The faces I have seen here are faces I admire, and I am proud to know you and share the work you do. Every year, the Roxbury Highland Bank contribute to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. Volunteers, some who are architects, show children how to look at the historic buildings in their community. They teach in classes at the Curly School or take the children on field trips. MAEP provides a monthly performance, such as puppet shows, dance, opera and theater, for children.
Resident artists work with children and, in turn, the children are taught to perform.
They also offer music and poetry to schools. Prevention Now supports education and serves children and youth in an effort to provide ongoing intervention to the epidemics of dropouts,desperation, drug abuse, gangs and violence in an after-school setting. They are teaching computer use in a Hyde Square-area enrichment program. The Kids Kloset Program of the Jamaica Plain Area Planning Council, helps single mothers in emergency situations with baby clothes. Shelters call Kids Kloset for clothes for infants to two years old.