Our Kiwanis Club was very pleased to have Cheryl Prentice CEO of La Casa de San Gabriel to speak about the Center.

"This center has been serving family and children for the past 61 years.Located  in the City of San Gabriel.The Center works primarily to help it's disadvantaged Hispanic and Native American neighbors in their efforts to overcome the barriers of limited education,underemployment,poverty,language,inadequate housing and lack of medical care"

Programs and services offered at La Casa include:

• A multi-cultural preschool serving fifty-two children
• High school based violence reduction counseling for abused teen girls and teen boys
• Parenting classes in Spanish
• Food and clothing distribution
• Folklorico dance instructions for all ages
• Health screening
• Social Services
• Resource and Referral in all areas

La Casa also houses Spainsh Language Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. La Casa is headquarters for the Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council and houses its service center.

Thanks for coming Cheryl !

It was very informative