Merry
Christmas DC and our Ward 5 Bloomingdale Community.
Today
is Christmas and we have so much to celebrate, just being alive, and honoring
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for being the reason for the SEASON. We pause a moment to say in spite of who you
are or who you are not, the reality of being alive takes precedence over worry
and complaining for such traits are only depressing. As I reflect upon this year, I want again to
say thanks to each of you, for helping us to do what we do Best, serving and
helping people. And for many of you who
were present with us at the toy give away rally, we say on behalf of the 450
families present,( and this number does not include the count for the kids
present), we say thanks for sharing your time, gifts and talents with the
kids.
Enjoy
your day. Attached for your information
is our end of the year report which shares some of the highlights undertaken
this year.
Dr. J. Perkins, World Missions
Here is the year-end report:
WORLD
MISSIONS Inner-city EXTENSION Center
Inc.
1720 First Street, N.W.
202.387.3082
(V)
202.234.4818
(F)
December 22, 2012
Dear
FRIEND & Partners:
On
behalf of our Board of Directors and Parent Family Life Center , we acknowledge
and thank our Partners and FRIENDS, for their
generosity in helping us with our Toy Drive. And as indicated in this report,
we share the following highlights from this year’s program development activities which were undertaken this year to
accomplish our mission of providing educational training services which
positively impact lives of children, youth and families living in inner-city
neighborhoods. Such accomplishment include sponsoring rallies, programs and
partnering with agencies throughout the city providing services which impact an
even greater number of children, youth and families living predominantly in
Ward 5 and other parts of the city.
Rallies:
- On April 28th, we sponsored our annual
Walk-a- thon to raise awareness about the EXTENSION Center;
- On June23rd at the Scholarship Awards Ceremony, Paula
Thomas from McKinley Technology High School and Victory Belts from Perry
Street Preparatory Public Charter School were awarded a
Melissa B. Perkins Scholarship to
go to college;
- On August 25th at the
Back to School Rally, provided Backpacks (filled with School supplies) to 635
children and youth returning back to School and 465 parents received
vouchers to purchase uniforms for their children;
- On November 17th at the Thanksgiving Rally, 450 families
received Thanksgiving Baskets;
Positive Alternative Skill
Building Youth Mentoring Program:
- During the summer the
EXTENSION Center worked with over 100 youth at two different sites as a
part of its Partnership with the Department of Employment Services and its
Skill Building Mentoring Positive Alternatives Youth Employment/Job
Readiness Program for youth ages 14
to 21 years of age.
Community Partnerships:
- Partners with the Department of Human Services Chaplain’s
Office in providing resources and
spiritual guidance for youth
incarcerated at both New Beginnings located in Laurel Md. and the Youth
Services Agency located in DC.
- Partners with 12 community shelters(including
Thrive and the Ernestine Abuse Foundation)
to provide Resources to women and children living in shelters
throughout the city;
- Partners with the Metropolitan
Police Department and St. Albans in providing resources to the most challenging
Families in DC;
- Partners with the DC Children
and Youth Investment Trust Corporation in successfully establishing its
twenty first Century Parent Family Life Center which was evaluated by an
outside evaluation team and findings were exceptionally positive
sustaniating its effectiveness in empowering parents with skills which are profoundly improving the
relationship and communication between parents with their children.
~EXTENSION
Center’s Special Accomplishments~
- Working
with the Center for Student Ministries hosted various mission groups
visiting DC.
- Working
with the Department of Mental Health, the EXTENSION Center has sponsored multiple
Suicide Prevention, and Stress
Management sessions that are designed to promote longevity and healthy
life styles for incarcerated youth, inner-city children, families, pastors,
parents, and other service providers.
- Working
as the Department of Human Services Chaplain’s office Community Liaison
Department, the Just FRIENDS Support Group has provided resources and volunteers and
other direct services which have benefited incarcerated youth and staff at both Youth Services Center and New
Beginnings Detention Rehabilitative
Services .
- Working
with such agencies as the North Capital Collaborative, the DC Children and
Youth Investment Trust Corporation, the Department of Mental Health,
Schools and Churches, the EXTENSION has provided resources that have
benefited both the community and its surrounding area.
The
above stellar reflections are just a few of the numerous accomplishments that
have resulted this year, from working with our partners and friends.
In
closing, as we now prepare for next year, we ask that you keep us in your
prayers and ask that you consider partnering with us by supporting our efforts
each month by sending a tax deductible donation which will allow us to increase
the services that we provide to inner-city KIDZ, incarcerated youth, families
living in shelters and the community.
Enjoy
your day, and we say a special thanks to all of the volunteers and our
exceptionally gifted team of faithful friends, the Bloomingdale neighbors and
its local businesses, and others thanks for sharing their time and resources
with us in making this rally a success for the children who benefited from the
many gifts donated/ purchased for the children and youth who will be the
recipients of the toys that will be disbursed today, I say thanks to each of
you.
Dr.
JoAnn Perkins, Chief Executive Officer/President
World
Missions Inner-city EXTENSION Center Inc.
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