Programs and Activities
The Pine Manor Neighborhood Improvement Association was established to strengthen at-risk families in the Pine Manor neighborhood. The association’s focus is on child abuse prevention, providing valuable resources through referrals for meeting daily needs including, food, housing and services, make available computers to complete job searches, applications for jobs and ACCESS assistance for food stamps and Medicaid, as well as, resume writing assistance. We do this by maintaining an emergency food bank, and providing referrals for emergency assistance. We have a teen outreach program, life skills training, English classes, computer skills, job resources, healthy choices and drug and alcohol abuse prevention, free pregnancy testing and counseling, free pre-school, after-school and summer camp activities for children right in their own community every weekday except for holidays. Families with transportation or financial difficulties are able to access services free of charge within walking distance from their home. Because we are a non-profit agency we depend on grant monies and donations to stay operational.
Pine Manor Community Center currently has the following programs running out of the center:
- ACCESS, where community members can come to our center to sign up for assistance with food, medical expenses.
- A referral program which provides information to residents regarding food pantries, medical assistance and utility assistance referrals.
- An Emergency Food Bank that can support families with a week worth of groceries
- Bi-Monthly free potlucks for the community.
- Free monthly Health classes on different health issues, blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, pregnancy tests, HIV/AIDS tests.
- Self defense classes for women quarterly.
- Thanksgiving dinner for the community feeding approximately 500 residents each year.
- Provide the food to 50 families so they have thanksgiving dinner available in their own homes.
- Christmas dinner for the community feeding approximately 500 residents each year.
- Christmas dinner and all the trimmings provided for 50 residents each year.
- Annual Health /Job Fair with 25-50 providers bringing valuable health information into the community.
- Nine Annual events including: Easter egg hunt, 2 annual neighborhood clean ups one in collaboration with Keep lee County Beautiful, Volunteer Appreciation, End of summer fling where we provide 500 children with back packs and school supplies, National Night Out Against Crime, Make A difference Day and “Trunk or Treat”, an event held on Halloween that provides a safe environment for children in our community and Thanksgiving Neighborhood meal provided by Children’s Advocacy Center and Christmas Dinner provided by Pine Manor Improvement Association
- Free summer camp/after school program that serves about 30 children daily through Children’s Advocacy Center. Through collaboration with other community agencies, a free breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided to these children each weekday over the summer months.
- Free Teen Program where Pine Manor teens get involved in community activities. This program operates one night a week for girls and one for boys it includes discussion groups, field trips, volunteering in the community, and other activities that the teens can plan and implement with the assistance of facilitators
