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A.C.E.
MV
(Adult and
Community Education of Martha's Vineyard)
Founded July
2008
A.C.E. MV
provides educational opportunities for enrichment,
practical training,
college credit, and life-long learning that bridge
generations and
cultures to improve the quality of life for all
members of our
community. We work in partnership with the MV
Public Schools and over
30 community organizations and many individuals
dedicated to these same
goals.
Contact
Lynn Ditchfield, Director, at 508-627-8373 or
lynn@acemv.org
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African
American
Heritage Trail
Founded
1998
The African American Heritage Trail continues to
research and publish
previously undocumented history and involve the
Island community in the
identification and celebration of the
contributions made by people of
color to the island of Martha's Vineyard.
Contact Elaine Cawley Weintraub, Board
President, at 508.693.4361 or beatrice19@adelphia.net.
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The
FARM
Institute
Founded 2000
The FARM Institute is a nonprofit teaching farm
whose
mission is to educate children and adults in
sustainable agriculture
through the daily operations of a working farm.
Contact Jon Previant at 508.627.7007.
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Garden Gate Child Development Center
Founded 1999
Garden Gate Child Development Center offers a
richly unique Early
Childhood program which nurtures children's
physical, social and
spiritual development.
Contact Dawn Warner or Leigh Ann Yuen,
Directors, at 508.696.9997 or gardengatecdc@hotmail.com
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Island
Autism Group, Inc.
Founded July 1, 2010
The purpsose of the Island Autism Group is to
fund comprehensive therapeutic services,
activities and programs, hard goods and
equipment for educational growth and development
of children with significant disabilities to
further integrate them into society.
Contact Kate Devane, President, at 508.693.2568
or katehap5@comcast.net.
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Island
Children's
School
Founded 1969
The Island Children's School provides quality
preschool programming
which keeps young children connected to their
island home, our
environment and builds strong social skills
through our preschool
community.
Contact Julie Immelt, Director, at 508.693.5815
or islandchildren@comcast.net
Special needs:
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Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Program
Founded 1997
The Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Program
provides adults with
quality Adult Basic Education Classes designed to
assist them in
achieving their educational, work-related and
community goals.
Contact Jeanne Burke, Director, at 508.696.6548 or
jburkes@verizon.net
or mvalp@verizon.net
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Martha's
Vineyard Agricultural Society
Founded 1859
The Agricultural Society
promotes the pursuit of agriculture, horticulture,
land conservation,
youth activities, mechanic and domestic arts and
encourages the raising
and improving of plant and animal stock and the
sale of island-grown
produce and flowers at local farmers' markets.
Contact Dale
McClure, President at 508.693.9549
Martha's Vineyard Literacy Volunteer Program
Founded 1987
The mission of the Martha's Vineyard Literacy
Volunteer Program is to
meet the literacy needs of residents of Martha's
Vineyard as determined
by the board of directors. Tutoring provided
one on one year
round.
Contact Joyce Stiles-Tucker at 508.693.0559 or
jstiles-tucker@ci.tisbury.ma.us.
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Martha's
Vineyard Museum
Founded 1922
The Martha's
Vineyard Museum (Martha's Vineyard Historical
Society) is the Island's
largest repository of cultural artifacts, historic
photographs,
archival records, and genealogical records. We
strive to broaden
awareness and access to the Island's history and
shared memory.
Contact
David
Nathans,
Executive
Director
at
508.627.4441 or dnathans@mvmuseum.org
Martha's
Vineyard
Preservation Trust
Founded 1975
The Preservation Trust
has acquired, preserved and now actively manages
many of the key
endangered landmarks of Martha's Vineyard,
restoring living
institutions to their rightful place in Island
life.
Contact Christopher Scott
at 508. 627.4440 or chris@mvpreservation.org
Nathan
Mayhew Seminars
Founded 1975
Nathan Mayhew Seminars provides courses of study
in the liberal arts,
the performing arts, social & Physical
sciences, vocational arts
& skills, and physical education to members of
the general public,
without regard to race, color, creed, nationality
or ethnic origin.
Contact Edward Housman, Treasurer and Webmaster,
at 508.627.3913 or em_housman@yahoo.com.
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Options in Education
Founded 1994
Options in Education supports and promotes
innovative educational
programs on Martha's Vineyard, especially for
children; raises funds
for the Charter School; and operates summer
programs of educational
interest.
Contact Seth Mosler, Treasurer, at 508.693.9900.
Special needs:
- $450 in start-up costs for after-school chess
club.
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Plum Hill
Preschool
(Island Waldorf
Community)
Founded 2001
The Island Waldorf
Community is a nonprofit organization of parents
and friends interested
in the pursuit of Waldorf Education on the island.
Through this
community, the Plum Hill School was founded in
2001. It continues to be
a successful preschool to children ages 2.9 and
up. Currently there are
20 families attending Plum Hill School.
Contact
April Thanhauser, Board Member, at 508.696.7701 or
islandwaldorfcommunity@hotmail.com
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Sail Martha's
Vineyard
Founded 1992
Sail Martha's Vineyard is a non-profit
organization dedicated to
celebrating and perpetuating our Island's maritime
heritage and culture.
Contact Hope Callen, Administrative Director, at
508.696.7644, or sail_mv@verizon.net.
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Sense
of Wonder
Creations, Inc.
Founded: 1991
Sense of Wonder Creations
is a creative arts program for children designed
to nurture the
discovery and appreciation of our beautiful world
~ environmental and
ethnical diversity ~ to become closer to it and
learn how to love and
care for it. To expand the understanding of Peace
and Justice and to
learn how one person can make a difference.
Contact Pam Benjamin,
Director, at 508.693.3142 or psb@senseofwondercreations.org
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Stone
Soup Leadership
Institute
Founded 1997
The Stone Soup Leadership
Institute develops educational tools, trainings
and initiatives to
prepare young and emerging leaders to build a more
sustainable world.
The Institute brings the Stone Soup fable to
life, inspiring
people to give their gifts so together we can feed
the hunger in our
souls and the hunger in the world.
Contact Marianne Larned,
Director, at 617-304-7821 or soup4worldinstitute@gmail.com
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Vineyard
Voyagers, Inc.
Founded 2001
The mission of the Vineyard Voyagers Maritime
Studies Project is to
give young people on Martha's Vineyard the chance
to have significant
encounters with the sea--to build their knowledge
and skills, and
develop their confidence and character, through
the shared adventure of
a centuries-old seafaring tradition.
Contact Sidney B. Morris, Executive Director, at
774.563.0200 or sbrockmor@hotmail.com.
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Women
Empowered
The mission of Women Empowered is to empower
women and
men of Martha's
Vineyard to make positive choices by developing
and fostering life
skills to facilitate change in their lives.
Contact Elaine M. Pace, Ed. D., Executive
Director at 508.696.8880 or
womenempowered@comcast.net
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