Your September 2015 Newsletter is Here!
September 2015
The Metropolitan Centre Launches NEW Website and Social Media
The Metropolitan Centre has a NEW website: www.themetropolitancentre.com Visit the NEW Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/themetropolitancentre Follow the Metro Centre on Twitter: www.twitter.com/TheMetroCentre
The Metropolitan Centre to Host Open House and Vendor Showcase Event
The Metropolitan Centre will host an Open House to kick-off a series of upcoming events that will showcase the Regula Grand Ballroom and roof-top patio as an ideal venue for weddings, corporate events, and more. The free event is open to the public and will be held on Wednesday, September 9 from 5 p.m. to [...]
SMHA Awards Albert H. McIlwain Scholarship Recipients
For over 20 years, the Albert H. McIlwain Scholarship has provided educational opportunities to worthy members of the Stark County community. Annually, SMHA honors two Public Housing or Section 8 clients with a $500 scholarship to help fulfill academic and career goals. These scholarships are an intricate part of SMHA's goal to develop opportunities for [...]
YWCA Receives Funding for Child Development and Family Support Services
The YWCA Canton has recently received funding to provide comprehensive Early Head Start child development and family support services to low income families with children from birth to age three in Stark County. Partnering with JRC Early Learning Center, The Stuckey Family Interfaith Child Development Center, OakPark Preschool, First Baptist Nursery and child Care Center, [...]
SMHA Board to Consider Ban-the-Box
SMHA's Board of Commissioners will be considering the issue of ban-the-box: an international campaign by civil rights groups and advocates for ex-offenders, aimed at persuading employers to remove from their hiring applications the check box that asks if applicants have a criminal record.
Help Me Grow Offers a Free Home Visiting Program
Calling all first time expectant or new parents! Help Me Grow offers a free Home Visiting Program. Home Visiting matches parents with a trained home visitor who comes to wherever the family lives. Their home visitor is a friendly, trained, and experienced person who can answer questions about pregnancy or being a parent and can [...]
Play, Learn, Grow at Jackson Sherrick
In collaboration with the Early Childhood Resource Center, Incept, and Stark County Job and Family Services, SMHA is proud to announce the opening of the family learning station at Jackson Sherrick. The Jackson Sherrick community which is home to 340 families, is an ideal location for the family resource room. Children and their parents are [...]
Helping to Feed the Hungry
The Stark County Hunger Taskforce's website poses the question: "Will you help fight hunger at home this summer?" The statistics are staggering: 1 in 4 children, 1 in 6 residents, and 10% of the senior population in Stark County is hungry. This summer, SMHA is proud to be a part of the Stark County Hunger Taskforce's [...]
Family Programs at Linwood Acres
Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority in collaboration with the Early Childhood Resource Center is offering family programing for children at Linwood Acres! Felicia Nicholson with ECRC works closely with children and their parents to provide educational and fun activities during the summer months. Each month, the children are engaged in theme related activities. For the month [...]