The Helen Ayer Children’s Enrichment Grants

In 2025, the committee chose four entities for funding from the Helen Ayer Endowment Fund, as follows:

Mark Warner’s Professional Martial Arts Academy: Scholarships to needy students for summer camp or monthly tuition.

Higher Heights at the Ipswich Housing Authority: Funds for children to learn leadership skills and to deepen personal growth through service learning projects.

Play is the Way: Funds to create programs to utilize play to support brain development and to lay a strong foundation for the social and emotional well-being of young children.

Three Sisters Garden Project: Operational expenses to support underserved youth in a farm co-op using sustainable agriculture as a platform for change.