Neu-Life offers programs in five key areas:
Arts Education
Creative & Performance Arts: Drumming, poetry/spoken word, painting, photography, dance, etc.
Annual Youth Art Show: All three sites contribute to our art show which focuses on a specific theme
Academic Enrichment & Life Skills
Student Advocate Program: Case-management style of the attendance and academics of our most consistent attendees
Academic Enrichment: Homework help and tutoring
Evidence-Based Curriculums: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (Healthy Girls Program), ATODA (Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Abuse), Life Skills, and Too Good for Drugs & Violence
Health & Wellness
Health Programs: Urban Agriculture & Youth Healthy Cooking Club
Wellness Programs: Yoga, Girls on the Run, Basketball, & Wellness Field Trips
Service Learning & Entrepreneurship
Leadership Programming: Lead to Succeed, a leadership program that focuses on careers in the water industry
Entrepreneurship: Teens launched “Beasty Barrels,” a custom painted rain barrel business
Community Action Projects
Crosswalk Project: Youth advocated to have a city crosswalk installed at a busy intersection across from our local park
Lot of Respect: Teens turned a vacant lot on 19th St & Meinecke Ave into a community park & outdoor classroom
Pay It Forward: Teens did “random acts of kindness” for our neighbors such as painting decks, cleaning yards, etc