Dear friends of The CARE Center,

Today, we have both exciting news and a difficult update to share.

Thanks to the support of our community and our partners, The CARE Center has been awarded 21st Century Community Learning Center funding to continue our high-quality after-school and summer programs at Madison County Elementary and Owens Cross Roads School. We are incredibly grateful for this investment in local children and families.

Unfortunately, our flagship site at New Hope Elementary School was not selected for funding this cycle. Although we are disappointed, we remain committed to sustaining this work. We are pursuing grants, partnerships, and community support to continue serving families without adding financial burden.

For more than 16 years, the New Hope Community Learning Center has been much more than an after-school program. It has been a place where children receive the following benefits all at no cost to families:

• Academic support
• Mentorship
• Enrichment activities
• Opportunities to grow socially, emotionally, academically, and physically
• A safe environment after school
• Caring adults who believe in their potential.

Together with our school and community partners, we've helped support strong student

outcomes, including improved graduation rates from 64% in 2009 to more than 90% every year since 2013.

Keeping these programs free eases financial pressure on families and ensures students have a safe, high-quality environment after school where learning is disguised as fun.

Today, we ask for your help. If you share our belief that every child deserves a safe place to learn, grow, and thrive after school, we invite you to invest in the future of the New Hope Community Learning Center. Every gift helps preserve a program that has faithfully served our community for more than sixteen years.

Thank you to our staff, school partners, families, mission partners, and supporters for believing in this mission. Your generosity helps us open doors, close opportunity gaps, and create brighter futures for the students who need us most.

With gratitude and hope,

Andrea Bridges

Executive Director

The CARE Center

abridges@thecare-center.org

Ways to make tax-deductible donations:

1. Online at thecare-center.org by clicking the link below

2. Mail contribution payable to The CARE Center, P.O. Box 51, New Hope, AL 35760

Please be sure to include “NHCLC Sustainability” in the notes online or memo line of your check so your gift supports our afterschool program.

Ministry Building & Adult Learning Center

5414 Main Drive

New Hope, AL 35760

Mailing Address 

PO Box 51. New Hope, AL 35760