Africa Day, let's go!! 🔥
Join us for Africa Day! Registration is FREE:
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Part 1: Panel of Experts on May 20th at 3:30 PM
Part 2: Student Showcase on May 23rd at 11 AM (includes lunch!)
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Over the next few weeks, we will share the stories of several graduating students and how this support will help them take their next step. donate.acechildren.org/campaign/776...
To celebrate this milestone, we want to provide $500 to each graduating student through our Post-Secondary Success Fund. These funds help students prepare for life after high school:
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🎓 Introducing the ACE Class of 2026!
This year, 18 students from the ACE community are graduating from high school, and we could not be more proud.
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Let's empower youth. Empowered youth speak up. 🙌
This week, youth in the ACE Mentoring Program reached out to local legislators to share the powerful impact mentoring has had on their lives.
Thank you to Mass Mentoring Partnership for supporting and strengthening youth mentoring programs!
THANK YOU to Rachel's Table for delivering milk every week to our community food pantry! 💛
Offering half-gallon milks helps ACE serve more households.
If you have any food to share with the community food pantry, please email our team donate@acechildren.org or stop by 51 Gage Street in Worcester!
@museumofscience.bsky.social 💚
ACE Saturday Program field trip to the Museum of Science 🫶
We had a blast at our field trip to the Museum of Science in Boston! Thank you to everyone who made this field trip a fun, safe, and memorable time. 💚
2025 Gold Award for Best Non-Profit! 🏆️
We feel honored to be on this list, especially alongside such amazing organizations like CASA Project, The Village, EforAll, Center for Women & Enterprise, and Legendary Legacies!
Thank you for supporting African and Haitian refugees and immigrants. 💛
Thank you also to the Office for Refugee and Immigrants (ORI) and the Schwartz Charitable Foundation for supporting the ACE Mentoring Program!
Mentoring Program movie night 🍿
ACE mentors and mentees had a blast watching the new Avatar movie together! We cherish opportunities to have fun together all while building our life skills.
Thank you to the Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) for making the Mentoring Program possible! 🩵
Congratulations to the latest graduates of the Digital Equity Program! 💻️
Thanks to UMass Lowell's Digital Equity Partnership Program, we equipped 28 participants with basic computer and internet skills. Each graduate also received a laptop, mouse, and mouse pad!
Great evening supporting @aceworcester.bsky.social at their 19th Annual Gala. The theme was Joy as Resistance, something we need to hold on to in these difficult times #MAPoli #MALeg
The book, illustrated by her brother Nick Zhang, was inspired by her volunteer work at ACE. The book tells the story of two South Sudanese children who bring lessons taught to them by their grandmother in a refugee camp in Kenya about growing food at their new home in the United States.
Congratulations to ACE volunteer Catherine Zhang on her new book, Seeds of Hope: Planting Hope in New Soil! 🌱📖
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Catherine, an ACE volunteer and student at St Mark’s School, celebrated her new book with the ACE Saturday.
The ACE Community Food Access Program is making a big impact — and we need your help to keep it going!
🛒 Drop off food at ACE or support households by donating online: bit.ly/acefoodprogram
Every bit of support helps ensure ACE households have access to nutritious and culturally-familiar food. 🧡
HELP US KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING:
🥕 Donate food items (fresh produce and non-refrigerated goods). See our wishlist at bit.ly/acefoodprogram
💳 Drop off or mail grocery + restaurant gift cards
💵 Make a financial gift to directly support individuals and families: bit.ly/acefoodprogram
A huge thank-you to Fidelity Bank for donating a fridge so we could stock fresh and frozen staples, to Root & Press Café for donating 300 pounds of food, and to Julie Bowditch, Alex Mooradian, and Tina Zlody for helping us secure free shelves to build out the pantry so quickly!
Within days, we supported 17 families through our food pantry. That number has already grown to 48 families as of today! This week, we plan to provide direct cash assistance to 22 families to help cover grocery costs. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!!
The power of community!! 💪
In just one week since launching the ACE Community Food Access Program, our community has shown up in the most incredible ways.
🥕Donating food to our community pantry
🥕Dropping off or mailing gift cards to grocery stores and restaurants
🥕Making a financial gift to directly support individuals and households: donate.acechildren.org/campaign/ace...
🥕DROP OFF / MAIL ADDRESS: 51 Gage St. Worcester, MA 01605
We’re responding by providing direct support through food, grocery gift cards, and financial assistance. Please extend your support by:
Introducing the ACE Community Food Access Program! 🥕🥕🥕
With SNAP benefits facing cuts, we recognize that many individuals and families in the ACE community will be impacted by rising food costs, limited access to fresh, nutritious options, and reduced SNAP allocations.
Our Early Bird deal ends in one week! Purchase your tickets to the ACE Gala now and get 10 free raffle tickets with your admission. donate.acechildren.org/event/joy-as...
Want to make an impact on a young person's life? 💛 Become a mentor at African Community Education (ACE)!
All we ask is for a minimum of one hour per week! We have flexible scheduling options to accommodate your availability.
Contact Abil to sign up! Email adhee@acechildren.org.
Join African Community Education (ACE) this fall as a volunteer!
We need volunteers who are kind, culturally sensitive, and passionate about uplifting young people! No special experience needed—just bring your time, energy, and heart. 💛
Sign up via Abil at ADhee@acechildren.org or 508-459-2284.
We treasure the opportunity to uplift our community -- and that means our neighborhood, too! We would love extra pairs of hands to assist us with trash pick-up. We will meet at the ACE building (51 Gage St.) on Saturday, September 6th, from 1PM - 4PM!
We feel so honored to have received the Community Champion Award at the 2025 African Festival hosted by the Massachusetts Organization of African Descendants (MOAD)!
Thank you to everyone who cheer on all of the people we have the privilege of serving, uplifting, and living life alongside.
Thank you to @worcesterpl.bsky.social for hosting ACE's ESOL Program! We appreciated your kindness in showing us all the resources available at the library and setting everyone up with their library cards. 📖💙
📷 Rose Wine Photography