Valerie Aplicano beamed with confidence and teenage joy, saying she feels like when she turns 15, her world will expand with opportunities. Aplicano is eager to get her learner's permit so she can ...

The Project Lift Up initiative was launched in February 2022 and provides local schools with discreet gift boxes that can be distributed by school counselors, like Shenefelt, to students they identify ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Eric Frazier Associate Editor Project LIFT superintendent Denise Watts and her staff ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Before the officer-involved fatal shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, before the deadly ambush in Dallas, a kids' summer camp in North Carolina was bringing law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST STUART — More than $10 million is coming to this neighborhood beginning this month to benefit hundreds of Martin County teens ...

BELLE GLADE, Florida (WPTV) — A local program is helping at-risk teens not only learn a vocational trade but also enhance their mental health. Sanchin Ramsay is among those in the Project LIFT program ...

Tynesha Ferrell, Project LIFT participant, and her daughters. We all want to live in a thriving community where everyone has opportunities to grow, connect and achieve a quality of life that enables ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Franklin Community Center recently announced the retirement of Colleen O’Connor-Potter after nine years of service as Franklin Community Center’s Project Lift Program Director ...