Farnam Neighborhood House

Promoting positive youth development: evening teen program the evening program meets monday-friday 6:00-9:00pm during the school year for teens 13-18 years. The program is designed to develop basic life skills, expand exposure to social, educational, recreational, and cultural opportunities for youth, develop relationships with peers and adults, foster a sense of community and voluntarism and develop young leaders. Activities include gym/sports, basketball teams and leagues, gameroom, computer lab, weight program and teen lounge. Youth leadership program, youth leadership program targets ages 13-15 in planning and implementing group & peer discussions, special events and community service projects to help make the Neighborhood a better place. Youth interns volunteer in the afterschool & saturday program and camp Farnam during the summer months. These programs provide services to approximately 800 teens. Saturday in-house biddy basketball league for ages 6-14 designed to instruct young players on the fundamentals, and encourage the team concept and sportsmanship. Comprehensive services to families strengthening families & community Farnam Neighborhood House provides comprehensive & coordinated family focused programs which serve families, and through them the entire neighborhoods. These include social, educational, recreational programs and community gardens/gardenspace initiative for a healthy community - nutrition education programs are coordinated with st. raphael's hospital and fair haven community health clinic. These programs provide services to approximately 1000 individuals.

Recreation & enrichment afterschool group-work & recreation program: afterschool and extended day enrichment program for ages 5-12 including full-day program on school holidays and vacations. Activities include sports/gym, gameroom, arts & crafts, creative arts. Camp Farnam: camp Farnam islocated on 72 acres of wooded land in durham, ct. Boys and girls ages 5-12 attend camp monday-friday, 8:30am- 5:00pm. Children participate in a full range of activities, including red cross swimming instruction, arts & crafts, nature studies, hiking, sports, field events, nutrition, cooking-outs, drama, dance and much more. These programs provide activities to approximately 1000 boys & girls.

Pre-school: nurturing young children, Farnam pre-school child day care program for ages 3-5 licensed by the state of ct and accredited by nayec (national association for the education of young children). The program is designed to develop the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of the total child. The pre-school provides services to 44 preschool children.