The holidays are right around the corner!

Each year you make the holidays a whole lot brighter for the kids in our After School program.  We hope during this challenging time we can count on you to play Santa to one of our deserving kids.    

Join the Black Rock Community Council for its 30th Anniversary (plus two) on  Saturday September 27th for an exclusive evening at Captain's Cove Seaport from 7-11PM.

Proceeds of the celebration will benefit Burroughs Community Center!
 
The evening will include:
-hearty appetizers
-complimentary beer, wine and soda
-music provided by the fabulous DJ Jim Dunn

Want to help Burroughs Community Center during the next party you throw?  We have just the way to do it!   Licensed Massage Therapist, Danielle Doonan, has offered her talents to benefit Burroughs.   Hire Danielle for your party, your guests enjoy 10-15 minute chair massages or  even table massages  and Danielle will donate 50% of her fee to the Burroughs Community Center.    Party hosts will receive big thanks from their friends as well as a $20 gift certificate towards a massage by Danielle at Serenity

  What piece of learning as a child did you get stuck on?

Learning to read?

What would you have done if the adults around you couldn't help you out? There is no good answer to that is there?

That's why Burroughs has a Tutoring Program for our kids. So many of them want to learn, to understand and to succeed, but they need one-on-one help.

Going shopping sometime soon for back to school supplies for your kids?  How would you like to add a couple items to the shopping list for a Burroughs kid?  

For three years the Burroughs Community Center has worked with the Tauck Foundation to offer a summer travel experience to middle school students.  This year 25 students will spend seven days in California focusing on “the immigrant experience”.  Travelers have been working towards the trip for six months with weekly sessions led by Burroughs staff.  They have benefited from team building exercises and professionally

Thanks to an overwhelming response, a second screening of THE ACCIDENTAL MAYOR, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Larry Locke has been scheduled to benefit the Burroughs Community Center.  The documentary chronicles John Fabrizi's years as the Mayor of Bridgeport and will be shown on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.

The Quick Start Language Center allows community members to learn a language at their own pace, on their schedule using laptop computers and Pimsleur software… for FREE!  14 languages are available for English speakers including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Italian, German and more. English is available for Spanish and Portuguese speakers.   

What do you get when you combine 60+ courageous souls, 2 swans, 38 degree water, a light snow, the Bridgeport Police Dive team, and more than 600 generous people? 

You get the first annual Burroughs "Freezin' for a Reason"!