The Brandywine Health Foundation's Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) recently held its grants award ceremony at Citadel's offices in Thorndale. Seventeen Coatesville-area youths ages 14 to 18 met during the fall and winter to learn how philanthropy works, and they researched and discussed myriad philanthropic goals to improve their community before deciding to fund programs that address preventing youth suicide.
CAYPP offers teenagers the opportunity to learn about the world of philanthropy through leadership training, mentoring, coaching, diversity components, roundtable question-and-answer discussions with philanthropists, group sessions, and team building in a safe and trusting environment. This spring, after a review of applications and site visits, the CAYPP members selected two organizations to receive grants totaling $15,000.
Child Guidance Resource Center (CGRC) received a $10,000 grant to support the use of preventative health care services to address mental health conversations before they affect emotions and impact someone's behavior. It recognizes that teenagers may struggle with anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem, and its goal is to help address this. It will provide groups of youths, mainly ages 12 to 16, with a safe environment to share their thoughts and connect with their peers. The sessions will focus on helping participants understand and identify their feelings.
Minding Your Mind received a $5,000 grant. Minding Your Mind's mission is to reduce the stigma and destructive behaviors associated with mental health issues and to promote help-seeking behavior in youths through education. Its suicide prevention programs are aimed at teachers, parents, caregivers, and administrators. The purpose of this program is for participants to better understand stigma and identify action steps to reduce stigma.
Citadel, the Marshall Reynolds Foundation, and Genuardi Family Foundation support the Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program. CAYPP not only distributes grant dollars to pressing community issues, but aims to inspire youths to be philanthropists, explore careers in the nonprofit sector, and develop their leadership skills.
For more information on joining CAYPP, readers may contact strategy officer Kimberly Daye Hardy at 610-380-9080, ext. 107, or kdayehardy@brandywinefoundation.org. To learn more about the Brandywine Health Foundation, readers may visit http://www.brandywinefoundation.org or email info@brandywinefoundation.org.
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