Crafts Teacher for Valley Park Activity Board - Ongoing
Valley
Park Activity Board focuses on programs and activities that serve the children
and families of Cardinal Valley, a culturally rich and diverse neighborhood
with a large number of low-income families. They work in connection with the Cardinal
Valley Elementary PTA as well as the Jesse Higginbotham Technology Trust. “Our
goal is to provide safe, healthy, educational and recreational opportunities
for our kids.”
They
have been fortunate to have Bluegrass Youth Ballet start a very successful outreach
dance program, but since many of the families walk to the center, they are
concerned that enrollment may decline in the winter. To combat this, they started
hosting free crafts workshops for the families as they wait for their children
to finish class. The mothers are learning to crochet, while waiting siblings
are busy with crafts. Here’s where they
need help! They just started offering these classes this week and already have
16 participants. They are looking for volunteers to help with the current classes,
and possibly start more classes. The
current classes are taught on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at
the Jesse Higginbotham Neighborhood Center in Valley Park. They provide all
materials free to the families to encourage them to participate.
Additionally,
as they look into winter break activities, they would like to offer a variety
of free day classes from December 18 through January 1 at the Neighborhood
Center. The Park Activity Board will be meeting on November 18th at 5:30pm at 2077
Cambridge Drive to begin discussing this.
For
more information, contact Jerome Higginbotham, Vice-President, Jesse
Higginbotham Technology Trust, Inc. at jeromehigginbotham@gmail.com or
visit www.jessehigginbotham.com
