In this new column of Long Island Giving Help Together For Charity, I shine a light on a Long Island-based charity called Adventures in Learning. While many of the charities that I have researched and written about have been formed within the past few years,
Adventures in Learning has been operating for 54 years. The charity has helped hundreds of local children in need over that time. It continues to do so, making a difference in the lives of children who would otherwise be without assistance during a critical time in their emotional and educational development.
Adventures in Learning is an after-school educational and enrichment program dedicated to improving the lives of Long Island children in need of after-school care and instruction. Adventures in Learning operates at the Manhasset-Great Neck EOC (the Economic Opportunity Council), where it offers children in kindergarten through sixth grade a place to come after school for help with homework and engage in other programs and activities.
The charity provides a warm and caring environment where children develop homework skills while benefitting from computer instruction, literary and math programs, and cultural activities.
Adventures in Learning offers children a wide variety of programs, including programs for homework assistance, early childhood reading, English as a new language, film workshops, nutrition, science, STEM education, arts & crafts, basketball, dance, robotics and coding. Additional activities are also offered focusing on values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
There are different ways you can help support Adventures in Learning in fulfilling its mission. Adventures in Learning is looking for volunteers with an interest helping to transform children’s lives for the better, and the charity also accepts money donations to help fund its activities.
You can visit Adventures in Learning’s website at www.adventures-in-learning.org to learn more about how you can help provide children with a safe haven after school and the opportunity to achieve stability, self-sufficiency, self-esteem and hope for the future.
