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CSC Provides Summer students, and additional money to obtain it was
essential.
Academic Support To Kids The Children’s Services Council of Martin
County (CSCMC) jumped on board, with a special
By Jackie Holfelder grant that helped to fund the expansion of summer
In March, seemingly with the flip of a switch, parents programs offered by such organizations as YMCA
pivoted from sending children off to school or preschool of the Treasure Coast, Boys and Girls Clubs of
each morning to working at home, becoming teachers and Martin County (BGCMC) and City of Stuart Parks
childcare center directors. and Recreation Department.
They oversaw virtual learning and daily assignments The YMCA received an additional $49,350.
while managing the unknowns of a resilient silent but Its daily annual contract with CSCMC calls for
contagious airborne virus. the nonprofit to serve 230 in Stuart and 40 in
As summer loomed, the challenges of how to help the Indiantown.
2,000 children who typically participate in the annual Under CDC guidelines, that number was
programs that provide them with academic enrichment decreased to 72 in Stuart and 27 in Indiantown.
loomed large. Additional funding allowed for an additional 54 to
Because of recommended CDC guidelines, additional be served at Martin County Fairgrounds, bringing Counselor Ryan Siebe and some of the students enjoying YMCA of
space was needed to accommodate all the potential the total served to 153. the Treasure Coast’s summer program.

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Revel in Refinement Some of the 153 students who participated in the YMCA of

the Treasure Coast summer program

Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County received
additional stipends for its Hobe Sound Club of $24,619;
its Port Salerno Club of $20,582; its Indiantown Club of
$28,975; and its Stuart and Palm City Clubs of $202,531,
allowing an additional 180 to be served.
BGCMC was also able to expand its services into space
at Stuart Middle School.
The City of Stuart Parks and Recreation Department
received $57,807. Its daily annual contract calls for 140
to be served. With CDC Guidelines, that number was
decreased to 72. Additional funding accommodates an
additional 36, with two new locations at the City of Stuart
Shuffleboard Center and the Flagler Center, bringing the
total served to 108.
Children in the county have lost almost six months
of formal in-classroom education. Studies show that
47-percent of the third-graders are not reading on grade
level and more than 50-percent enter kindergarten not
ready socially or emotionally for school.
Thanks to this special funding from CSCMC, a
substantial number of young students were offered
programs that provided academic support to prevent
summer slide.
To learn more about Children’s Services Council of
Martin County, visit www.cscmc.org.

Photos provided by YMCA of the Treasure Coast

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