Ms. Jones passionately believes that better parenting is the key to helping children. “Once parents are able to become self-sufficient and more confident in their parenting, our community will be a better place to live and work,” she says in The Washington Times article titled D.C. mentor honors mothers.
“You have the power to shape your child’s future or not” is the motto of Parklands Community Center (PCC). Brenda H. Jones the founder and executive director hosted the first Mother’s Day Gala Awards Dinner Saturday night at the Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) on Mississippi Ave Southeast. For PCC parents who are trying to get their lives back on track, the Mother’s Day Gala Awards Dinner is one of many special things that Ms. Jones does for parents.
The mission of PCC’s signature project is called “Move-On, A Life Changing Program”
where parents must attend a certain number of sessions and learn the tools to provide a healthy, nurturing environment for their children.
Thirty years ago Ms. Jones started PCC in the small basement of an apartment and is now a valued partner at THEARC where she works hard to provide comprehensive support and strengthening programs to help parents meet their goals.
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”
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