Focus Area: Youth Development

Grant Amount: $10,000

Located in Minneapolis. ESNS has been providing youth programming in Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis for 100 years and is a hub in those communities for a wide range of services to children and families. The goal of ESNS’s Youth Department is creating places that educate and empower all youth to thrive. ESNS provides out-of-school time programming at 2 community-based sites in NE and SE Minneapolis – Mulberry Junction and Luxton Learners.

Grant supports out-of-school-time programming at ESNS’s Luxton location, which primarily serves K-5th grade children from Glendale Townhomes, a low-income public housing complex located adjacent to Luxton. The program focuses on fostering personal agency and interdependence, academic and emotional support, and activities that reflect the culture of the youth in the program, such as gardening, cooking, and celebrating with time-honored recipes and rituals.