Fall 2005

$11,030 to Changing Your Destiny to support the R.A.A.A.P. after school program for African American males.

$9,472 to Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County for a partnership with the Conservatory of Dance to provide dance instruction at the Club's four after school sites; Battell, Wilson, Perley and Sample.  Gymnasiums at all four Club sites in South Bend and Mishawaka were used for dance instruction for both male and female members in tap, jazz, pointe, and ballet.  Performances at the end of each session were given.

$5,700 to South Bend Heritage Foundation for the African American Arts Association after school arts program.  "Art on Lincoln Way West" is an after-school arts program that offers alternatives to negative behaviors targeting youth between ages 7-17 in the neighborhood surrounding the Charles Martin Youth Center.