Summary
Organization name
Fruitland Community Center Inc
Tax id (EIN)
52-1884888
Impact/Cause Area
Youth Development
Organization Location
Wicomico
Counties Served
Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset
Address
PO BOX 669FRUITLAND, MD 21826
Fruitland Community Center Inc
A nonprofit organization
$2,200 raised by 22 donors
44% complete
$5,000 Goal
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The Fruitlland Community Center has been a place where children and youth come for Education and Enrichment programs since 1985. This is the 40th year that a free Tutorial program founded by retired wicomico Educator, Mrs. Mary Gladys Jones.(1919-2025). After she retired in 1982, parents asked her to tutor their children. She did not want her home to become a classrom. Mrs. Jones was a former teacher at the Fruitland Community Center when it was an elementary school for grades 1 -7 in the nineteen fifties.
The program Mrs. Jones founded is still providing a space for education and enrichment programs. Mrs.Jones learned along with the students when Technology was included in the afterschool program during October, 2011. The programs are still free for At- Risk children and families who participate in the Fruitland Community Center STEM program provived by our STEM partners.
With your support, Girl Scouts, Scouting USA, Wicomico Extension - 4-H, Wicomico County FIRST Lego League and Virginia Space Flight Academy so learning during "Out Of School Time." can continueto educate and foster the next generation of STEM workforce into the next decade! The message is from one of the students who want to be an engineer!
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Mission
The mission of the Fruitland Community Center is to educate, empower, motivate, and provide hope to children of all ages and to help prepare them to meet and overcome the challenges of life. The After-School program helps children begin the school year on a positive note, encourages them to stay focused on academics throughout the school year, builds skills which enable them to be successful in school, and helps the students set goals for themselves
Needs
The Fruitland Community Center funds will support utilities and LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Kits. Since 1985 the programs are free to children and youth. Since 2011,STEM, robotics, coding. Since 2018, the Virginia Space Flight Academy provided programs at the Center to include at-risk and underserved children and youth to participate in STEM based programs so they can attend their summer Space Camps at Wallops, Va.
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Organization Data
FRUITLAND, MD 21826