Little Compton Community Center

The Stonington Community Center, affectionately known as the COMO, has been a beloved gathering place for locals since its establishment in 1964. Situated just outside the Stonington Borough off Route 1A, the COMO offers a diverse range of activities and services for both its members and the wider community. From family-friendly events and sports leagues to art classes and childcare options, the Stonington Community Center serves as an essential resource for the town of Stonington, fostering connections and providing valuable opportunities for personal enrichment and community engagement. Generated from their available business information

Sebastian Ruth founded Community MusicWorks in 1997 with the conviction that music and musicians have an important role to play in creating and transforming communities. With start-up funding from the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University, Sebastian created the opportunity for a professional string quartet to teach, perform, live, and become fully integrated into an urban Providence neighborhood. Today Community MusicWorks is a thriving community organization. Built around the permanent residency of the Providence String Quartet, we offer exciting programs that engage and inspire Providence youth and their families. Each member of the Providence String Quartet teaches instrument lessons, mentors students, performs locally, and organizes community building events for entire families. We receive strong support from the communities in which we are based, and we are excited to find that our students' enthusiasm for learning about music continually reinvigorates the many professional musicians and other performing artists who visit us each season. Among our annual visitors are members of our Advisory Council, a group dedicated to advancing and promoting our artistic and organizational goals. The numbers demonstrate the success of our organization. The fact that 90% of our students chose to re-enroll for our programs last year is an important indicator of the long-term relationships we are forming. We continually maintain a waiting list and special efforts are made throughout the year to include the families of children on the waiting list in educational events. In addition, hundreds of children experience the Providence String Quartet through a series of annual school presentations and free local performances in libraries and community centers. In 2005, 2007, and 2009, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities recognized Community MusicWorks as one of the fifty premier after-school arts programs in the nation.

Tenacity is a nonprofit organization that has been operational since 1999. It organizes fitness classes and after-school care programs. The organization has a staff of trained and certified consultants, event managers and directors, academic and human relations coordinators, program assistants and volunteers. Tenacity conducts the After-School Excellence Program for middle school students. Its alumni service staff assists participants with high school requirements, college and financial aid applications, job searches, and personal and professional development issues. The organization additionally offers job, internship, tennis and volunteer opportunities. It also conducts and organizes fun, social and recreational events. Tenacity is located in Brighton, Mass.