Program areas at Gabrielles Wings
Gabrielle'Gabrielles's Wings partnered with independence mission schools in philadelphia, pa to create a gabrielle'Gabrielles's peace room in the st. martin de porres elementary school. This school serves a population in north philadelphia made up of predominantly children of color in low income communities. The peace room contains kinetic tools, exercise equipment, materials to learn about emotional wellness, build confidence, and explore coping mechanisms to be used both in school and in the children's home lives.
This year we partnered with ujamaa and the grace baptist church in mount vernon, ny on "gasp" (grace after school program). This program offers after-school services to children in several situations - foster care, incarcerated parents and/or limited financial access to aftercare. Gabrielle'Gabrielles's Wings donated the technology for a newly opened high tech learning space called gabrielle'Gabrielles's youth resource center.
We continued our partnership with camp morty in 2023, officially dedicating the gabrielle'Gabrielles's peace corner opening and providing trauma-informed training to 52 counselors and staff. All of the 215 campers are wards of the state of ny through various socioeconomic supported or foster programs. During their 2 weeks at camp, 70% of the children used the peace corner. It was a safe haven when they needed it, and was also used to have converations regarding coping skills, safety/self-care plans, called gabrielle'Gabrielles's youth resource center.
Additional $3,443 noted was granted to believers world outreach. We partnered with the organization to supply tools and supplies for a resource center focused on children in a shelter for abused women, giving them items to engage their creativity, calm their anxiety, and bring joy in times of stress.