What We Do

Elementary Programs – visit www.coralcenter.org

• Run in collaboration with Neighborhood Urban Family Center, NVP offers a daily after-school academic and enrichment program – CAN-DO Kids Club – for at-risk children including literacy development, field trips, music lessons, a gospel choir, a low student/staff ratio, enrichment classes in art, dance, sports, gardening, and horseriding.

Youth Programs – visit www.coralcenter.org

• The Zone – serves at-risk middle and high school students with tutoring, literacy development, reward field trips, and enrichment classes in sports, public speaking, cooking, crafts, music production, and radio production
• SAT Prep Class – offered in the fall
• Global Issues Class – yearlong class on issues such as fair trade, sustainable living, etc. Students discuss, learn, and prepare for international trip
• Culture Shock – weeklong program targeting high school students learning about racism, identity, and stereotypes.
• Summer Film & Media Arts Institute – daily program in summer where students learn basics of storyboarding, filming, editing, and producing two films for film festival. Students also study creative writing, music production, animation, photography, and radio show production.
• International Global Exchange Trip – for the past two years we have visited Haiti, where students have learned about fair trade and poverty, and have made international friends and experienced culture. This year we are planning a trip to India to study different religions and Indian culture.
• Theater Camp – a weeklong theater camp for at-risk high school students run in concert with All Saints Church and staffed by professionals in field.

Other Programs

• CORAL Center Learning Gardens – makeover of back property space into a learning garden to teach children, youth, and adults about gardening, sustainable living, growing food, etc. Visit www.LearningGardens.ning.com.
• www.SchoolsOut.org – a comprehensive up-to-date guide to out of school time activities and programs in the Pasadena area.
• Foster Care Project – provides community education, public policy/advocacy and direct services for foster children and youth. Visit www.FosterCareProject.org.
• “The Foolishness of God” – a movie in production on Bishop Desmond Tutu and forgiveness. Visit www.TutuAndForgivenessFilm.com.

Interfaith Programs

• Abrahamic Faiths Peacekeeping Initiative – a collaborative effort of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim clergy developing materials on peacemaking. Visit www.PeaceSalamShalom.org.