YMCA RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING FROM THE VECTREN FOUNDATION FOR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS
Vectren pledges to help close the Achievement Gap in Dayton
Miami Valley – 03/21/18 – Third-grade reading skills predict high school graduation. That’s why the Y’s Summer Learning Loss Prevention program
helps elementary students reading below grade level. The program focuses on phonics, writing, and reading to boost literacy skills, with enrichment activities to support physical and social-emotional growth.
The Summer Learning Loss Prevention Program, run by the YMCA’s Debbie Nerderman, is helping kids who would otherwise be left behind during the
summer by providing opportunities for kids to learn, grow, and thrive at the Y—and The Vectren Foundation’s donation is allowing the program to develop even further.
Not only do children and teens have a safe place to go in the afternoon with the Y, but the after-school programs also help them realize who they are and all they can achieve through academic intervention and health and enrichment activities.
This program is now being funded in part by a grant from the Vectren Foundation.
The Vectren Foundation strives to become a community catalyst in the communities where we live and work, leveraging everyday opportunities to achieve extraordinary outcomes. The Vectren Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization funded by non-utility related transactions and is not an element
of customers’ energy bills. Go to vectrenfoundation.org to learn more.
About Vectren
Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC) is an energy holding company headquartered in Evansville, Ind. Vectren’s energy delivery subsidiaries provide gas and/or electricity to more than 1 million customers in adjoining service territories that cover nearly two-thirds of Indiana and about 20 percent of Ohio, primarily in the west-central area. Vectren’s nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates currently offer energy-related products and services to customers throughout the U.S. These include infrastructure services and energy services. To learn more about Vectren, visit www.vectren.com.
