United Way of Saginaw County in partnership with the STARS system is providing FREE transportation to youth to access summer recreation programs. Youth ages 11 – 18 years can ride a STARS bus for free to and from recreation programs at the following organizations, Boys & Girls Club at Merrill Park, Longfellow School, and Stone School, First Ward Community Center including the Civitan and Cathedral District program, Lake Huron Area Boy Scouts, Neighborhood House, Salvation Army Summer Day Camp, and the YMCA. This special initiative is funded by a grant from the H.R. Wickes Foundation. A young person can register with one of the listed recreation programs and receive a bus pass. To ride the bus they show the driver the bus pass and a picture id then they can ride to and from the program at no cost. Any youth ages 11 – 18 that has access to ride a STARS bus can ride to a summer recreation program. “Our goal is to increase access to summer recreation for kids” says Cherrie Benchley, President/CEO of United Way of Saginaw County. “We want kids to have a place to go this summer that offers them constructive fun activities in a safe environment.”
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