July, 2008
Amira Berkovitz, President of the Psychology Club at UCONN-Stamford presents a check for $3,192 to Harold Rollins of Domus, the outstanding result of a special event the students produced in Old Greenwich at The Beach House.
Picture-perfect proof that joy, new friends, and empowering discoveries abound at our annual, free (thanks to a single anonymous donor this year!), four-week summer camp for low-income middle school students attending summer school.
On Saturday, July 19, 2008, Domus welcomed 100 GE executives from 15 countries visiting Stamford to attend GE’s annual Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP). One group of the visiting GE executives organized a day of fun and learning for 80 Domus youth of all ages at the Hilton Stamford Hotel who hosted the day-long event free of charge. The GE professionals brought gifts from their respective counties for each of the participating youth and introduced the Domus kids to the world through a variety of games and educational projects. Here our kids are with the GE project leader (center), Rachelle Gaskell, GE Money – UK
Domus worked for six months in late 2008 and early 2009 with the Bridgespan Group, one of the nation’s top nonprofit consulting firms, to ensure we’re maximizing our impact for vulnerable kids and families. Bridgespan clients include the cream of the crop: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Network for Good, Sesame Workshop, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and many others in the foundation and nonprofit world. Read the resulting business plan here.
August, 2008
Read about how Stamford Academy youth are working to prevent dating violence.
Read about our youth boxing program!
Domus covered in the Sunday 1/11/09 New York Times’ Connecticut section.
Read about one of our latest initiatives, youth boxing.
Read this Greenwich Time article about the volunteer effort to create a real library at Chester Addison Community Center. Booklovers and money needed!
See pictures from our ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 6, 2009. Mayor Dan Malloy and our students. Click here...
Domus Receives $200,000 Grant
From Bank of America
Domus is grateful to our friends at Bank of America’s Charitable Foundation for awarding us one of just two $200,000 Neighborhood Excellence Initiative® grants given in Fairfield County. We’re proud to be part of their admirable initiative to address critical social issues. Every morning, there are more and more kids who show up, needing our help, and new opportunities to serve them. This grant helps us fight another day.
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Read a recent El Sol article (in Spanish) about our work: click here!
October 19, 2010 - The Work & Learn Program, run by social services nonprofit Domus, is designed to help young people aged 14 to 25 make the successful transition from high school to skilled jobs, college, or vocational studies.
This break-through initiative is funded by the Trafigura Foundation, the philanthropic division of the global commodities trader, and The WorkPlace Inc., which works to help people in Southwestern Connecticut prepare for careers and strengthens the workforce for employers. Read more...
DONATION PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF NEW BOOKS
William H. Pitt Foundation gift fills empty shelves of charter school library
October 15, 2010 - Stamford, CT / Domus, a Stamford nonprofit that operates several schools for students who’ve been unsuccessful in previous schools, named its Trailblazers Academy Charter Middle School library in memory of local philanthropist and real estate developer William H. Pitt during a ceremony featuring student readings and remarks highlighting the impact of low literacy levels on a community’s social and economic health.
Read about Domus Academy in the New Haven Independent
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- Check out this New Haven Independent article about former Teach For America teacher and current Domus Academy Director of Curriculum Richard Cheng teaching math a little differently!
- Check out this Daily Stamford story about our Trailblazers students creating art inspired by contemporary artist Robert Wilson (who happens to be the father of “The Office” star Rainn Wilson) Stamford Kids Inspired to Make Abstract Creations
- Here’s a Yale Daily New story about our Domus Academy and Trailblazers Academy youth playing each other in a basketball game, then sharing pizza and comparing school experiences.
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- Check out this great article highlighting the amazing success our Domus Academy students have achieved in just five short months!
Check out this MSG Varsity video clip
about our Stamford Academy rugby team!!
- The evocative prose of Yale Daily News' Molly Hensley-Clancy makes you a fly on the wall at Domus Academy. You'll feel the struggles of our talented but often frustrated students working hard to meet our high expectations.
- Domus Academy is based on a model Domus developed over 11 years at
Trailblazers Academy, a Stamford middle school serving a similar population. - THE WAY FORWARD: Nonprofit agency changes how troubled New Haven students are educated. New Haven Register - Domus Academy’s first year
- Our therapy dogs and literacy efforts are featured in this recent Stamford Advocate article—great pix, too!
- BIG NEWS! Tow and Trafigura Foundations make $700,000 workforce investment –
details here.
- BIG NEWS! Executive Director Mike Duggan has been awarded a 2012 Lewis Hine Award for service to children, one of five professionals to be recognized this year. Duggan, who resides in Guilford, CT, was nominated by Governor Dan Malloy for his 20+ years of service to vulnerable youth and for helping create models which change the life trajectory of high-need youth in Stamford and New Haven. Read the press release here.
