Kids streaming out of the THEARC Theater Tuesday afternoons to bright colored balloons covering the floor of the lobby and squealing with delight as each of them are allowed to choose one. This is the scene each Tuesday and the brain child of THEARC Theater manager, Robin Harris. Yes, Movie Time Tuesday has become a big hit! With DVD’s donated by the staff the kids so far have enjoyed Kung Fu Panda, Once Upon A Forest and Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron. 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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