Hi everyone! After the serve fair I finalized my service learning and will be working with Anna’s Arts for Kids. It is a great organization, and I am really excited to begin work! Anna’s Arts is an after school program at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church in the Treme area. The Treme area is well known as a rough neighborhood, and St. Anna’s church serves as an escape from it all. Unlike any church I have ever been to, posted along the wrought iron fences are numerous “murder boards” which show every murder committed in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina. The boards exhibit thousands and thousands of names and ages of victims, and the date they were killed. In an effort to change the status quo of the neighborhood and decrease the amount of names on his list, Director Darryl Durham created Anna’s Arts for Kids. The program focuses on tutoring, etiquette, sports, music, and art. Their goal is to help the children of the Treme area grow into successful and well rounded adults.
I cannot wait to start my service learning because I feel like the people behind this program are 100% committed to making a difference, and they love what they do. They are able to teach young children, the majority of them underprivileged, things that they otherwise would never learn simply because of circumstance. I have to attend two sessions, one Friday and the other Saturday, before starting next week.
Good luck to everyone, I’m excited to hear about the sites y’all picked!
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