Posted by Little Lights Urban Ministries at 01:32 PM
Recently Ms. Linda was featured in the site leader spotlight section of the Capital Area Food Bank’s newsletter, spotlighting her work in making sure hungry kids enjoy a balanced meal.
The Capital Area Food Bank is a nonprofit working to educate and empower the community about issues of hunger and nutrition. Little Lights began their partnership with CAFB seven years ago and became apart of its Kid’s Cafe program for four years. The Kid’s Cafe program has been a great help in providing snacks and meals for our students.
“Some kids have grown up in the program and Linda has seen them eat completely differently than when they started and were eating nuggets and hot dogs. The kids are now eating fresh produce and a wider range of foods.”
- Capital Area Food Bank Interview
Posted by Little Lights Urban Ministries at 03:03 PM
Ms. Subuola, a volunteer art teacher helps us out every Thursday with our elementary students during Homework Club. Last week she spoke with students about Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream for racial equality and justice. She had our students then draw out their own dreams.
Our kids had lots of fun on this art project and are very proud of their work.
The banners are currently hanging up in the sanctuary at the Little Lights Center.
Please be sure to check them out and together let’s keep their dreams alive!
Posted by Beth Dewhurst at 09:35 AM
Each day as our middle school kids enter the 1212 Units, they check their belongings into a small closet within the Little Lights office. The shelves were shallow, and there just wasn’t enough space. By the time kids pick up their books and bags, we’d find them in a disorganized pile on the closet floor. Recently we’ve had some help from Scot Montrey, a volunteer carpenter, and a few mentors and their mentees to add cubbie shelves to the closet so our kids can have a nice snug place to put their possessions.
Along with Scot, Mr. Thomas and Tom Dewhurst pulled out floor boards to make space for the cubbies.
Along with Mr. Scot, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Dewhurst pulled out floor boards to make space for the cubbies.
The cubbies were painted by mentors and their mentees and then rolled into the Units.
Afterwards Scot sealed everything up.
Thanks for all the help.
Posted by Little Lights Urban Ministries at 12:42 PM
You helped Little Lights make history on Nov. 9, 2011. Because so many of our friends, volunteers, and supporters were very generous on the first ever Give to the Max Day - Greater Washington, Razoo named Little Lights as the Fundraiser of the Year for 2011, out of more than 10,000 other nonprofits!
However, we can only accept this award on your behalf because so many of our 729 donors on Give to the Max Day acted as fundraisers and asked others to give through email, phone, mail, Facebook, and Twitter.
To recap, you helped Little Lights raise $37,388 in one day and, because of your hard work of being a fundraiser for us, we earned $41,000 in additional prize money…for a one-day, grand total of more than $78,000.
You did an amazing job that will have years of positive impact on our programs and the kids and families we serve. For that, we will always be grateful to you, our volunteers and donors, in ways that 10,000 other non-profits cannot.
Thank you for being a fundraiser for Little Lights, stay tuned to our blog,
Facebook, and Twitter for upcoming announcements of new ways that you can fundraise for us again!
