MERCY SCHOOL

Mercy School For Special Learning, a private school for children and adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities based in Allentown, recently received numerous grant awards from several organizations.

Mercy received $85,000 in grant monies from the Harry C. Trexler Trust in Allentown to help support both the renovations of the student bathrooms and the daily operations of the school. Also, an anonymous grantor awarded Mercy $25,000 to assist with the renovation of the school auditorium.

In addition, the Air Products Foundation awarded Mercy $8,000 for the school’s work experience program as well as the recent dinner gala.

Hospital Central Services in Allentown also awarded Mercy $2,000 for the work experience program, in which students ages 15 and older apply skills learned in the classroom in a real-world setting, under the guidance of a job coach, at one of 13 current work site locations throughout the Lehigh Valley.

Mercy received a $500 grant from the TopStar Express convenience store in Emmaus to benefit the school’s math and science programs.

For more information about Mercy School For Special Learning and these grant awards, visit www.mercyschool.org or call 610-797-8242.