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Scatter Joy Acres is a 15-acre urban agricultural rescue, therapy, and educational ranch. Their certified Animal Assisted Therapy program provides help for those in greatest need: at-risk children, the developmentally disabled, seniors, homeless, the mentally ill, veterans, and those re-entering society. They rescue and foster abused, neglected and abandoned animals. Those that don’t find loving forever homes are trained to become therapists in the Animal Assisted Therapy program. 

The Teen Center promotes opportunity for students through intentional afterschool programming that provides education, exposure, and mentorship. Founded in 2007 and now located inside Burke High School, The Teen Center collaborates closely to provide critical supports during the school day and after school. 

Currently, The Teen Center has a goal of $2,700 to fund 27 graduation baskets of essentials for seniors. 

You can check out their progress toward their goal here. 

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DIBS for Kids is a children's literacy program. Their classroom libraries and innovative lending technology Deliver Infinite Book Shelves to students so they can read a new book every night. They provide books, a QR-code driven book distribution system, training, and support to over 200 elementary school classrooms and over 6,000 children. Their mission is to help schools provide every child with access to powerful in-home reading experiences, every school night. Our students make statistically significant reading gains, up to a full grade level of reading gains, because of DIBS.