YOUmedia Hartford Receives $50,000 Travelers Foundation Grants

credit: Hartford Public Library - YOUMedia Hartford Facebook Page

YOUmedia Hartford, Hartford Public Library's teen digital media center, has bagged $50,000 grant from the Travelers Foundation.

YOUmedia Hartford is a manufacturing center that focuses on practical, hands-on experience with innovation in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM). The grants will help support the center's learning lab, its staff and programs that highlight STEAM activities. Read the Entire Article

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