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Causes: Community Service Clubs
Mission: The organization provides educational and social services, cultural enrichment, and personal development skills that afford opportunities primarily for adolescent females while also addressing intergenerational needs. The organization's program specifically aims to improve the academic and leadership skills of participants, raise participants' awareness of health-related concerns, and encourage participants to pursue community service and post-secondary education.
Programs: Jabberwock is a biennial program for high school junior and senior girls. The program provides mentoring, personal development workshops, cultural outings, and community service projects for the girls over a nine month span. The culminating event showcases the participants in an entertaining, collaborative performance in front of the new castle county community where they are awarded scholarship dollars to attend college. Jabberwock 2016 awarded 21 young ladies almost $67,325 in scholarship dollars during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2017.