WONDER AND WISDOM INC
PO BOX 300, GREENSBORO, VT 05841 www.wonderartsvt.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Our mission is to cultivate lifelong learning and exploration to enrich our community, schools, and economy through creativity, conversation, and collaboration.

Youth: WonderArts offers accessible and year-round creative and recreational opportunities to youth throughout northeastern Vermont. WonderArts facilitates after-school and in-school programming at 11 schools, serving 35% of area children, ages 0-18, with enriching programming. School programs cover a variety of age-appropriate topics ranging from interpretive movement, fiber arts, and songwriting for younger students, to entrepreneurship, social justice, and community-building for high school teens. In the 2017-2018 school year, WonderArts provided after-school classes at 5 elementary schools, and in- school programs at 4 pre-schools as well as at Craftsbury Academy and Hazen Union, serving a total of 495 youth. During the summer months, WonderArts offered 6 weeks of full-day camps centered around art, technology, and nature-based themes paired with swimming and other outdoor recreation and immersion. In 2018, Summer Camps served an additional 50 kids, ages 3 - 14. Youth programming provided economic opportunities to area professionals, employing 25 independent contractors to lead classes, workshops, and camps.

SPARK: Spark supports the vitality and economic growth of the local community by providing individual and small business stakeholders with the education, technology, and services they need and serving as a hub for collaboration and innovation. In its first year, 20 volunteers helped to develop the Spark project. The goal of the project is to provide individuals and businesses access to a shared workspace, classroom and meeting areas, high-speed internet, and professional- grade technology, including Mac and PC workstations, business, design, and 3D modeling software, large-format archival quality printers, video and photography cameras, lights, and microphones, 3D printers, as well as vinyl and laser cutters. Beginning in FY19, a rotation of 10 working-members maintain the space, host regular open hours, and provide equipment tutorials to make Spark resources available to the wider community. Spark members and local professionals offer classes and workshops, covering a range of topics from business formation, strategy, and marketing, to technical skills trainings and IT services.

Community: Throughout the year, WonderArts engaged 764 community members of all ages, 18 100+, through enriching social, creative, and recreational opportunities and events. With an average of 5 events per month, WonderArts hosted community meals and gatherings, film screenings and discussions, creative classes and skill-shares, art exhibitions and concerts, as well as snowshoe hikes and our annual 5K color fun run. During our 6th Annual Holiday Market, WonderArts showcased over 40 local vendors, encouraging community members to shop locally for their holiday gifts and gathering families from many towns to share in the festivities. During an evening of fun and games at our annual Summer Celebration and fundraiser, which welcomed 130+ adults and children, WonderArts featured local musicians, food, and works of art in recognition of the creativity and collaborations fostered within our community. In addition to our monthly and annual events and activities, WonderArts also owns and maintains a community greenspace that is open to the public for recreational use. The property features nature trails, a performance stage, and a wildlife observation platform and is used as a hands-on resource for local students, families, and recreation-seekers to engage with the natural environment.

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