Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center

Possible Center Closure

shay — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:32:37 +0000

Dear Joyful Friends, Supporters and Partners, Since announcing last week in our e-newsletter and various emails that Joyful Harvest is on its last financial legs and may have to close at the end of June — and even more so since the Portland Press Herald and Journal Tribune covered our plight — people have asked …

Blue hair for $10,000…the fall campaign

shay — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:34:32 +0000

Our fall fundraising goal is $10,000. As we all know in these trying times, when the cost of everything has gone up and money is scarce, places like Joyful Harvest are even more critical to our children. Unfortunately, the vast majority of families that we serve are unable to make any contribution to our center. …

Falling back into our groove

shay — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:19:09 +0000

We just wrapped up our first month of the after school program and while our Program Coordinator is still tallying the figures, it looks like kids are indeed dropping into Joyful. September was also the first month of the extended programming for teens from 5:00-7:00pm Monday-Thursday, teens have been slow to come in but once …

After School Program is Back!

shay — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:19:07 +0000

The after-school program is open! The regular after-school program is open Monday-Thursday 2:30-5:00pm for kids 7-17 and we have extended hours this year from 5:00-7:00pm for teens 13-17. As usual there is no cost for any our programming, we do require that a completed registration form be submitted and the teen program does require that …

Joyful summer in danger and needs help!

shay — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:41:31 +0000

Dear Friends of Joyful Harvest, As a grassroots-level, faith-based agency committed to ensuring access to safe spaces for kids and teens during out-of-school time, we have always struggled with the challenge of maintaining adequate resources for local youth in Biddeford. Due to our humble beginnings as a seed church for the American Baptist Churches of …

Spring/Summer 2012 Garden Program

shay — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:48:34 +0000

Thanks to a partnership with Partners for a Hunger Free York County, we will be offering a comprehensive gardening program starting Monday May 21, 2012 and running through the summer. The gardening program will be overseen by The University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension Master Gardener’s Volunteer Program. The site that we will be using is …

Mid quarter updates and a request for help

shay — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:54:59 +0000

We are pretty well settled in our new home and loving it! The space is truly starting to feel like home though as the weather warms up, we do face the challenge of easily accessible green space to ensure the kids are getting enough fresh air but we walk in faith that green space will …

Summer 2012 Programming

shay — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:29:15 +0000

Joyful Harvest will once again offer summer programming starting July 2 and ending August 24. The program will run Monday-Friday 9:30am to 12:45pm Monday-Friday. A healthy hot lunch as part of the USDA/Maine Department of Education’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) will be available as well as a small morning snack. This summer we will …

Spring 2012 Programming at Joyful Harvest

shay — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:19:50 +0000

Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center is a low barrier agency, to get your child involved in any of our programming, all you need to do is stop in during center hours and fill out an application. Joyful Harvest provides a drop in after-school program for youth 7-17, Monday-Thursday 2:30-5:00pm. Every day we have a scheduled activity …

ESOL classes being offered

shay — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:49:55 +0000

Thanks to a partnership with Literacy Volunteers of Greater Saco-Biddeford, we will be offering ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) classes at Joyful Harvest starting Tuesday March 27, 2012 3:30-5:00pm. This is a pilot project that based on how successful it is may be continued long-term, we are responding to the increasing diversity in …