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Summer Programs Serve Camden Youth

Domenica Foundation partners had a lot going this summer! Today we highlight three programs that enrich the lives of Camden and South Jersey children and...

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Lifting Up the Whole Family

The proud graduates pictured above have completed adult basic education or high school equivalency (HSE/GED) programs with our newest grantee, Revive South Jersey.  Education has...

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Camden Students Make Beautiful Music

Every Tuesday after school, you can see and hear budding percussion players like these using practice sets to learn to play the snare drum. Down the hall, children are learning to play woodwinds: clarinet, flute, and saxophone. Another group is practicing brass instruments: trumpet and trombone. On Wednesdays, the string

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Making Space for Camden Youth

We were so proud to help LUCY celebrate its grand opening on October 20! Over 300 people came to celebrate this milestone—participants, past participants, staff, community members, and, of course, funders like us.

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Phillies Outing a Hit with Domenica Scholars

What an awesome day we had with Domenica Scholars at the Phillies game on September 24! As you can see, it was a perfect fall day for baseball. The nearly 30 scholars who accepted our invitation had a marvelous time.

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Kids + Books + Art, Part 2

With support from the Domenica Foundation, children from Catholic Partnership Schools are making free books available in their Camden neighborhoods. Above, Tina stands next to the Sacred Heart School book ark, which she helped design.

Over the summer, children from Catholic Partnership Schools designed and painted book arks that were delivered to them last spring. Last week, we joined them in installing their book arks on sidewalks near their schools.

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Fighting Hunger in Cramer Hill, Camden

The Domenica Foundation’s newest grantee is the SSJ Neighborhood Center in the Cramer Hill section of Camden. We’ve granted $10,000 to fund the center’s monthly food pantry for a year.

Graduation Day for Domenica Scholars

Twenty Domenica Scholars graduated from high school this month — and we were thrilled to be able to join them! Here, Domenica Foundation Director Elena Piperno and Founder and President Pepe Piperno are flanked by scholarship graduates of Camden Catholic High School.

Every year, the Domenica Foundation awards scholarships to enable rising ninth graders to attend Catholic high schools. All attended Catholic Partnership Schools during their elementary and middle school years, where they also benefited from Domenica Foundation support.