Becket Athenaeum Inc

Our grant-funded programming consists of: - financially supporting a traditional afterschool program (kids club) held at the becket washington school 5 days/week from 3-5:30pm with monthly visits to the library, keeping the costs down to 7/day/child for families. -running a traditional book club, and a cookbook club monthly, as well as storytime & crafts for preschoolers, storytime & creative movement, a baby & toddler playgroup, and educational programming for the local elementary school classes. -town of becket summer program collaboration: we plan and run enrichment programs for the free town summer program that serves children ages 6 to 12. -teen intern mentor program: we provide year-round jobs and training for local teens, typically their very first job. We guide them through job applications, interviews, working papers, direct deposit forms, as well as mentoring them for work ethic, skills building, and teamwork. -we schedule 24-36 additional stand-alone programs: craft and gardening classes, public speakers on a wide variety of topics, environmental and topical presentations, movie nights, game nights, hands-on workshops, and an ever-changing line-up of performers (storytellers, puppeteers,musicians, etc.)