Rite Aid Healthy Futures Foundation gave 14 Philly youth-serving agencies $10K each to address health and wellness challenges.
Stocking stuffers came early for 14 local youth-serving agencies in Philadelphia. Rite Aid Healthy Futures awarded them $10,000 each to help provide support for the health and wellness challenges facing city youth.
“All of them are trying to provide a sense of belonging and joy for children going through significant challenges,” said Matthew DeCamara, the charity’s executive director. He added each organization’s work also addresses racial inequities and health disparities by serving diverse, low-income communities — a key goal of Rite Aid Healthy Futures.
Attic Youth Center executive director Jasper Liem plans to use the grant for the life skills center, which provides after-school programming, dinner, housing referrals, and a safe space for LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 24. “Generating operating funding is so key. No one wants to fund you to pay the utilities to keep the lights on,” Liem said.The rise in gun violence and stress of the pandemic have wreaked havoc on children’s lives. “We continue to see the harsh realities of inequities and heath disparities affecting children through hunger, homelessness, poverty, and a growing mental health crisis,” DeCamara said.
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