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Princeton Area Community Foundation's Fund for Women and Girls Announces 2011 Grant Recipients

 The Fund for Women and Girls

of the
 
Princeton Area Community Foundation
 
is delighted to announce its 2011 grant recipients
 
 
 
Boys & Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County                             $10,000
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.
 
Millhill Child and Family Development Corporation                           $10,000
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.
 
PEI Kids                                                                                                        $10,000
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.
 
RISE                                                                                                              $10,000
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.