Our Programs
Food Pantry
Our food pantry is offered twice a month. Brightwood Community Center’s food pantry is client choice which allows community members to “shop” in our pantry and choose the items that they prefer.
Our Food pantry is
Every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Wednesday of each month, from 2-4pm or until all the food is gone
Location
214o N. Arsenal Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46218
Healing Circles
In order to address trauma within the community, we welcome community members to come to our healing circles to discuss a variety of topics. We have a male and female circles.
Female Healing Circle Topics:
Forgiveness
Health Concerns
Self Love
Intimate Partner Concerns
Codependency
Male Healing Circle Topics:
Stress Coping Mechanisms
Forgiveness
Intimate Partner Concerns
Healthy Masculinity
Health Concerns
S.P.A.R.K Summer Camp
The summer program is designed to increase reading and comprehension skills, overall academic skills, prevent summer learning loss, teach teamwork, build character, and create successes, even seemingly small ones. It also teaches motivation for lifelong learning and creates interest in helping others in their community.
We have an academic focus, for healthy minds, physical exercise for healthy bodies, and field trips to expose our kids to other activities and experiences they may not have experienced before.
The summer program includes a full day of activities from 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday for kids ages 7 - 13.
It is a six-week program that includes hot meals and transportation to and from field trip locations.
Parent R.E.T.R.E.A.T
Renew spiritually, Expressions of concerns, Time for self-care, Reflections of life lessons, Enjoyment of others, Adjustment of harmful patterns, Trauma recovery
Parents need a break too. Life has its ups and downs, and we are here to facilitate healthy conversations and self-care wellness to our community parents and guardians. This is a new program administered by a community partner. It is designed to cover healthy parenting and family development skills while managing the challenges of a poverty level community.
It includes subjects such as understanding children of all ages, exploring discipline, defining abuse, and effective parenting techniques. We also dive into the traumas and hurts of the past and present to break generational cycles of abuse, poor physical and emotional health, and learning to love ourselves and our neighbors.
Six (1 hour) classes are held during each semester. The program is delivered onsite at BWCC. Parents are always surprised to learn positive reinforcements on the first day which they can begin using immediately to assist their children. The program ends with a graduation ceremony. If parents attend the courses, BWCC will discount the fee for their children’s participation in Summer Camp in the summer.
Work Force Development
Workforce development services are offered quarterly.
We offer:
Labor Market Research
Access to Online Applications
Resume Preparation
Mock Interviews
Job Leads
Job Training with Our Partners
Pro Se Legal Assistance
Pro Se legal assistance will be provided by Thomas Ridley’s 1LikeMe Hope Hustler Outreach. The program assists indigent communities in Marion County with driver’s license suspensions and those in need of expungement services.
Please visit https://1likemereentry.org/hope-hustlers-outreach/ for additional information.
Basketball League
Quarterly, BWCC will host six-week basketball leagues for youth and adults in partnership with Home 1st Foundation!
Spring Youth League: JTV Hill Center, 1806 Columbia Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46202.
Adult League: Wheeler-Dowe Boys and Girls Club, 2310 30th St., Indianapolis, IN 46218.
THE NEXT LEAGUE IS COMING UP!
Community Resource information will be available. These events are free and everyone is welcome, so please bring your friends and family out for a fun night of basketball!
