Well, it’s summer at CCAC again.  You can tell by all the kids that are at the center.  Some come at 8 am to start work with SYEP (the summer youth employment program for kids that the City of Los Angeles sponsors). We have about 75 youth working out of our center.  Some are placed at the childcare centers in Echo Park, others are at the Methodist Church and Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic and the rest work at the center.  Most of the kids who work at the center are painting out graffiti and sprucing up Echo Park and some are working in the office for Gloria and other staff.

Besides working with the kids, we planned another Summer of Fun for our younger ones.  We started off by having a great and profitable weekend at the Lotus Festival.  So far we have been bowling, swimming, attended movies, had a few beach trips and even went fishing.  (more…)