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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Carnival on Monday kicks off summer programs

Free programs offered all summer for Southeast Community youth

Southeast Community youth can play games, dance, watch movies and live performances, take art and music classes, go on trips and more this summer through free programs offered by the Wickham Avenue Alliance.

For more information, contact

Karen L. Gill 757-926-1350 | kgill@nngov.com

Newport News , Virginia 2011 Jun 15

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Southeast Community youth can play games, dance, watch movies and live performances, take art and music classes, go on trips and more this summer through free programs offered by the Wickham Avenue Alliance.

The programs kick off 1-3 p.m., Monday, June 20, with a Carnival in the parking lot of the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center at 2410 Wickham Avenue, Newport News. The WAA Summer Kick-off Carnival features games, a rock wall, DJ, face painting, Kenya the Klown, Ronald McDonald and more.

Programs are offered throughout the summer free to youth, ages 3-18, by the Wickham Avenue Alliance partners, which are the C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E., the Doris Miller Community Center, the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, the Pearl Bailey Library and the YWCA of Virginia Peninsula.

For more information about the WAA Summer Kick-off Carnival or the other programs offered through the summer, please contact the partners of the Wickham Avenue Alliance: C. Waldo Scott Center, 757-244-9223, educational enrichment; Doris Miller Community Center, 757-247-8603, recreation and sports; Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, 757-247-8950, arts programs and events; Pearl Bailey Library, 757-247-8677, summer reading program; YWCA Virginia Peninsula, 757-245-6026, leadership development.

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