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Programs from
The Front Porch
Who can
participate?
Youth age 7 and
up who live
within walking distance of the neighborhood on the Eastside of Detroit
near Kelly Road, their friends or cousins who stay with them. Most
kids who attend the program do so of their own choosing and are
connected to the kids who are already in the program, but with parental
permission. If you think your child might be interested and you live near us,
please email frontporchdetroit@yahoo.com
After School
Help with
homework. If children have no homework we provide library books,
educational games and homework. Free time - games, Internet,
arts, life skills.
Future Prep - Click here for college
info.
Summer
Every year is different, depending on what the kids ask for and what opportunities are available. Summer 2007 included:
- Hip Hop Dance
- Tennis
- Ballroom Dance
- Seed Planting
- Pot Painting
- Backpack Making
- Friendship Bracelet Making
- Trips for Kids Trip
- Half Day Bike Ride to Lake St. Clair
- MetroBeach Metropark
- Stony Creek Triathalon – winning team: Kelly Road Boys
- Belle Isle Beach Sandcastle Making Contest - winning team C.F. and A.M.
- Reading with the Detroit Public Library – B.M. Winner of the Book Race
- Ice Cream Making Contest – A.F., age 11 winner
- Healthy Lunches and Snacks
- Ice Skating
- Detroit International Freedom Festival Fireworks
- Walking up to the
recreation center 1.5 miles twoce a week - M.H. the winner having
walked up enough times to make over 13 miles.
Academic
Advocacy
Individual youth
sign up to
get an academic advocate. They are visited once a week at school, their
grades are monitored, and they are brought a nutritious and delicious
lunch. Advocates bridge between school, after-school, and home. Basic
needs assistance provided if needed (coats, school supplies etc.).
On
The Porch
Informal
activities provided
on the street chosen by the kids. This could be anything from making
sock monkeys, a game of speed or a water balloon fight.
Reading Race
Kids Race to
read the most
pages by the end of summer in partner reading. They participate in the
Detroit Public Library's Summer Reading Club. Teens help the younger
kids and get credit for community service in the community service
race.
Community
Service Race
Kids Race to
provide the most
community service hours and win a prize or trip. Mostly the kids help
the other kids in the program. Winner for Spring/Summer 2007 K.J. Winner for Fall 2007 A.C.
Off The
Porch (Field Trips)
Places we’ve field tripped in the past 10 years and would recommend:
- Cranbrook
Science Museum
- Detroit
Science Center
- Dossin
Museum
- Belle
Isle
- African
Heritage Cultural Center
- Detroit
Institute of Arts
- Detroit
Historical Museum
- Detroit
Public Library
- The
Henry Ford
- The
Garden Bowl
- Campus
Martius Skating Rink
- Clark
Park Ice Rink
- Stony
Creek Metropark
- Kensington
Metropark
- Metrobeach
Metropark
- Seven
Ponds Nature Center
- The
Octagon House
- U
of M Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center
- Ann
Arbor Hands On Museum
- U
of M Natural History Museum
- Heilmann
Recreation Center
- Young
Recreation Center
- Del
Ray Pier Fishing Day
- Gallup
Park, Ann Arbor
- City
of Detroit Balduck Park
- Chicago
– Museum of Science and Industry, Aquarium, Waterfront Park
- Michigan
State University – small animal day
- Michigan
State University – the Bug House
- Rowe's Strawberry
Farm
- Assorted
Haunted Houses
- Assorted
Corn Field Mazes
- Rouge
Park Mountain Bike Trail
- Lakeside
Park Mountain Bike Trail
- Detroit
City Airport Young Eagles
- Grand
Traverse Band Chippewa Youth Camp
- First
Baptist Church – Underground Railroad
- Second
Congregational Church – Underground Railroad
- Chandler
Park Aquatic Center
- Rooted
in Community in Florida
- Rooted
in Community in San Francisco (with DAN)
- Noel
Night
- Fort
Wayne
- Universoul
Circus
- Detroit
Shock
- Matrix
Theater
- Harvest
Festival Pow Wow
- Red
Oaks Water Park
- Benehana
- Mexicantown
- Detroit
Agriculture Network Seed Planting Workshop
- Millennium
Center for Community Theater
- To
see one of our kids play basketball
- To
see one of our kids play football
- CJ
Barrymore’s
- PuppetArt
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