens, Inc. to expand their services and the number of youth they
<br />can serve in their facility.
<br />Children, Youth & Families
<br />Worth Cause Reci • ients
<br />Acorn School
<br />2011 1 $200,000 • 2012 1 $700,000 • 20121$30,000
<br />Aspen Grove - Over the Rainbow
<br />20101 $125,000 • 20151 $50,000
<br />Boulder Day Nursery
<br />2011 1 $300,000 • 2011 1 $50,000 • 2012 1 $200,000 • 2012 1 $700,000
<br />• 2015 $278,000
<br />• Children's House Preschool
<br />20101 $100,000
<br />• Longmont YMCA
<br />2012 1 $60,000 • 2015 I $202,652 • 20171 $150,000
<br />Family Learning Center
<br />2013 1 $75,000 • 20151 $50,000 • 20161 $60,000 •
<br />• I Have a Dream Foundation
<br />20161 $100,000 • 20171 $50,000
<br />• Teens, Inc.
<br />2013 1 $64,588 • 20141 $100,000
<br />Wild Bear Learning Center
<br />20171 $50,000
<br />Wild Plum Center
<br />2009 1 $50,000 • 2011 I $50,000 • 20121 $50,000 • 2013 1 $50,000
<br />• 20141 $12,950 • 20161 $250,000
<br />20171 $50,000
<br />YWCA of Boulder
<br />20141 $32,545
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