School Age Programming
Our 5-Star Rated Licensed center is designed to promote self-sufficiency by providing specialized remedial and enrichment education to increase reading, math and language skills. Additionally, we provide a variety of cultural, social and recreational activities designed to enhance interpersonal and relationship skills, increase self-confidence, and strengthen the basic academic and social skills of youth. Monthly parenting workshops are offered covering a variety of topics such as parenting skills, health & nutrition, home ownership, money management, stress management and corrective disciplining.
Programs Include:
- Afterschool tutoring
- Arts classes
- Gang, drug, and alcohol prevention education
- Summer Day Camp
- Sports activities
- Community service activities
- Field trips
- Resume writing classes
- College application assistance
Programs are held Monday-Friday immediately afterschool to 5:30 for grades K-5, and Monday-Thursday for grades 6-12 from 5:30-8:30, with monthly field trips.
Summer Camp
Each year, the Bethlehem Center sends children to Christian resident camps in North Carolina with the help of area churches, board members and the surrounding community. Every year, we provide Bethlehem Center campers with sleeping bags and a duffel bag full of supplies needed for their camp experience. Most of our campers in 2011 are going to camp for the first time, so we are in need of sleeping bags. (Note: once a child attends a resident camp through us and receive a sleeping bag, they do not receive a new one in upcoming years.) We are requesting completed packages, but will take any donations supplied. Below you will find what is needed in each duffel bag:
- Duffel bag (generic, not gender specific)
- Sleeping bag – Plain, no cartoons
- Flashlight and batteries
- Bar soap
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- 2 hand towels
- 2 bath towels
- 2 face cloths
- Lotion
- Bug repellent
- Sun block
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Poncho or light rain coat
- Heavy duty comb or brush
- Deodorant
- Bible (optional, but please let us know if your bag does not have one)
- Anything additional is welcome, but the above items are essential.
Please place all liquids in a large Ziploc bag for each child. We are hoping to get “packets” of stuff together to make packing of the bags easier and more efficient. Campers start registering in February, and we will start taking finished bags on March 1st.
We would like to have all bags in by April 15th. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Renee Bromfield at 704-371-7404 or rbromfield@bethlehemcenter.org.