Local Initiatives:
Newark LISC supports after-school programs at the NJ Children's Explorer Museum that teach children about electricity and other subjects.
Local Initiatives:
After-school tutoring improves children's grades, test scores and self-esteem.
Local Initiatives:
Through a partnership with the NFL, LISC provided a $200,000 grant to renovate a neighborhood football field for young adults.
Local Initiatives:
Ramses Barden from the New York Giants gathered with community leaders in Newark's Ironbound Neighborhood to celebrate the new football field.
Local Initiatives:
LISC provided technical assistance to organizations to complete the construction of several National Stabilization Program homes.
Local Initiatives:
With LISC AmeriCorps members, LISC Newark helped to plant trees at Newark's Peshine Avenue School for National Day of Service.
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Greater Newark LISC partnered with NeighborWorks to present a three-day workshop on asset management fundamentals.
Local Initiatives:
Greater Newark LISC supported new affordable housing in the Lower Broadway neighborhood.