Category Archives: Education

The objective of the club is to stimulate the knowledge and love of horticulture, floriculture, and landscape design, to aid in the protection and conservation of natural resources; to promote civic beautification and roadside improvement and to offer socialization and friendship.

Promote the hobby of collecting antique bottles and related items such a advertising for products using bottles, stoneware, history of bottle manufacturing, and bottle accessories.

Provides beginning farmers with business training, access to land and farm equipment, organic production training and materials, marketing assistance and continued guidance to start their farm businesses. Community Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between consumers seeking high quality, ecologically produced food and the farmers who grow it.

LIRA is a peer learning program that provides quality educational and cultural opportunities for retired or semi-retired persons who enjoy pursuing new knowledge, enhancing existing interests, and designing their own curriculum. Peer learning and active participation are key concepts of the program. The basic offering is an 8 week study group proposed, planned, and coordinated by LIRA members. Trips and outings to museums, concerts, plays, and sites of interest are common features of study groups. Members also raise money for two scholarships at UMass Lowell and donate to the children at Community Teamwork during the holidays. These donations are warm head wear, gloves, mittens and children’s reading books. LIRA is affiliated with The Elderhostel Institute Network.

Recruits and trains volunteers to act as decision-makers in special education matters for children who are in the custody of a state agency, whose parent or guardian are unknown/unavailable. The Educational Surrogate Parent (ESP) acts on behalf of the child by having all the rights and authority of a parent in matters of special education without the financial responsibility.

A collaborative comprised of the towns of Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Groton-Dunstable, North Middlesex, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, and Westford to provide services to special-needs students. Services: educational and therapeutic services for children with multi-handicapped conditions; Physical, Occupational, and Speech/Language Therapy; specialized instruction, therapeutic services, adaptive equipment, application of computer technology.

The museum’s mission is to preserve, interpret, and celebrate American quilting past and present, form history to modern day. Services: exhibition galleries, library and resource center, quilt study, gift shop, quilting workshops and classes. Activities: Quilt exhibits, lectures, classes, research, book group, community outreach to all ages.

The GRIP Program is a pre-independent living program for adolescents. The program teaches youth the skills they will need to succeed on their own in the future. These skills include vocational, educational, relational and clinical skills. The program works to help youth integrate into the community in a supportive way, developing an individualized plan to assist youth in a way that makes sense. Clinical and vocational staff work closely with each youth to assist with life skill development, job coaching, and community integration. Staff work closely with the youth and their team to help them transition successfully into the community for long term success.

An organization which provides mutual support for friends and families of the mentally ill, educates the public about mental illness, and fights its stigma; advocates for better care and keeps updated on the latest research.

The purpose of the Lowell Humane Society is preventing cruelty to animals, providing care for homeless and distressed animals, and educating the public in proper animal care. Services: animal shelter and animal protective society; animals for adoption; Pet Therapy for Senior Citizens; animal population control; lost & found; humane education and information services; ambulance services.