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Dorothy Cohen Fine Arts Initiative |
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The Dorothy Cohen Fine Arts Initiative provides arts programming for disadvantaged children in Chicago and the Chicagoland area. The program was established in 1996, in memory of Dorothy Cohen, an NCJW member and lover of children and the arts. The mission of the Dorothy Cohen Fine Arts Initiative is to enrich the lives of children with little or no access to arts education by providing opportunities for students to view and participate in the performing and visual arts.
From 1997 – 2002, the Initiative granted funds to a variety of Chicago-area schools and social service agencies. In 2003 the Initiative began offering instructions in art, dance and theater to children from the Highland Park Community Day Care Center and Tri-Con Child Care Center.
For more information on the Dorothy Cohen Fine Arts Initiative, contact communityservice@ncjwcns.org. |
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Clowning Around |
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Clowning around is an NCJW traveling performance troupe which entertains special needs children’s groups. This group of volunteer women perform in schools throughout the Chicagoland area and suburbs. Efforts are specifically focused on schools that are financially deprived for children with special needs-mentally disabled, physically disabled, and emotionally challenged. The show’s primary themes are of caring, sharing, trusting, loving, listening to others and accepting people for whom they are. Clowning around encourages children to try to make each day a positive one. Clowning around performs during the academic year.
For more information or to perform with Clowning Around, contact communityservice@ncjwcns.org. |
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Ready for Reading |
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Volunteers work with pre-school children whose circumstances provide them with less than optimal conditions for becoming good readers. The activities help develop the children’s reading readiness before their enrollment in first grade. Through reading and book-related crafts and dramatic play, Ready for Reading enhances preschoolers’ love of reading. Volunteers meet twice a month with the children.
At the present time, Ready for Reading is working with children in the Glenview School District 34's "Preschool for All Children Program", a state funded preschool program. Its goal is to provide educational services to all 3-5 year old children whose families choose to participate. The program focuses on providing high quality educational experiences for children who are determined to be at risk of academic failure.
For more information or to volunteer, contact communityservice@ncjwcns.org. |
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