In May of 2010, on behalf of Montville Youth Service Bureau, I excitedly filled out a grant application to submit to the Montville Education Foundation to be considered for grant funding. We were in desperate need of new computers for the Youth Center’s thriving after school program. Our students often need the computers to work on homework and larger academic projects; so we needed updated and reliable computers to be able to offer our program participants the opportunity to achieve success.

 Well our dream became a realty in September of 2010 when in “publishers clearing house style”, members of the Montville Education Foundation arrived at the Montville Youth Center to inform us we had been chosen to receive funding ( yes, with the big cardboard check and balloons, too). I did feel as though we had just won a big prize! Within a few weeks of receiving the check from MEF we were able to purchase five new computers and monitors for the Youth Center!

 The impact that this award has had on our program participants has truly been, and remains a positive one. Our students are able to easily access resources on the internet, complete homework and school projects, and occasionally play a game or two. However, our students are not the only people whom benefit from these computers. Montville residents who need the computers to do research, or take town sanctioned surveys, etc. can stop by the Youth Center and use one of our computers. Our computers have safety features in place and are maintained through the town’s Information Technology (IT) department.

 Thank you Montville Education Foundation for “Making a World of Difference”!

 Warm regards,

Barbara 

Barbara A. Lockhart, M.S.

Director of Youth Services

Town of Montville

289 Route 32

Uncasville, CT. 06382

860 848-7724 Ext. 116

860 848-4058 Fax

barbara@montvilleyouth.org