Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    DUE TO THE 2020 CORNAVIRUS-19 PANDEMIC OUR SERVICES WERE SEVERELY IMPACTED AND WE OPERATED AT ABOUT 50% CAPACITY WITH SOME SERVICES NOT CONTINUING OR NOT RETURNING UNTIL 2021. THE BRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CENTER PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE AND UTILIZATION OF SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE WE OPERATED: YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR OVER 200 YOUTH; FITNESS CENTER MEETING THE HEALTH AND FITNESS NEEDS OF OVER 75 MEMBERS (INCLUDING YOUTH); WEEKLY FOOD SHARE PROGRAM WHICH SERVED OVER 2,000 FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR AVAILABILITY OF SPACE, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS WE SERVED: OVER 200 ESL LEARNERS THROUGH THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND OVER 1,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RECEIVED HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL WORK SERVICES THROUGH THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN OUR FACILITY.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $325.6K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    AS WE CONTINUED TO GO THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER STEM CAMP ALTHOUGH WE HAD TO DECREASE ATTENDANCE DUE TO RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR OCCUPANCY. AS OUR YOUTH WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PANDEMIC, WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD OUR ANNUAL STEM (SCIENCE TECHNOOLGY ENGINEERING MATH) CAMP WITH INCREASE SAFETY AND CLEANING PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. IT IS OUR GOAL TO EXPOSE THE STUDENTS TO VARIOUS CAREERS IN THE AREAS OF STEM. WE DID THIS BY FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES EACH DAY, WHILE BRINGING BUSINESS AND EDUCATION CLOSER TO THE STUDENTS. WE HAD LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS ASSIST WITH EACH OF THE DAYS VIA ZOOM, AS WE LIMITED IN PERSON INSTRUCTION.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $20.8K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    FITNESS CENTERDUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OUR FITNESS CENTER WAS SEVERLY IMPACTED. PER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WE WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS WITH NO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION. THEREFORE WE WORKED ON A ZOOM PLATFORM TO PROVIDE CLASSES FOR OUR MEMBERS. WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN, WE STILL HAD LIMITED CAPACITY, THEREFORE CLASSES AND INSTRUCTION CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE. MEMBERSHIP DECREASED BY ABOUT 30% AND IN CLASS INSTRUCTION WAS DOWN 50%. WE HAD AT LIMITED CAPACITY THE FOLLOWING CLASSES: ZUMBA, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING, YOGA (CHAIR AND MAT) AND REMIX.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $14.3K