BLC research for meeting tomorrow

This is what the BLC offers during the "season" (which I will not be conducting my project during):

Our Programming

To enhance both the professional and personal lives of the backside workers and their families, the Learning Center provides two types of programming: Foundational and Quality of Life.
To impact the professional lives of the backside workers, the Learning Center offers Foundational programming which consists of:

Groom Elite™

English Classes

Spanish Class

Computer Class and Services

GED Tutoring

Citizenship Class

75% to 80% of the population on the backside of Churchill Downs is Hispanic. These workers do not have a regular support system since most left their families in their home country. The Learning Center strives to build community among these workers by providing the Quality of Life programming which consists of:

Lending Library

Art

Guitar

Soccer

Bowling

Movie Night

Field Trips

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

Bilingual Legal Clinics

DONATIONS THE BLC NEEDS

Money:

English as a Second Language

English as a Second Language (ESL) Programming $15,000

One of three ESL classes $3,600

Tuition for one ESL student $250

ESL class materials for one participant $50

Groom Elite

Groom Elite Program $15,000

One Groom Elite Class $5,000

Tuition for one Groom Elite student $250

Groom Elite class materials for one participant $50

Items:

Any book for adults written in Spanish

Bilingual books

Audio books with accompanying texts, particularly shorter or easier books, poetry or

adult-appropriate learning-to-read books

Spanish-English dictionaries

Soccer shoes - size 8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½, 10 - gently used is fine

Soccer balls

Class supplies, especially notebooks, binders, pencils, dry erase markers

2 Kaplan GED 2009-2010 Edition textbooks

1 Kaplan GED en Español textbook 2009

10 Pimsleur® Ingles: English For Spanish Speakers with Audio CD

2 2009 Road Map Atlases

2 Wall Clocks

10 new headphone sets with long cords

AA Rechargeable Batteries

UpWords game

New Paper Cutter

External Hard Drives

Candy

Snacks

Book Donations/Lending Library

Book Donations

We receive book donations year-round. That is how we have so many books. If you are interested in donating books to the Learning Center, contact the Learning Center. Any books that we do not use, we take to Half Price Books and sell, so we benefit from all book donations


I will be having a phone meeting with Maggie tomorrow, and I will ask her which of these items/money is most needed at the center. From there, hopefully I can organize a drive that can get the BLC some of those items.