DR. GLORIA; USE YOUR LIFE AWARD WINNER

THRU OPRAH’S ANGEL NETWORK

In one of the toughest neighborhoods in the District of Columbia, Dr. Gloria WilderBrathwaite, pediatrician, heads the Children’s Health Project of DC. The Children’s Health Project of DC serves primarily underinsured families in Southeast “not just folks on public assistance but families who work every day and struggle to meet their health care needs” according to Dr. Gloria.

We at THEARC are very proud of Dr. Gloria and want to congratulate her on the Use Your Life award from Oprah’s Angel Network. It’s partners and people like Dr. Gloria that make THEARC such a special place.


WHY IS THEARC NEEDED?

Shockingly, the U.S. Census Bureau 2005 American Community Survey shows that our nation’s capital has the highest rate of childhood poverty of any jurisdiction in the United States. Three out of ten children in Washington, DC live at or below the poverty line—.



WHAT IS THEARC?

Ten non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children.

Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social, cultural and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River) a regulation size gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the-art music and dance studios.

Will you contribute to help each charity fulfill their missions? Just click on the donate button! For more information about THEARC please go to our website http://www.thearcdc.org/ or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC (1-202-484-3272).

Selected for the 2008-2009 Catalogue for Philanthropy
“One of the best small charities in the greater Washington region”