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.”

“Lunch: provided every saturday (12 noon to 1pm) by our five partner churches to the elderly, families and children. The program is totally supported by teams 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.”

“Grant from starting point. Summer program: the summer program is open to youth 5- 13 from the mt. Pleasant community m-th for 7 weeks enrolling 60 children. This program has been primarily funded by neighborhood connections and the church of the assumption. However, we receive funding through fundraising 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. 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, botanical gardens, and the natural history museum. Special projects and events: volunteers assist with all these activities "intergenerational community garden: intergenerational community garden "service projects: children have helped at the tbc food pantry and the cleveland foodbank. "other activities: children have participated in 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 and indoor arts and crafts projects, music classes, games and activities for several hours. The thea bowman center children's choir performs voice and instrumental music during the holiday and other special occasions.”

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