This Giving Tuesday, we are asking for your help to continue empowering the next generation of carpenters in Washington, DC. Before the end of the year, all donations will be matched by ZCAF sponsors dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000.
 
As a nonprofit organization, every dollar Zenith Community Arts Foundation receives goes directly towards supporting our programs, whose costs include materials and tools for students, salaries for our qualified instructors, and maintenance of our Mobile Woodshop classroom.
 
We are now in the third year of the Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry Training (PACT) program at Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy in Ward 8, where over 30 young men and women have developed technical skills, experienced the satisfaction of completing difficult projects, and improved their employability skills. In January 2024, a second school at Luke C Moore HS in Ward 5 will experience the power of PACT. We are excited about the changes that our program is making in our students’ lives.
Industrial arts education was once offered in most public schools. It is now rarely available—despite vast evidence of its power both to create long-term employment opportunities for people who have been left out of the labor market and to address critical labor shortage in the trades. To counter that problem, ZCAF is teaching a new generation of students through our Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry Training program (which we refer to as “PACT”).

Your tax-deductible gift today will go twice as far towards ensuring ZCAF's continued success in 2024, as we expand our Mobile Woodshop and Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry Training Program to a second school in Washington, DC.
 
Zenith Community Arts Foundation is focused, first and foremost, on community. We couldn't have accomplished all we have without supporters like you.
 
So please, donate today to secure your one-to-one matched donation. Thank you for making a positive difference in the lives of young people in our community.
Or call 202-783-2963 to donate over the phone.
You can send a check to:
Zenith Community Arts Foundation
1429 Iris St. NW, Washington DC 20012
Make a difference with your 100% tax deductible donation.
Thank you!
All contributions to sustain our vital programs are appreciated.
For $25,000 or more, your name can be placed on the side of the Mobile Woodshop.
Hundreds of viewers will see your name associated with this unique cause.
All contributors will be recognized in our Newsletter and website.
For information email zcaf@zcaf.org or call:
Lynda Smith-Bugge at 202-783-8005 or Margery Goldberg at 202-957-3869
Zenith Community Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to arts advocacy, arts education, industrial arts, and public art in the Greater Washington DC area. ZCAF goals are met by fostering alliances among area artists, carpenters, businesses, other non-profits, and government agencies.

1429 Iris St., NW, Washington, DC 20012-1409 | 202-783-8005 | www.zcaf.org | zcaf@zcaf.org