Update on the impact of your Gulf Coast Education Program project!

AFTER SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM — GULF COAST BLOG

Update on the impact of your Gulf Coast Education Program project!

by Sandra D. on January 21, 2012

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New York, NY

About Me: Jeff and Caitlin have been involved with Citizen Effect since Jeff traveled to India with Citizen Effect founder, Dan Morrison, in 2008 to film his meetings with SEWA and the villages they support. They have attended Citizen Effect events taking place in New York and DC, and have finally taken the step to be Citizen Philanthropists.

Since the April 20th Deepwater Horizon explosion, the families of Louisiana’s coastal parishes have been made vulnerable. Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans has been on the ground since May 1, providing help and hope in this time of crisis. With the school year approaching, the children and families affected by the Gulf Oil Spill will need support services and stability more than ever. Catholic Charities’ After School Assembly is a program that was started after Hurricane Katrina to set up a supportive after-school program for children who had recently suffered the trauma of the storm. This project will extend the program from the city of New Orleans into coastal parishes and provide fifty children with a safe environment that will give participants access to interactive learning opportunities, self-esteem building workshops, therapeutic art activities and other activities and services needed by the children affected by the spill. Jeff and Caitlin's project will ensure that families living in affected areas receive the extra support they need to get their children off to a great start this school year and to help ease stress on families with after school support services and activities. Donate to this project, and help fishing families find a new, more sustainable future by providing an educational program for their children.

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