1. A NNUAL S PRING B RUNCH A PRIL 10, 2016 T IP YOUR HAT TO THE D OMINICAN C ENTER

2. Dominican Center Our mission is to work with Amani residents and partners to build a better future.

3. Your generosity makes a difference. Last year’s auction raised money for security cameras to increased safety around Amani’s new Moody Park.

4. Moody Park Moody Park opened in August 2015 bringing many smiles to Amani residents.

5. Moody Park Moody Park has several basketball courts, a splash pad, walking/bike paths and lots of green space.

6. Your generosity makes a difference. Last year’s auction raised money for the Dominican Center’s adult education program.

7. Education is transformative. Students in Dominican Center’s education program work with individual tutors to strengthen literacy and math skills. They then transition to GED programs and/or employment.

8. Your generosity makes a difference. This year support the Dominican Center’s youth workforce development programs that strengthen the Amani neighborhood and its residents.

9. Youth workforce development This year the Dominican Center will partner with organizations to offer a variety of workforce development opportunities for Amani youth and young adults.

10. Thank you for your continuing commitment!

11. Dominican Center Winner of the 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Community Organizing and the 2016 Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award for the collaborative effort to revitalize Moody Park.

12. T HANK YOU 2016 SPONSORS

13. D OMINICAN C ENTER B OARD Chad Swalheim, Chair Mary Howard Johnstone, OP, Secretary-Treasurer Linda S. Bedford, Director Brandon Culpepper, Director Pastor Willie Davis, Jr, Director Andre Goode, Director Charles Klawitter, Director Reverend Mary Martha Kannass, Emeritus Director Arlene Patterson, Director Patricia Rogers, OP, Ex officio

14. D OMINICAN C ENTER S TAFF Patricia Rogers, OP, Executive Director Kathleen Brady, Director of Development Wesley Landry, Housing Rehab Specialist Octavia Parker, BNCP Community Organizer Connie Poth, Office Manager Pepper Ray, BNCP Site Coordinator Veronica Rogers, PhD, Education Coordinator Monica Stanchfield-Bastardo, Trinity Fellow

15. T HANK YOU FOR COMING. Please visit our website www.dominican-center.org and our Facebook page to keep up with our events and activities. www.dominican-center.org