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

• 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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