Our Children

We recognize that the chaos of homelessness disrupts a child's academic progress. Through our After School and Mentoring Programs every effort is made to help the children and youths on an individual basis. Opportunities to learn, to explore, and to discover talents are integral to the program's educational and physical activity curriculum – for which Highmark awarded a $20,000 grant – and which

The Learning Center is a safe place where children and youth living with uncertainty can begin to realize their innate potential.

It is a place where they are encouraged to

. . . question

. . . wonder

. . . explore

. . . discover

. . . ponder

. . . test

. . . and celebrate

A place where a child or youth is free to be and to imagine.

Imagine, for example, what you think would be a "best community" and work together to design such a community.

First the children learned what it means to be "environmentally aware." Then, working with an adult partner, they drew what they imagined an environmentally safe best community would look like.

And this is what they envisioned: A place with trees, clean creeks and rivers, clear blue skies, safe roads, safe schools, and grassy places where children can play safely. The best community. The best land ever.