Milwaukee Rep’s “A Christmas Carol” delights and raises funds for COA!
The “Ghost of Christmas Present” is alive and well at COA this holiday season! The Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol adopted COA’s HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) program to benefit from its post-production tradition. Following each performance of A Christmas Carol, actors invited audience members to make a donation [...]
Who are you when no one is looking?
A sign hangs on the wall at COA's Goldin Center that reads,"Who are you when no one is looking?" Kris Johnson, a pre-teen program staff member at the Goldin Center has taken this message to heart. Kris grew up only a couple blocks from COA's Goldin Center in the Amani neighborhood. He was looking for [...]
MATC Educational Foundations Track Student Dedicated to “Saving” At-Risk Youth
As a youngster, Jermaine Howard was considered a "bad kid," piling up daily suspensions from class on the days he showed up for school. Growing up in a struggling family, living in a poverty-stricken, crime-ridden Milwaukee neighborhood, Howard said he was almost certainly on track to end up in jail. He said he was "saved" by the support and interaction he received at a COA after-school program.
Art project teaches Doerfler students about advocacy and community engagement [OnMilwaukee.com]
"Ten seventh and eighth grade students from COA Youth and Family Center’s CLC program have been working with Kowalczyk and Heredia to envision an intersection mural to be installed at 30th and Scott. The installation would beautify the neighborhood and build youth visibility and leadership." ...Read more at OnMilwaukee.com.
MillerCoors’ Bike Donation
This November, MillerCoors donated 27 new kids’ bicycles to COA! These bikes will be a wonderful addition to our camping programs. All year round, our Camp Helen Brachman provides low-income youth and families with the opportunity to travel up north, explore, make new friends, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you, MillerCoors!
We Energies’ Winter Gear Drive
Toni Higgins' daughter has been attending COA's Early Education Center since she was six weeks old. Last year, Toni noticed that some of the children were in need of new winter gear. Toni, a member of the volunteer planning committee at We Energies, proposed a winter gear drive to benefit COA's Early Education Center. After [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Shira Grinker
This fall, 13 year-old Shira Grinker began volunteering in COA's Early Education Center. "I started volunteering at COA as a school requirement," Shira said. "But after that I continued doing it because I love to be with the children. They are all so energetic and extremely adorable, and they always make me smile." In addition [...]
Happy Halloween!
The kids at our Riverwest Center had a blast this Halloween!
Pumpkin Picking at Apple Holler
We had a great time this week when we took a field trip to Apple Holler to pick pumpkins with the little ones!
Before and After: United Way Intern Day of Action
Before and after! Thanks so much to volunteers from BMO Harris Bank for the hard work. And thanks to United Way of Greater Milwaukee Intern Day of Action. These folks made a world of difference, as you can see, in our community gardens at the Goldin Center at 24th and Burleigh.