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Offers a literacy-based program that is designed to increase school readiness and parent involvement by preparing children for the transition to Kindergarten and supporting them in the first year. Provides year round programming starting in summer before entering Kindergarten. School year programming Includes Parents as Partners programming. School year programming includes Parent/Caregiver Workshops, Family Fun Nights, Breakfast and Educational Fun with Santa, Very Important Parent/Caregiver Breakfast, Bridge to First Grade dinner and informational event.

Provides financial assistance up to $500 to temporarily help students overcome unforeseen financial challenges that would affect their ability to continue in their studies. Funds can be used for assistance such as, but not limited to: child care, health related emergencies, loss of SNAP benefits, transportation emergencies, books, tuition, unexpected loss of income, etc.

Offers free after school and out of school time youth development services for children age 6 to 18. Provides activities and services with a focus on: Growth in literacy and math; Academic confidence; STEM; Healthy eating/ nutrition; Daily supervised physical activity; Benefits of physical activity, mental wellness, and avoiding risky behaviors; Awareness of post-high school opportunities, including college and career; Knowledge of life/ work preparedness skills; post-high school planning, and Interest in community service, volunteering, and civic engagement.

Offers weekly one-to-one mentoring with an adult volunteer mentor during the school year at the school. Mentors work with youth mentees on building critical life skills that will help them to be successful both inside and outside of the school day.

On Purpose Academy and Mentoring Center serves Preschoolers ages 2 1/2 to 4 year old with a researched based curriculum preparing them for Kindergarden. Our afterschool programs serves students and their parents with mentoring, training, life skills and community service in order for them to be successful in life.

Provides in-person religious based mentoring, tutoring and life skills education to encourage youth to make positive individual and social change.

Provides groups to assist in the development of urban youth through the telling, discussion, and interpretation of mythological stories.

Offers a summer day camp for youth with activities including music, art, creative movement, health and wellness activities, computer skills, life skills, prevention programs, and academic reading. Camp also includes field trips and community service projects.

Provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college including College and Career readiness, ACT/SAT preparation, admissions advising, financial literacy, social/emotional health, college tours, social and cultural field trips, and STEM activities.

Provides a program to teach youth how to swim and be safe around water.

Provides financial assistance up to $500 to temporarily help students overcome unforeseen financial challenges that would affect their ability to continue in their studies. Funds can be used for assistance such as, but not limited to: child care, health related emergencies, loss of SNAP benefits, transportation emergencies, books, tuition, unexpected loss of income, etc.

Provides girls the opportunity to experience physical, mental, and emotional growth through participation in a variety of sports (including basketball, running, biking and walking) and academic enrichment community projects. The academic piece has a main focus of critically thinking.

Offers breakfast, lunch, dinner to students enrolled in Gladden's preschool. Offers hot meals after school to elementary through high school students during the school year. Offers hot lunches to all children under 18 during the summer.

Offers a morning with a variety of programs for children centered around Akron and Summit County history. The children will participate in arts and crafts, storytelling, music, and sports. With a hands on approach to learning, they will also be able to see and touch historical artifacts from the Historical Society's collection.

Offers a musical theatre boot camp. Participants spend the morning rotating between classes of acting, singing, and dancing. The afternoons are spent using those newly acquired skills to rehearse an original performance.

Provides free public transportation on METRO DIRECT fixed-routes to students, faculty, and staff of The University of Akron. Offers a reduced fare on METRO's Northcoast Express route to and from Cleveland.

Provides day camps to engage children and youth in acting, improvisation, dance, singing, design, staging, auditioning, and technical theater.

Offers summer camps at various locations for students in middle-school, designed to get them involved within their community.

Provides financial assistance up to $500 to temporarily help students overcome unforeseen financial challenges that would affect their ability to continue in their studies. Funds can be used for assistance such as, but not limited to: child care, health related emergencies, loss of SNAP benefits, transportation emergencies, books, tuition, unexpected loss of income, etc.

Offers a program designed to educate and train both immigrant and neighborhood youth in landscape maintenance. Projects include mowing, weeding, bush/tree trimming of vacant (city/county-owned) and private lots. Garden prep, fences, planters and pergola building are also included. Also entrepreneurial skills and extra spending money via stipends is provided. Youth participants will also participate in math, writing and reading skills tutoring. For most enrolled students in the Yard Corps program, orientation, ongoing training and Ohio Learning Standards study time with professional tutors will be offered.

Educates undeserved children through the art of dance through in-school residencies, immersion in preprofessional dance instruction, and community educational performances.

Offers a full day, week-long program designed to engage elementary and middle school students in hands-on, interactive STEM-related activities. Students take a deep dive into subject matter focused on 3D Printing, App Development, Coding, Robotics, Digital Animation, or Web Development and emerge with skills that are useful in today’s classroom and tomorrow’s workplace.

Offers a youth summer soccer camp.

Provides financial assistance up to $500 to temporarily help students overcome unforeseen financial challenges that would affect their ability to continue in their studies. Funds can be used for assistance such as, but not limited to: child care, health related emergencies, loss of SNAP benefits, transportation emergencies, books, tuition, unexpected loss of income, etc.