Thea Bowman Center

“A copy of the federal form 990 was provide to the board of directors prior to filing”

“Board members submit a statement on an annual basis stating any possible conflict of interest with the organization.”

“Consistent with the requirements of section 6104 (d) of the internal revenue code and the requlations thereunder, copies of the organization's form 990 and governing documents shall be made available upon request, in a timely maner, and subject to the charges permitted by law to any individual who requests it.”

“The thea bowman center is a community of neighbors, volunteers, and friends of mt. Pleasant dedicated to affirming the spirit, engaging the mind, and nurturing the body. This is achieved through community outreach, food support, children's programs and adult learning opportunities.”

“The volunteers have provided assistance within each of the services that the thea bowman center provides the community. The areas of services involve; children's activity programs; adult literacy & ged classes; computer classes; hot meals and food pantry; the ohio benefit bank and support for emergency assistance with food stamps, child care, medical benefits and tax filing/credits.”

“Of volunteers who prepare and serve a meal to an average of 150 people each week. The goal of this program is to ensure that mt. Pleasant residents will have a healthy and nutritious meal to enjoy every saturday.”

“Assumption. However, we receive funding through raising activities and donations. The food bank provides meals for any child in the community whether participate in the summer program or not and generally about 60=70 children will participate. The goal of this program is to have a safe and nurturing environment for children to have fun and learn.”

“Class daily. Computer classes: computer classes are supplemental to the adult literacy classes to assist students in developing computer skills for the online ged testing. Computer classes are also available to students who want to improve in their computer skills towards employment opportunities.”

“Youth development services: afterschool: monday- thursday 3:30 - 5:30 computer assistance: the computer learning center is open weekday afternoons after school for students who need to use the computers for schoolwork. Homework assistance: volunteers provide assistance for students in grades k-8 school weekday afternoons after school. Also tutoring is available to children in grades k-8. Activities: games and physical activities: weekday: tuesday 9-10:30. Preschool readiness assistance: grow up great, sponsored by pnc, follows a head start curriculum and utilizes volunteers from pnc and community volunteers who work with children from the oakfield child care center to reinforce learning experiences by using the computer. Field trips: volunteers and staff escort and supervise children on a variety of field trips. They have visited karamu theatre and other sites of cultural events and go on monthly outings through the cleveland metroparks youth outdoors program to learn "survival skills". Some field trips and excursion sites have been the cleveland metroparks zoo, an amish farm, and the natural history museum. Special projects and events: volunteers assist with all these activities "4 h club special activities: volunteers are responsible for overseeing the running of the weekly 4-h meetings and work with the 4h members to plan and carry out special activities using the project books of the 4 h club. These include gardening, photography, cooking, sewing, wood working, and many other possibilities. "service projects: children have helped at the tbc food pantry and the cleveland foodbank. "other activities: children have participated in black history month and parade the circle programs, christmas eve activities, kung fu and swimming. "computer learning lab: open after school. Children have 40 minutes of educational work on the computer and half an hour of computer play. "summer lunch program" all children receive a daily nutritious free lunch each weekday. "special classes/enrichment activities: summer play activities: after lunch children are invited to participate in supervised outdoor games and activities ad indoor arts and crafts projects, music classes, games and activities for several hours. They are currently forming a choir to do performances at holiday time. They will sing and/or learn how to play an instrument.”

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