Anna's Place NOLA

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Anna's Place NOLA

An after school and weekend youth program that empowers students to reach their greatest potential. Anna’s Place NOLA is a mission of St.

Youth receive holistic programming, including: art, dance, music, academics and so much more. Anna's Episcopal Church in New Orleans. It is the combination of three individual missions: St. Anna's Food Pantry (pre-2003) St. Anna's Medical Mission (2006), and Anna's Arts for Kids (2010) to provide a more holistic program to help our community. Our Mission is: To promote healing and wholeness of bo

dy, mind and spirit in the Treme and Greater New Orleans community by offering academic, cultural, and arts enrichment; holistic health care; and healthy lifestyle education. Our Vision is: Anna’s Place NOLA is a place of peace where children realize their potential and families and the community are nurtured so that poverty and violence no longer make their home among us. Our Mission’s goals are:
• to improve promote healthy lifestyles, health literacy, identify health issues early, and improve access to quality healthcare through health screenings, education and referrals/resources;
• to help youth improve their academic performance, self-confidence, sense of empowerment, critical thinking skills, and language development through an arts-integrated curriculum;
• to provide initial exposure to the arts and lessons to open avenues to other cultures through the arts, and to allow for cognitive skill development through visits to the NOMA, instrument lessons by LPO musicians, art classes, and Choir classes;
• to teach youth to respect nature and develop an understanding of man’s role in protecting the environment through community gardening, hands-on field experience with Loyola’s Environmental Science Department
• to teach the importance of giving back through service; to develop children’s character development, confidence, and respect for self and other through community art installations, performances and more;
• to help youth see a future in which they succeed by teaching entrepreneurial skills and kid-run market places
• to explore the interconnectedness of our own culture, tracing its roots around the world and instruction and activity in their neighborhood’s history, architecture, cuisine, music, and dance
• to provide short-term food assistance to families in financial need

07/18/2024

Another week, another fun art project from Pinspirations!

07/12/2024

We are touching the sky at Anna’s Place today. 🚀
Our awesome engineers and scientists in training did a fantastic job launching their rockets with Ms Joanna!

07/09/2024

Where goes fun follows! Look at that beautiful caterpillars and butterflies that our students painted! 🐛🦋🎨

07/04/2024

Happy Fourth of July from our families to yours! Enjoy this weekend with your loved ones and we will see you all for camp next week! 🎇

06/30/2024

We will not being having summer camp this week to allow our families and staff to enjoy the holiday. But there is still so much going on in the city this week and here is just a few! 🎇🎆✨

06/29/2024

The 1881 Institute has been leading our older students in a woodworking project. They all got into small groups to take on their build and we can’t wait to see the finished product! 🪚

06/27/2024

African dance/drumming is a hit with all of our students but especially our elementary school students. This class does more than just allow them to let all their energy out but teaches them to be confident in themselves and their movements. 🪘✨

06/21/2024

Where summer fun meets academic success!📚
Even though school is out we want to keep our students mind’s sharp and ready, come the fall.
Our yellow and green groups were working on their addition, multiplication, and sight words with the help of our amazing teachers and volunteers this week.

06/20/2024

Do you follow our Dodwell Facebook and Instagram! Over there we highlight Anna’s Place programs as well as local events in the city and public events hosted at the Dodwell. Don’t miss out on upcoming events!

Have you seen our newsletter? Our newsletter comes out every second Wednesday of the month giving you updates on the Anna’s Place program and upcoming events at the Dodwell! Be sure to subscribe to our monthly newsletter here :

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06/19/2024

We take a break from our summer camp content to acknowledge Juneteenth. A day of celebration after 159 years of freedom for African Americans. We celebrate this day and honor the progress that the people before us have made and respect the ways we have to go. Happy Juneteenth to all who observe!

06/12/2024

With summer camp starting next week, we were excited to welcome new families, share updates, answer questions, and welcome back a lot of familiar faces at our parent meeting yesterday!!☀️

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06/01/2024

✨Celebrating June 1st: A heartfelt thank you to the incredible families that are a part of our program. We celebrate you all today on International Children's Day and Global Parents Day! To the new and old families, siblings, cousins, parents, guardians, and everything in between. We thank you for your trust in us and the chance to learn and grow with you all! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ✨

Address

1519 Esplanade Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70116

Telephone

(504) 372-4316

Website

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