Sammy's Smiles

art kits for children to create canvas art works displayed at the childcare center, musical instruments and music from around the world, for school-age theater production in collaboration with Quincy Community Theater

for personal safety program support

for the Youth Education in Theater Initiative

to provide two Adams County children living with muscular diseases a week-long summer camp experience at the Timber Pointe Outdoor Center in Hudson, Illinois

to support food availability program for Madison and Monroe Schools

to purchase classroom supplies and educational software for students

to purchase a “team swing” for use by special needs students

for the After School Everyday Life Skills Program to be run at Redmon and Lee Center

swimming for K-3 special needs students at the YMCA

general support to allow 50 children to attend the Teen Reach program

to assist with children’s snack and food pantry program

to support expansion of the Junior Achievement program in Quincy schools

to purchase art supplies for a volunteer-based art education program for kindergarten through sixth graders

to provide a learning and enrichment field trip for Teen Reach students, and to provide take-home art kits for students attending Quincy Christian School

to support early literacy by purchasing resources to be used for Story Times at the Quincy Public Library, including Literacy Learning with Legos

to purchase equipment for special needs children to use in water therapy

to fund troops at Washington School, Harrison Hills and Walter Hammond Daycare and provide camping fees for low-income scouts, and for the “Staying Safe” program at Baldwin School

for children's theater classes, productions, class tuition and outreach programming in Adams County Schools, including the On the Road Bus Tour

to underwrite funding for art education at low-income schools and to provide educational programs for under-served youth who show promise in the visual arts, and to fund an art mentoring program at Washington School, and to fund Art on a Cart Outreach Program and smART Kids

to provide camping fees so handicapped children can experience a week's camping at Camp Callahan

for pool operations and swimming fees for children who would not otherwise have the ability to pay admissions fees and to host Family Swim Nights

to purchase string instruments, music and supplies for children's music program and for the Kroc Academy after-school program

scholarship support for children to attend summer youth program.

for two listening center tables, science and library material for a literacy program and daycare field trips.

to help fund Arts = Education Programs at Irving School, an art mentoring program at Washington School

to provide operational support enabling First Tee classes to be offered to more children and provide program fees for income-eligible children and to provide Life skills training for kids at Walter Hammond Day Care and Cheerful Home Child Care & Learning Center, and to purchase SNAG golf equipment

to assist in developing children's art area and collaborative programs with local childcare and day camp organizations, for an art outreach program and Washington and Berrian Schools

to connect low-income music students with instruments, and to repair donated instruments and to buy additional instruments

for playground swings at the middle school

to purchase playground equipment for children camping at Jensen Woods