We are proud to award the Creative Reuse Marketplace (CRM) a $4,000.00 grant to support their Art-Based SEL Alternative School Program. CRM is a is an all-female governed and operated 501 ©3 charitable and educational organization fostering community responsibility, environmental stewardship, and development through donations, creative reuse, and job training for low-income, unemployed, and/or unhoused people in Springfield, IL and the surrounding area.
The CRMs Art-Based SEL Alternative School Program seeks to provide and incorporate art-based programming into the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum – leveraging creative expression as a tool for personal development and emotional intelligence. The program, when fully funded, is expected to reach 50 -75 middle and high school students in SD186’s alternative schools.