Anyone in need of free bread, eggs, milk, etc. The Jericho City of Praise on Brightseat Road in Landover, distributes free food staples every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30pm-6pm. They give 3 days worth of groceries at no cost. You must show a PG County drivers license to prove residency.  For info call 301-333-0500 and press "0" for the operator.

"Counting on Children" partners with Capital area Food Bank distributes free fruits, vegetables, snacks, water etc, every 2nd and 4th  Friday at 9am in the parking lot at 311 68th Place, Seat Pleasant. Call 301-499-2319 to get on the distribution schedule. There is no criteria. Just show up with your own plastic bags.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT:

Harvard University announced that from now on undergruduate students from low-income families will pay no tuitution.  In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough.  We are not doing enough in bringing in elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution".

If you knowof a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition.  The prestigious University recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/

FOUR (4) YEARS FREE - High School Senior African American Males

Do you know any Black Males (who are Seniors in high school) who want to go
to college for FREE. The black colleges are looking for future Black Male
Teachers and will send them to Universities/Colleges FOUR (4) YEARS FREE;
THIS IS FOR MALES ONLY.

1. Have parents fill out this application.
2. Read the Mission Statement. There are Ten (10) different South
Carolina Colleges or Universities including:

Benedict College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/benedict.htm;>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/benedict.htm;

Claflin University
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/claflin.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/claflin.htm

Clemson University
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/ clemson.htm

Morris College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/morris.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson ..edu/schools/morris.htm

South Carolina State University http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/southcarolinastate.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/southcarolinastate.htm

Greenville Technical College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/greenvilletech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/greenvilletech.htm

Midlands Technical College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/midlands.htm> http://
www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/midlands.htm
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/orangeburgcalhountech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/orangeburgcalhountech.htm

Tri-County Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tricountytech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tricountytech.htm

Trident Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tridenttech..htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tridenttech..htm

3. Send this to your family and friends also.

The web link is below:

<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm

This past school year brought many new students and their families to the Carrie Children's Foundation Center.

We served 74 students and their families for tutoring services.  Five additional students participate in our homeschooled support program.  Boys and girls participated in our clubs this past school year.  We made additional referrals for counseling.

We  welcome LaChay Downs, Ryan McFadgan, Enoch Nicholson, Jeorge Benton and Maya Knight  to our home school group.  Alana now attends a private school.  Additions to our after school program included: Shamya Tucker Joshua Battle, Shannon Grover-Harris,Deja Wilkerson, Jordan Chandler, Christopher Chandler, Tyler Coble, Van Crawford,Jr., Brianna Dance,Christian Frazier, Robert Jameson, Amadi Jenkins, Kendall Johnson, Keenan Jones, De'Jan Lee, Lesean Horton, Vida Vergara- Berkut, Imani Snowden, Terrance Williams, Charlotte Ward, Donovan Davis, Shayla Ross, Mika Copelin, Robert Jamerson  and Jerome Miller, Terrell Wills, Joshua Owes, Joseph Chisolm, Cassie MacPherson, Joshua Kirkland, Devin Jefferson, Denzeil Keitt, Mika Copelin, and Dominique Elias.
They were a welcome asset to our family!  We hope you had a fun year of learning, growth and development.

Thus far for the 2008 - 2009 school year, we would like to welcome Maya Knight, Devin Clay.

Young boys and girls growing up in today's world have many challenges to face.  How can we instill in our young  men and women a sense of pride in themselves and their abilities?  Strong family relations, caring and attentive parents, a sense of spirituality and positive role models in their life, all of these are the basis, of course. But, can we do more?   Here at Carrie Children's Foundation we believe that there is more we can do, in fact it is our mission to provide services and support to young children and families.  That is why we have created the 'Girl's Power Club'  and The Boys' Club. In these groups, girls  and guys of similar age gather in a safe space to share experiences, explore topics of concern to them, take excursions within the community, play games and do exercises that will help them to get to know and appreciate themselves and their peers.  All of this is done with the guidance of  female mentors: Bettye Savoy, Renee Jones, Jaquita Dale  and Natalie Mercer who come to share their talents and wisdom.  The male mentors are Gerald Fosten and Joseph Jones   The opportunity to connect with other  guys and girls on a deep level with competent role models is an empowering experience that allows all the participants to appreciate what it is to be a young  man or woman and to build a stronger sense of self.  This is the kind of strength our young  men and women need to face the challenges that lie ahead of them and to become parents and leaders in our future world.

Excerpt from one of our young men (Jeorge) - At first, I didn't want to come because I thought it was just going to be boring.   I thought it would just be everybody coming to do what?   My mom made me come and I was kind of mad about that.  I wanted to bring a friend who lived up the street but, that didn't work out.  So, I brought my cousin, Gary.  We came in and there were all these boys I did not know.  I wanted to leave out the door because I already come during the week for tutoring and I didn't want to come on the weekend also.  But, when we came ,we played a couple of games and then we were able to plan our activities for the year.  We voted and we planned a schedule for ourselves.  I met new friends, even though we were all quiet and did not want to talk to each other the first day.  After that, we went ice skating and we started talking to each other, laughing at each other falling and just having fun.  I know there are a lot of my friends who go to my old school boys and girls clubs but, they just sit around and just do home-work and boring things.  I now have someplace to go on Sat. where we do fun activities.  Now, my week-end goes by very, very fast.  Advice to parents:  at least bring your kid out to see what they think about it when you tell them about it.  Your kid will see what fun we have.....just come at least once! 

If you would like to enroll a young woman  for the Girl's Club or Boys Club for Fall 2008,  please call us at 301-599-0910. 

***We have many boys and girls who would like to participate in these groups, but not all can afford the $100.00-125.00 charge for the 10 week sessions.  Each session lasts 10 weeks with 4 weeks off between sessions.   If you or someone you know would like to sponsor a  young man or woman for the session, donations are accepted through Carrie Children's Foundation. We are a non-profit organization, so your contribution will be tax deductable.  Thank you! ***

Just like working out at the gym tones your muscles and makes your body stronger, there are excercises you can do to help your brain function more effectively and become stronger and sharper.  These practices called Educational Kinesiology, or Brain Gym for short, were developed by a man named Paul Denison.  There are many different excercises to help with everything from better focus and concentration, to more fluent reading, to critical thinking skills, to emotional release and anger control.People go to many hours of classes to learn the in-depth practices of Educational Kinesiology, but the basic excercise, called PACE, is just 4 easy steps and will help everyone's brain work better afterwords.                                                                                                                                         

1) Drink water- Drinking water oxygenates the brain cells and 'wakes up' your brain for learning.  It has been proven that drinking a glass of water before taking a test will automatically raise your test score. So, keep a bottle of water in your backpack and take a drink whenever you are feeling low on energy, lost or confused in class, and always before taking a test!

2)Cross Crawl- Cross crawl helps to coordinate both the left and right hemispheres of your brain so that both sides are working together simultaneously.  Take your right elbow and slowly bring it across your body to touch your left knee as you bring your knee up in the air, Then, do the same thing the opposite way, bring your left elbow together with your right knee.  Repeat this combination at least eight times slowly and deliberately.  The left hemisphere of our brain is the analytical side and the right hemisphere is the creative side.  If we are stuck in one side then we are not using the full potential of our thinking skills.  Cross crawl remedies that.

3)Hook-Ups- Hook-ups helps our focus and concentration.  Sit with your feet flat on the floor, then touch all five of your fingertips together, then touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth right behind your teeth. Hold this position for at least 30 seconds.  If you are feeling scattered or antsy during a lesson or a test, this is something you can do while sitting right at your desk that will help you to calm down and focus on the task in front of you.

This is just a sampler of Brain Gym excercises- if you are interested , find out more by looking up educational Kinesiology on the web.

The Women's Technology Program at
MIT is a 4-week summer residence program to introduce high school girls
to electrical engineering and computer science. If you know a girl who is
currently a high school junior who demonstrates math and science ability and
an interest in finding out about EECS, please encourage her to visit our
website for more information and for an application form 
 http://www.mit.edu <http://www.mit.edu/>
Our classes are taught in a supportive environment
by a staff of women MIT PhD candidates and undergraduates The full-time academic
program includes hands-on experiments and team- based projects in computer
science, electrical engineering, and mathematics. No prior experience in computer
programming,physics, or electrical engineering is expected, but applicants typically have
strong academic records, especially in math and science.

HARVARD'S TUITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Harvard is offering free tuition for
students that have a family income below $40,000. If you know any one/family
earning less than $40K with a brilliant child near ready for college, please pass
this along. The prestigious university recently announced that
from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard
for free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard
offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit

Harvard's financial aid website at:
http://adm-is.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm <http://adm-is.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm>
or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.

 Full Medical Scholarship Please pass this on to any African
American who may be interested in a> free medical degree.>>
Washington University in St. Louis, the Medical School, now ranked number 2
(along with Baltimore's John's Hopkins University Medical School) has scholarships to award to bright black Americans.  The students that are> chosen will be awarded
full tuition for 4 yrs, $30,000.00 per year plus $2,500.00 stipend.

Check them out on the Web. Washington University Home page http://www.wustl.edu>
For Complete instructions and deadlines for applying, call the office
of undergraduate Admission at (800)638-0700 or (314)935-6087. T! o view
the application and to obtain more information, you can also visit their
web site at "http://admissions.wustl.eduThe Ervin Scholars Program selection
committee evaluates all Applications and invites finalists to Washington
University for interviews in the spring. The University pays all travel and
interview expenses.
John B. Ervin Scholars Program E-mail: ervin@wustl.edu  Dorothy Elliott
Associate Director John B. Ervin
Scholars Program PH 314-935-7192 Fax:314-935-5875
E-mail:delliot@artsci.wstl.edu <mailto:delliot%40artsci.wstl.edu>  
Adrienna L. Glore, Associate Dean for
Students 314-935-5040 E-mail: glore@dosa.wustl.edu