Downtown Community Center!
Pilot programs for young families, kids, teens and seniors begin!
Founder's Wall listing for individuals and families for $3,000 to $24,000 (payment plans available)
Founder's Wall listing for corporations for $12,000 to $24,000
Event sponsorships for $12,000 to $24,000
Naming opportunities for rooms for $50,000 to $500,000
Founders will have the names listed permanently as part of our gorgeous Founders Wall mosaic mural--the focal point of the Center's entrance--seen by thousands year after year! Please click links above for more information.
What is the Downtown Community Center?
The Downtown Community Center is a new branch of Manhattan Youth, an organization founded over twenty years ago to provide childcare, academic, recreational and cultural activities to Lower Manhattan community members. Until now, we have provided services to thousands of children and adults every year in space rented and borrowed from schools and parks. Now, for the first time, our neighborhood has a dedicated community center of its own.
The Downtown Community Center is envisioned to be a place where our community’s parents can confidently bring their children, knowing that we are all part of an extended family that cares as much as they do; a place where our community’s seniors can meet to share stories, see friends, and take classes with their children and grandchildren; where adults can come to learn and be inspired; a place where we can all come together as a community.
Catalog of Programs Senior Registration
is being revised
next available 8/08		 Family Registration Teen Registration
You can be a Founder of Lower Manhattan's first community center!

Café Society
Café Society is a cornerstone program centered around the NYMEX Café, tucked into the corner of our Great Hall, where neighbors of all ages can feel comfortable, relaxed, and welcome, where seniors can sit and socialize; parents and caregivers can interact while watching their children at play, families and teens can spend time together; and teens who volunteer to work can learn how to run a business. There will be board games, acoustic musical entertainment, open-mike events and other activities that will evolve through community participation. Throughout this brochure, there are times listed when Café Society is open to those enrolled in concurrent programs at the Center.

How to Register for Programs
Sign up in advance using the registration form at the end of this catalog, which you can drop off in person at the Downtown Community Center on Warren Street between Greenwich and West Streets or mail it to Manhattan Youth, 225 Broadway, Suite 1020, New York, NY 10007. Parents of middle and high school students must register their children in person at the Downtown Community Center.

The programs outlined in our first catalog are only the beginning of what we are planning to offer at the Downtown Community Center. Beginning in September 2008 we will add new activities to each major program, and we will add adult programs. Join now and help the Downtown Community Center grow.

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