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2025 Amina Grace Memorial Fund Scholarship Winners Announced!
The Amina Grace Memorial Fund partnered with the Maine South Parents’ Scholarship Club to offer the 3rd annual Amina Grace Memorial Fund scholarships this year! The Club reviewed all the applications that were submitted, and 5 deserving students were selected on our...
Students Talk about Inclusion
My name is Chloe, and I am a junior at Maine South High School. This school year, I was given the opportunity to intern with the Amina Grace Memorial Fund, an organization dedicated to promoting inclusion and belonging. As part of my internship, I was assigned a...
2024 Amina Grace Memorial Fund Scholarship Winners Announced!
The Amina Grace Memorial Fund partnered with the Maine South Parents’ Scholarship Club to offer the 2nd annual Amina Grace Memorial Fund scholarships this year! The Club reviewed all the applications that were submitted, and 5 deserving students were selected...
Meet Our New Maine South Interns!
We are happy to have 2 interns, Caitlin and Ava, working with us this school year from Maine South High School! Caitlin is a Maine South junior interning at the Amina Grace Memorial Fund for the 2023-2024 school year. Last year, she helped create the marketing plan...
2023 Amina Grace Memorial Fund Scholarship Winners Announced!
The Amina Grace Memorial Fund partnered with the Maine South Parents’ Scholarship Club to offer the first annual Amina Grace Memorial Fund scholarships this year! The Club reviewed all the applications that were submitted, and 4 deserving students were selected on...
Amina Grace Speech and Language Spotlight – Samir
The Amina Grace Speech and Language program provides youths, teens and adults with the opportunity to refine their speech and language skills. The program is open to participants of all ages and each participant works 1 on 1 with a licensed...
Introducing the New Amina Grace Memorial Fund Scholarship Program!
We are excited to share the creation of the Amina Grace Memorial Fund Scholarship program! We will be awarding 4 scholarships through the Maine South Parents' Scholarship Club for $1,000 each to Maine South High School students in 2023 who demonstrate their...
Maine South Respect Week 2023
We had a blast today alongside Hawk Pals at Maine South High School as part of Respect Week and Down Syndrome Awareness Day! We shared information about our mission, talked about inclusion, gave away items from us and National Association for Down Syndrome and...
It’s Video Shoot Time!
One of the main objectives of the Amina Grace Memorial Fund has been to support the growth of the Amina Grace Speech and Language program throughout the GiGi's Playhouse network. For years we have provided financial support to many existing locations that run the...
National Association For Down Syndrome Congratulations Basket – Welcome to the World Wilman!
The Amina Grace Memorial Fund is a primary sponsor of the National Association for Down Syndrome Congratulations Basket program, which supports families of children born with Down syndrome. 70 baskets were delivered to families in 2021. The baskets are full of items...
Amina Grace Memorial Fund
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