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OUR STORY
Quincy Coders is a youth-led coding club founded in 2022 as a small group of families gathering at the local library looking to help their children connect with others of similar interests. By having kids coding and teaching each other, they realized that there was an unmet need to develop and expand peer learning, whereby the club quickly outgrew this space. While finding adequate location(s) to learn and collaborate has been the biggest challenge for well over a year, Quincy Coders now operates sessions primarily around Quincy, along with Braintree and Weymouth. With the help of dedicated parents and youth leaders, we continue our outreach to neighboring towns and the greater south shore community.
OUR VISION
We are motivated and dedicated to aspire youth leadership and foster future innovators in our community. We believe that it is through peer learning and engagement that we can cultivate growth and development, empower our youth to learn, teach, think creatively, collaborate, manage and lead. By encouraging them to give back to the community, this strengthens our collective ties.
OUR IMPACT
We run 7 classes a week currently!!
We have served over 300+ students
Cultivated over 21 youth leaders
Developed youth in both technical and soft skills through coding and stem-related tools
Over 5000+ volunteer hours combined
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)
Quincy Coders is now proudly being fiscally sponsored by Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC), who also offer us the use of their facilities in Quincy to expand our curriculum and offerings to serve families in the area and surrounding communities.
BCNC is a non-profit under Section 501(c)(3).
Panethic Pourovers
Panethic Pourovers is 501(c)(3) and an AAPI-led grassroots organization centered on community. They have welcomed Quincy Coders with open arms by giving us a "home" for our curious little minds. We continue to host our introductory sessions at the cafe while families enjoy their delicious tea and pastries.
DESE/ ASOST and United Way MassBay
We are excited to be supported by ASOST/UWMB for our inaugural 2024 summer STEM program to provide financial assistance and remove barriers to families!
ASOST and UWMB do amazing work. Check out their websites!
Increasing access to quality ASOST programs for students who have previously been underserved, including but not limited to students considered as low-income, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), English learners, special education, migrant, experiencing homelessness, in foster care and/or living in rural areas (Category B — Increased Access); and
Providing regional and statewide professional development (PD), which may include networking opportunities, for other ASOST providers (Category C — Regional or Statewide PD/Networking).
City of Quincy, Parks Department
We are very grateful for the support of the Parks Department in offering space at the Fore River Clubhouse so we were able to expand our class offerings! We are now able to use this facility to hold bigger classes and offer more slots to interested students!
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