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Causes: Public & Societal Benefit
Mission: Bella ease dba quincy teen reach purpose is to expand the range of choices and opportunities that enable, empower and encourage youth and their families to achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capacities for future success, and avoid and or reduce risk taking behavior. Services include tutoring, mentoring, recreation, life skills on how to reduce risk taking behavior, service learning, providing a snack and evening meal.
Programs: After school program operating year round open to all children grades 2 through 12 with a target of minority, low income students. Services include: academic assistance including tutoring, computer access, homework monitoring; life skills including groups on how to avoid and/or address risk taking behavior such as substance use, teen pregnancy, bullying, discrimination, abuse and criminal activities; mentoring by adult volunteers as well as college and high school student volunteers; service learning in which participants are taught the value of investing in their community through service work such as clean up, placing flags on veterans graves, assisting with teachers workshops, laying new mulch on part trails; snack provided upon arrival from school and evening meal; cultural activities such as art classes, yoga, attending and participating in community plays, poetry writing and presenting; transportation provided to all participants from school to program and home after the program ends.