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SB WEED & SEED HELPING YOUTH
South
Bend Weed & Seed Alliance is more than just programs
to reduce crime and add sidewalks to the area. SBWSA
sponsors events and programs for kids of all ages to
get involved in positive activities in their community.
SAFE HAVENS
A Safe Haven is a place where residents may go to access
needed services. Many of the Safe Havens have after
school programs to help youths increase their test scores
and grade point averages. Some also have partnered with
other agencies to provide needed services to their neighborhoods.
Partner agencies with Safe Havens include REAL Services,
AIDS Ministries, Robinson Community Learning Center,
South Bend Community School Corporation, Center for
The Homeless, Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Regional
Medical Center and Healthy Communities Initiative.
The following are the current Safe
Havens for the Weed & Seed area:
- Laymen
Chapel CME Church
- La
Casa de Amistad
- Charles
Black Recreation Center
- West
Side Neighborhood Partnership Center
- St.
Adalberts/St. Casimir Church and School
- Greater
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
After
School Programs
The Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (PIT) committee
and the South Bend Weed & Seed Alliance, Inc. (SBWSA)
board of directors, have approved funding for an after
school program at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist
Church. The Reach program provides children access to
computers, software, homework assistance and life skills
at the church. Mrs. Lorraine Davidson, along with 4
staff members, administer the program. Reach serves
over 40 children during the week and provides a safe
environment for the children.
Volunteers from Notre Dame also come in and tutor the
children. West Side Neighborhood Partnership Center,
La Casa de Amistad, St. Casimr/St. Adalbert school and
Charles Black Recreation Center also have after school
programs.
Tutoring, homework assistance, art instruction and recreational
programming are included in these Safe Havens. Dance
instruction will be added to the programming at the
Charles Black Recreation Center and the West Side Neighborhood
Partnership Center (WSNPC). WSNPC will also have a variety
of programs for youth and adults beginning in October
2005.
The programming will be four nights a week from 6-8:30
pm. Call the Center, 235-5800 for more information and
calendar of events
More information is coming soon, please check back.
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