Helping Families Achieve 'Success'
Centers Provide Support for Parents
Officials Saturday gathered at the John F. Kennedy Recreation Center to celebrate “Family Success Day,” putting a spotlight on the city’s Family Success centers and the 10,000 city residents who have used them since the program’s founding in 2007. Youngsters skipped rope and twirled hula hoops in the gymnasium, where a number of volunteer groups, including New Community Corp. and La Casa de Don Pedro, had set up information stalls. Those groups and a host of others help run 15 Family Success centers in Newark, while Newark Now, another community service group, coordinates their activities. “I just feel so blessed to be here and be amongst everyone here because this organization, Newark Now, and every partnering organization are doing great…
