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MPAL is a safe haven for at risk youth ages 5-18 in the crucial afterschool and summer hours. MPAL strives to connect police officers and other positive role models with the youth of Greater Manchester in hopes of breaking down barriers, building up relationships, and creating healthy, confident, productive citizens. All programs offered are free of charge. MPAL has a wide variety of athletic, educational and enrichment programs designed to get kids off the streets and on a path to success. Every MPAL program works on respect, responsibility and community.
Partners
Exploring Manchester's Agencies
Points on the Compass
Find your true north.
Agencies of Manchester
Shining Stars
Resources provided by
Expanded Learning Time
MPAL Pokemon Pals
No Fee
Share your passion for Pokemon! Show off your album, trade and play! See schedule for dates/times. […]
Health and Wellness
Girls Empowerment & Movement Class (GEM)
No Fee
The Girls Empowerment & Movement Class (GEM) was created to establish a safe haven for conversation and expressive art through movement. Sign up encouraged. […]
Expanded Learning Time
Summer/Vacation Block Program
No Fee
Summer/Vacation block programs are designed to offer youth a wide variety of athletic, educational and enrichment experiences. Professionals are brought in from the business, nonprofit and recreational community to share […]
Expanded Learning Time
Juvenile Court Diversion Program
No Fee
The MPAL restorative justice Juvenile Court Diversion program offers first time, non-violent offenders a second chance to make a positive choice. In lieu of court, referred youth will receive an […]
Career Connected Learning, Expanded Learning Time
MPAL Ambassadors Program
No Fee
Ambassadors Program offers motivated 14-18 year olds the opportunity to develop their life skills while sharing what makes MPAL great with the community. Participants work on skills such as public […]
Expanded Learning Time
MPAL Cooking
No Fee
Participants 8 years and up work with local professional chefs to increase culinary skills, learn simple recipes and increase knowledge of food and kitchen safety. Several times a year, the […]
Expanded Learning Time
MPAL Athletics
No Fee
MPAL provides a variety of athletic programming where the emphasis is not only on building physical skill, but also respect, responsibility, and community. Current athletics include Aikido, Boxing, Skateboarding and […]
Partner Success Stories
Southern New Hampshire University is proud to support the efforts of Manchester Proud in making the Manchester School District a public school system where all learners can thrive. Working together will help expand access to education, improve learner success, support educators and staff, and build a positive reputation for New Hampshire’s largest and most diverse school district.
– Southern New Hampshire University – Steve Thiel, Assistant Vice President of Community Impact
Being a member of the Partnership Network Work Group since it was founded and seeing the evolution of our partnerships growing has been rewarding. We are working to assure that there are equitable and accessible partnership opportunities through a consistent,clear process and expectations for all partners. This work is enabling Manchester to have sustainable, community driven programming to increase support and opportunities, while improving student outcomes. At the same time we are communicating with teachers, students, families and the community at large about our partners and resources through Compass.
– Manchester Board of School Committee – Karen Soule
Manchester Proud’s Compass helped me locate a summer activity for my child.
– Manchester School District parent
Boys & Girls Club of Manchester strongly support the efforts of Manchester Proud. Manchester’s schools are our shared responsibility as a community. Manchester Proud is our city’s first truly community-wide movement to engage us all in creating a vision of what we want our kids to know and be able to do, then, guided by that vision, designing a plan for what our schools should be. We’re proud to be strong supporters!
– Diane Fitzpatrick, CEO, Boys and Girls Club of Manchester
