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Summer Program 2008
THE
PROGRAM IS FREE AND OPEN TO BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. ACTIVITIES
WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HISTORIC MOUNDS THEATRE/PORGTAGE FOR YOUTH,
1029 HUDSON ROAD, ST. PAUL, MN, 55106. Download
a Registration Form LIMITED TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO EAST SIDE YOUTH THROUGH THE CIRCULATOR (a free bus service). COME
JOIN US FOR A WEEK OF SUMMER FUN. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES GENERAL INFO The Portage for Youth was established in 1993 in response to the lack of after-school and summer enrichment activities for the high concentration of teenage girls from low-income and Hmong immigrant families living in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. Since it inception, this target population group has continued to grow dramatically. The Portage evolved from an assessment of needs and available resources conducted in conjunction with representatives of area schools and nonprofits, families, funders, program participants and others. Rather
than reinventing or duplicating existing programs, the Portage has
followed a strategy of developing a “delivery system”
for programs tailored to its targeted service population. Rather
than creating it’s own staff, facilities and programs, the
Portage has served as a catalyst by forming partnerships with other
successful programs or bringing outside programs to the neighborhood
to address the needs of immigrant adolescent girls. Because of this
strategy, the Portage has been able to provide programs as diverse
as 4-H; nutrition and cooking; art classes; photography; community
service projects; computer skills training; science and technology
classes; Programs partners include 4-H; Circus Juventas; Curriculumedia; Center for Hmong Arts and Talents; Community Design Center; Dayton’s Bluff Center for Civic Life; Bruce Vento Elementary School; Cleveland Quality Middle School; Dayton's Bluff Elementary School; East Side Arts Council; First Lutheran Church; Girls Scouts of America; Highland Junior High School; Highland Senior High School; Hmong America Partnership; Hope Academy; Johnson Senior High School; Minnesota DARE Plus; Minnesota Literacy Council; MN Extension Services; Mounds Park All Nations; Phalen Lake Elementary School; Starting Gate Productions; St. Paul Police Department; St. Paul Public Schools; Saint Paul Public Schools Truancy Intervention Program; Women Venture; Women’s Photographers and Visual Artists and the YWCA. Programs are responsive and flexible. Activities are periodically added, discontinued or modified based on the expressed needs of program participants and input from advisory groups which include a representation of schools, community, parents and other area nonprofits. Programming is offered daily year-round so that participants have frequent, long-term and consistent involvement. Activities generally take place between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. during the school year and half-days, either morning or evening, during the summer. Most participants sign up for two or more activities per session so they come to the Portage more than once per week. Although scheduled activities are the focus of programming, much of the interaction with girls takes place before and after activities when participants have the opportunity to develop safe, caring relationships with adult staff, facilitators or volunteers. As a result, Portage staff often serve as safe adults who are called upon by participants outside of regularly scheduled activities for help, advice or safety issues.
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THE
PORTAGE FOR YOUTH, HOUSED IN THE HISTORIC MOUNDS THEATRE WILL LAUNCH
A NEW SUMMER DAY CAMP PROGRAM THIS YEAR, FEATURING 2 TRACKS IN 1:
creative writing; summer camping; ESL classes; swimming lessons;
gardening; television and video production; theater; intergenerational
programming; women’s studies; auto maintenance; video and
television production; karate; yoga; math and English tutoring and
music.