(The photos are of LACNOLA members Judith Patrick, a good friend of mine who has helped us a lot at the SVDP-ALC school, and yours truly. I look like an "old sourpuss" because the sun was in my eyes. Children from NOLA public schools created the artwork which was posted on the wall at RampART Street. It was a cold and very sunny day, as you can see.)
Our Literacy*AmeriCorps New Orleans (LACNOLA) members helped support our friends at YES (YMCA Educational Services) this Saturday, Nov. 22, at the RampART Festival. LACNOLA handed out information about volunteer opportunities and new student registration for YES. The event occurred on North Rampart Street near Armstrong Park; and there were many booths for arts and crafts, paintings by school children, music, food, street entertainers, and booths for public services information such as NOPD police, and mental health services.
YES and NOPL have been a help to SVDP-ALC in the past year, especially in supplying us with school books for new readers. To learn more about YES visit the main branch of the NOPL library in downtown New Orleans; that is where they are located on the 3rd floor.
I also had a chance to vist the booths for the NOPD police and local mental health services (some from De Paul Hospital); I hope to invite representatives from both organizations to visit SVDP-ALC for informational lectures.
You can read more about RampART in the coming issue of the AmeriWord newsletter at http://www.literacygno.org/ in the AmeriCorps Publications section.
-- Adrian
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