Partial
Listing of On-Site Resident
Activities/Programs
Physical
Amenities
- Services coordinator's office
- Large front porches & entry patios with benches
- Children's
activity areas & large multipurpose community rooms
- Outdoor recreational
areas, some with portable barbecues, benches, volleyball net, handball
court, tetherball & basketball hoop
- Brightly-lit laundry rooms
adjacent to activity hubs
- Computer learning centers
- Children's
classrooms/playrooms/meeting rooms
- Library/study halls
Adult Education Classes, Seminars,
or Special Presentations
- Welfare-to-Work Program
(both classes & individualized assistance, depending upon
interest & need)
- Child development classes
- Earthquake preparedness seminars
- Series of presentations by
community groups on topics such as welfare reform, CalWORKS & health education
- Series
of presentations by LAPD representatives, discussing
protection against criminal activity on the streets & security
for
the buildings
- Management company presentations
on building security
& maintenance
Activities for Children &
Teenagers
- Childcare when
parents participate in on-site activities/classes/meetings
- Computer learning center activities
-
Piano/music lessons (funded either by Beyond Shelter
or
Resident Management
Committees)
- Arts & crafts activities
(volunteers)
- Field trips (developed & implemented
by Resident Management Committees, the services coordinator or outside organization)
- Tae kwon do classes (taught by a
resident for children of Casa Carondelet & Coronado Place)
- Summer day camps & one- to two-week
overnight camps
Activities Organized by Resident
Management Committees
- Periodic surveys
of residents' needs & concerns
- Monthly meetings
of all residents to plan activities, identify priorities, discuss
problems in the building or criminal and/or gang activity outside
the building, communicate with management, etc.
- Holiday parties & potluck dinners, usually held at Easter, Thanksgiving
& Christmas
- Summer
barbecue/potluck both on-site & at local parks
- Haunted house (at
Coronado Place) & Halloween parties at all sites
- Monthly "clean-up" days (cleaning up all community areas)
- Field trips for
residents (such as to the beach or camping)
- Periodic parking lot sales & Sunday
night movie videos to raise money for
activities
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