PROGRAMS

MAKERSPACE

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Cathedral High School, a philanthropy-based urban independent Catholic School in Boston, MA, expects to open a 15,000 square foot Applied Learning and Visual Arts Center to expand personalized learning opportunities for its students and to serve the community of South Boston. The new center will launch with a 2,500+ square foot “Makerspace,” where students can explore, tinker, design, invent and prototype using a variety of tools and materials such as software, 3D printers, electronics, robotics, crafts, and more.

In partnership with Autodesk, the Catches for Kids Foundation will provide a significant donation of software, hardware and expertise for the new Makerspace with plans to expand the initiative to additional schools in New England.

BACK TO SCHOOL

The Back to School program transports low-income, inner city Boston students to a local Walmart to meet Danny and receive backpacks full of back-to-school supplies and Walmart gift cards to shop for clothing and shoes to ensure that they have the basic items necessary to begin the school year.

CATCH A BOOK ROOM

Catch a Book Rooms provide at-risk students access to books in a fun environment to read with friends and family. In partnership with Scholastic, Danny Amendola’s Catches for Kids Foundation builds or renovates and maintains libraries in Title I schools and inner city community centers.