Community Garden & Fair  Join the Haughville, Hawthorne, We Care, and Stringtown neighborhoods for a great opportunity to plant a youth community garden and learn about healthy and sustainable living. FREE HEALTH FAIR AND CARNIVAL On May 11th  the community will come together to plant a garden at Friendship West Side Center for Excellence in [Read More]

Now is the time to get your GED. …before January 1, 2014 when the tougher new GED test arrives! Compared with today’s test, the 2014 test will require: Writing 2 essays instead of 1 $120 to test instead of $70 Computer skills, instead of paper and pencil, to mark your answes and type your essay [Read More]

Bicycle Roundup Rescheduled! The New Date will be for MAY 19th.  We will be giving away 2 new Bicycles and 75 Helmets! we hope to see you there.

Our new seedlings are starting to show life in our brand new Greenhouse!

Want to learn spanish and be better able to communicate to a diverse community? Come join us for this free lesson! (Click on Photo to Enlarge)  

Community Gardens being built, thanks to these awesome volunteers!

Help us with our Neighborhood Garden! Monday, March 19th @ 6:30pm at the Hawthorne Community Center. We will be starting our seedlings. Saturday March 24th @ 10 am at your neighborhood garden plot. We will be building our lasagna beds. Wear old, comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes. Bring any cardboard, shovels, or gloves you have! For more information please email Patrice Ducket at Pduckett@Hawthornecenter.org