Our Campus Partners
Hartford Children's Theatre | Loaves & Fishes Ministries | OPMAD | Immanuel House
Hartford Children's Theatre was founded and incorporated in February 1989 with the intent of providing a variety of opportunities for area residents with a diversified selection of quality live theatre that entertains and educates. The participants in our educational programming and attending our theatric productions are, at most recent evaluation, 30% Connecticut Urban, 65% Connecticut Suburban, and 5% Connecticut Rural. 30% are Hartford residents, with the balance coming from towns in the Greater Hartford area.
During its first year of operation, the company developed the HCT Drama School, a series of progressive drama classes, our MainStage program, professional level productions performed by the area's most talented youth and HCT Summer Performing Arts Program designed to serve young people interested in an introduction to the theatrical arts as well as those pursuing a concentrated summer theatre training program. Since that point, our programs have expanded and resulted in the receipt of the 2004 Moss Hart Memorial, Youth & Children's Theatre Divisional Award for excellence in theatre. We intend to bring together children of all ages and social, economic and cultural environments in a safe, supportive and encouraging environment.
The work of HCT occurs in these basic areas of focus:
Fall, Winter and Spring Drama Schools, Performance Ensemble Productions, Summer Performing Arts Program, Afterschool Outreach Program, MainStage Productions, Master Classes, and Adult Theatre Wing.
WHO WE ARE:
Executive Director: Michael L. Campbell
Director of Education: Nora Matthews
Office/Box Office Manager: Jill Vasbinder
Loaves
and Fishes Ministries
Executive Director: Alyce F. Hild
(860) 524-1730
www.loavesfishesministries.org
Click here for an article about Alyce Hild & the Loaves & Fishes program which appeared in "Living in West Hartford, Winter 2003" (requires Adobe Reader®. To download this free program click here.)
Loaves & Fishes Ministries, a tax-exempt charitable organization, provides human services in Hartford, CT. Our basic programs revolve around our soup kitchen, started over a decade ago on Asylum Hill. We serve an average of 175 meals each day, Monday through Friday. Our related programs have developed in response to changing client needs.
· Morning Program: provides information and education about legal issues, HIV/AIDS (prevention and blood screening), housing opportunities, literacy information, substance abuse, and employment counseling. The Hartford Health Department now offers weekly HIV/AIDS blood-pulls and counseling with a trained representative--Loaves & Fishes provides the highest number of contacts for our on-site representative.
· Pantry Program: provides weekly bags of groceries to families who must meet verifiable requirements (residence in Asylum Hill, dependents in the household, poverty level to low-income).
· Catering Program: trains selected clients in catering, nutrition and menu planning.
· Sewing Program: offers women the chance to acquire sewing and tailoring skills which are in great demand from area dry cleaners
· Foods Service Training Program: involves in a twelve-week program under the close supervision of Aetna personnel and our own career development counselor, learning food preparation and presentation, kitchen skills, nutrition and sanitation.
· Business Initiative$: an extension of job training that implements the possibility of self-employment. This microenterprise program combines business training with opportunities for access to capital in a fourteen-week business training course, with personal development sessions to develop the business owner, and the opportunity to apply for a loan following the successful completion of the course.
HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS OUR CLIENTS:
- $25.00 provides 50 meals in the soup kitchen
- $40.00 pays full tuition for one client in our Business Initiative$ program
- $50.00 puts 2 individuals onto the payment forgiveness program with the electric company
- $75.00 takes care of a sewing machine repair for the Sewing Program
- $100.00 pays for the entire soup kitchen noon meal for one day
- $250.00 provides pantry bags for 8 women and their
families
Organized
Parents Make a Difference (OPMAD)
350 Farmington Avenue • Hartford, CT 06105
Tel. (860) 548-0301 • Fax (860) 548-0307
www.opmad.org
OPMAD is a parent-run, non-profit organization that designs and implements after-school programs in 6 Hartford schools. OPMAD was started by parents of Hartford Public School children in 1992 to broaden the experience and interests of students and give them positive peer and adult role models. OPMAD is a grassroots organization that offers after-school activities in five areas: 1.Academic 2.Life skills 3.Cultural/Arts 4.Recreation 5.Sports.
In 2000/2001 OPMAD served 2,000 children ages 4 to 16 with
the help of 200 volunteers. Programs take place at the school
site five days per week during the school year. The summer
program runs for five weeks at two Elementary Schools and
one Middle School in Hartford. Parent education and empowerment
opportunities are offered throughout the year. The Parent
Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) classes are offered twice
a year.
OPMAD's mission is: To empower and unite parents citywide,
to meet the academic, social cultural, creative and physical
needs of children through parent-driven extended day programs
that nurture and encourage responsible citizens.
As the largest parent organization in Hartford, OPMAD gives parents and community members access to school sits and provides resources for the benefit of children and families.
For more information, please visit the the OPMAD website.
In
the 1960’s, the people of Immanuel Congregational Church
felt it was time to begin a new venture. Making use of low-interest
Government loans, they developed a not-for-profit corporation
named Immanuel Church Housing Corporation and constructed
a nine-floor high-rise directly across the street from the
church. The building was named Immanuel House, and it opened
its doors in 1971. In the ensuing thirty-plus years, Immanuel
House has been recognized as a leader in the provision of
housing and a supportive services environment to Hartford-area
elders. In June 1995, Immanuel House was selected by HUD and
the Administration on Aging as one of their “Best Practices”
awardees.
More recently, Immanuel House was one of two HUD facilities chosen state-wide to participate in the State of Connecticut Assisted Living Services Demonstration Project; and in 2002, Immanuel House was awarded two grants totaling nearly $10,000,000 for the purpose of (1) converting two floors at Immanuel House to Affordable Assisted Living and (2) building a new 40-unit facility directly behind the existing building.
Immanuel
House has a long history of providing for the housing and
service needs of Hartford’s elderly population and prides
itself in being “A Home Where Love Has Truly Come to
Live.”
