Princeton Area Community Foundation's Fund for Women and Girls Announces 2011 Grant Recipients
March 16, 2011
The Fund for Women and Girls
of the
Princeton Area Community Foundation
is delighted to announce its 2011 grant recipients
Program: SMART (Skills, Mastery, and Resistance Training) Girls
SMART Girls helps at-risk girls develop healthy attitudes and lifestyles, so they make healthy choices that will increase their chances of success in life.
Program: Female Trenton PEERS (Performing, Educating and Entertaining about Responsible Strategies) Empowerment and Education Program
PEERS empowers Trenton-area girls of color with the support, knowledge and skills needed to make responsible, healthy life decisions and create their own bright, self-directed futures.
Program: Intergenerational Support Group for girls who have been sexually abused and their mothers
This project focuses on healing, uniting young female victims of sexual abuse with their mothers or female caregivers to strengthen maternal bonds, encourage nurturing, improve communication and enhance the existing support group component of the Crisis Intervention Program.
Program: Safe Dates in E. Windsor Regional Middle School
Safe Dates works to prevent dating abuse by raising girls’ awareness of what constitutes healthy or abusive dating relationships, talking about the causes and consequences of abuse, and changing adolescent norms about dating violence.
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The Fund’s leadership extends special thanks to all who participated in the proposal review process, shared their views at the Annual Meeting, and continue to support this important work.
