[Video] Summer Experiences in Greater Lowell (SEGL) Offers Life-Changing Summer Opportunities

For hundreds of youth in the Merrimack Valley, United Way provides safe and rewarding summer opportunities.

Every year, the United Way-supported Summer Experiences in Greater Lowell (SEGL) provides a variety of fun and safe summer opportunities for kids. From job experiences to day camps, these adventures ensure that the school off-season is packed with skill-building and social development for kids of all ages. Here are a some of their stories:

A committee of United Way staff and local volunteers award grants to agencies that provide high-quality summer programming. For 2016, United Way awarded $115,000 to 13 community agencies. To date over 30,000 Merrimack Valley youth have plugged into these opportunities–and made their summers memorable.

Interested in more inspiring tales of summer opportunity? Learn how Kasi turned her life around</a> thanks to a summer jobs program and hear more about Olf’s story–in his own words.