Weblog Help Out Create! Acheivement BuildaBridge's New After-School Initiative
Published in community, Achievement by J. Nathan Corbitt |Create! Achievement, BuildaBridge's new after-school initiative, opens today at Second Baptist Church of Germantown. Though a grant covers many of the costs, and the space is an incredible in-kind donation, there are still essentials to ensure quality programming for children living below the poverty line (Create! Achievement is free, like all our programs
Kid's I know
Published in Guatemala by J. Nathan Corbitt |
Rosa Lennix. This week I wanted to share with you a bit about some children I know in the community I am working in. This is Samuel and one of his little brothers. You probably recognize them from the picture you saw from my first week here. Samuel is in one of my classes. He´s a very bright and excitable student! It always puts a smile on my face to run into Samuel because he is always
The Healing Begins
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Philadelphia’s professionals are learning how to respond to children who have traumatic stress symptoms through a drama based trauma prevention training.
During October and November 2007, BuildaBridge
Create! Achievement Needs Your Help!
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BuildaBridge was recently awarded grant funding to staff a full-time after-school program. Create! Achievement will help underserved kids from the Germantown/ Mt. Airy region by providing arts education
Guatemala Update
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By Rosa Lennix: This week when I got to class I was excited and somewhat surprised to see that the children almost completely know the greeting song we have been
Fall Landscaping Continues
Published in BuildaBridge House by J. Nathan Corbitt |
Thanks to Luis McPherson and Ron Hevey and their volunteering to assist in building a retaining wall at the BuildaBridge House. After four years of watching the yard slowly spill into the driveway, the
BuildaBridge Community Studio Takes Another Step To Reality
Published in Community Studio, BuildaBridge House by J. Nathan Corbitt |
Thanks to Philadelphia's Community Design Collaborative our dream of a community studio now has a face. Following
BuildaBridge After-School Program, Create Achievement, To Begin in October
Published in Achievement by J. Nathan Corbitt |
For several years BuildaBridge has had the goal of being a restorative presence in the community where we live. Serving primarily homeless children in transitional homes they recognized
Healing Place Training Set to Begin
Published in The Healing Place by J. Nathan Corbitt |
Final dress rehearsal took place this evening for the Healing Place, BuildaBridge's arts-based trauma training program for caregivers working with children and youth. Forty-one participants have enlisted for
Guatemala Update: When the rain comes
Published in Guatemala by J. Nathan Corbitt |
This week was an interesting one in La Limonada. What started as an innocent rainstorm hit the community hard, leaving one family of 5 dead and several others
