Staff Blog
Goodwill merger: Art for Our Sake at the Kimmel Center tonight
Centro Nueva Creacion, which has hosted summer camps and after-school programs for kids in North Philly for the past 15 years, has announced its merger with community-based nonprofit Lutheran Settlement House.
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| goodlands.org |
| Girls Swinging in the Park |
CP's John Vettese wrote about Goodlands in April:
Volunteers lead after-school groups around their neighborhoods to shoot photos with Canon PowerShot digitals. Program coordinator Augustina Warton talks of the uniqueness of their perspective — partly it's because the children literally have a different viewpoint, being shorter, seeing things from an angle closer to the ground, being able to squeeze into nooks and crannies where adults would not fit. Partly it's because they are so familiar with their neighborhood and know where to find hidden gems and bits of whimsy (the playful, perfectly staggered Girls Swinging in Park [pictured, above]; the hysterically snarling Chihuahua in Mad Dog).
While the project's mission is to bring out the good, Warton admits the neighborhood is rough — and is heartened that the children can still have such an unblemished view of their world.
"These children go through things that most adults will never have to experience," she says. "And they're still showing a positive vision of their life."
Here's to another 15 years of positive vision.
Reception Thu., July 23, 5-8 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., goodlands.org.
