Understanding & Hope

Jon has been attending New City Afterschool for about three or four weeks now. He started coming with some of the regular students, and has now become a regular student himself. Jon is an interesting kid who’s emotional state often flips like a light switch. He...

Fall Reflections

Today, as the wind howl’s outside, and I should be doing other things, I’m feeling reflective. If you’ve been reading this blog, then you know that this fall has brought about a number of changes at New City Neighbors including hiring Alaina to be our program...

A Call for Prayer

Its been a wild and crazy seven days. It started last week Thursday when I was picking up students at Kent Hills elementary, for New City Afterschool. As I was backing into my parking space, a guy tried to beat me to it and rear ended the New City van. I jumped out...

Week One at New City Afterschool

All these smiling faces are students who participated in New City Afterschool this past week!  And these are just a couple student pictures; stop by and check out our selfie wall to see more! After lots of planning, preparation, as well as reading and hearing names of...

New City Afterschool Starting this Fall

The seasons are changing and new things are beginning!  One of the big things happening for us is that New City Afterschool will be launching this Fall starting on Tuesday, October 6th.  This program will give us the opportunity to have more intentional time with the...

Urban Farm – Yadira

Hello, my name is Yadira I am fourteen years old and a sophomore at City High Middle School. This summer my whole family and I went to Guatemala to visit extended family, so I just  recently started working at the farm about three weeks ago. On the farm, I enjoy...