D-E-L-A-W-A-R-E, Delaware. A state education group has partnered with the world-renowned and televised Scripps National Spelling Bee to host the state bee and encourage students who wouldnât normally participate to do so. First State Educate is set to become a regional partner for the competition and the statewide sponsor for Delaware. The groupâs 2025 Regional Spelling Bee will prioritize opportunities …
Tunes from AC/DC, Lady Gaga and other hits rang through Wilmingtonâs Chase Center on the Riverfront Friday morning as 230 volunteers stuffed backpacks with essential school supplies for children in need. âThis is the season for backpacks for kids,â said Michal Smith, executive director of Cradles to Crayons, a group that works to fight childhood clothing insecurity directly in Chicagoland, …
A controversial topic that has swept the nation â transgender athletes â will show up in the Delaware General Assembly Wednesday. Dubbed the âFairness in Girlsâ Sports Act,â Senate Bill 191 is on the agenda of the Senate Education Committee and if approved would force a trans student athlete to compete only with others who share their biological gender. Sponsored …
A state program that seeks to help foster children in Delaware afford college is back for a third year. ASPIRE529 rewards 20 qualified applicants $529 to youth in or aging out of the foster care system seeking higher education. “The high school graduation rate for youth in foster care in Delaware is just over 50%, with less than 5%t of …
Spur Impact and United Way of Delaware kicked off Do More 24 Delaware on Wednesday at the Food Bank of Delaware facility in Milford. âDo More 24 Delaware is intended to be a unique giving holiday for nonprofits serving Delaware,â said Sarah Carter, the United Wayâs manager for Sussex County engagement. The event invites the public to donate a …
A busload of Dover students last year were treated to a tour of public art as experts talked about the thought processes behind choosing designs to fit those memorials and displays. A Wilmington mom helps 2,000 low-income and homeless children receive name-brand athletic shoes each year so they could better participate in school activities. And the Food Bank of Delaware …
An upcoming Latinos Unidos Student Summit is designed to bring those students together to empower them and to celebrate their culture and student voice. The Saturday, Sept. 16 event, sponsored by the United Way of Delaware, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hodgson Vo-Tech High School in Newark. The summit is meant to prepare, train, re-fuel …
DoMore24 Delaware raised $2,371,592 from more than 15,000 donations from across the state and the country. Thatâs down slightly from last yearâs nearly $2.7 million in donations, but a 25% jump in the number of donors from around 12,000 last year. Jennifer Saienni, director of nonprofit engagement at Spur Impact, who sponsor the event along with United Way of Delaware, …
Note: A version of this story ran last week If there’s a Delaware nonprofit you like, your donation to it today and tomorrow could help the organization win prize or matching money to stretch budgets. DoMore24 Delaware returns at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 2, and ends at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 3. In those 24 hours, 500 Delaware nonprofits …
This story was originally published in April 2022. Evidence continues to pile up that Delaware is struggling to provide affordable housing: Data released in April by Housing Alliance Delaware says the state faces a shortage of more than 18,000 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters. Also this April, Delaware State Housing Authority announced that eligible Delaware renters …
