Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corp. (NIDC) kicked off a year-long celebration of their 40th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 25. Approximately 100 families attended the carnival-themed celebration and enjoyed music, popcorn, face painting, cotton candy and crafts.
NIDC’s mission is to prepare youth for a successful future and help build thriving communities. Their youth development services include after school programs for students in grades K-12, summer camp, nightly teen center and support for out-of-school youth. They also support the community through benefits access support, financial literacy programming, landlord/tenant mediation, eviction prevention, vaccine education, mental health awareness, support community groups, and other community development activities and resources.
Upcoming community events can be found at http://nidcny.org/
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