FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Statements of Revenue and Expenses
(Unaudited)
Year Ending March 31, 2010
$
REVENUE
Operations
APNLC is located in Scadding
Court Community Centre at
707 Dundas Street West
in downtown Toronto. The
Centre was founded in 1985
and first opened its doors on
June 5th, 1986. It is a nonprofit, community-based
organization. The Centre
offers its programs free of
charge to all members of
the community who are
able and willing to benefit
from them.
MTCU
196,256
ACE
238,845
SLICE
39,998
Other Income
TOTAL INCOME
78
475,177
Alexandra
Park
Neighbourhood
Learning
Centre
Purchase Services
0
20
Materials & Supplies
28,416
211,324
60,946
475,100
EXCESS OF REVENUE
OVER EXPENSES
ann
ua
77
rt
Employee Benefits
174,414
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ep
o
Salary & Wages
6
PROGRAM EXPENSES
APNLC Staff
APNLC Board of Directors
Herman Ellis Jr. (Executive Director)
Yuko Sorano (Learning Coordinator)
Kate Robayo Sheridan (Learning Coordinator)
Nalini Shewprasad (Learning Coordinator)
Saada Awaleh-God (Learning Coordinator)
Shirley Leung (ACE Instructor)
Caroline Radovini (ECE Childcare Coordinator)
Alana Nedd (SLICE Coordinator)
Anne Fleming (Chair)
Stephen Lane (Treasurer)
Kevin Lee
Zainab Eldardiry
Kalifir Arif Hakim
Carol Peters
George Allen
ANNUAL REPORT
co-ordinated by
Toronto Western
Hospital
DUNDAS ST. W.
APNLC & SCCC
QUEEN ST. W.
RICHMOND ST. W.
ADELAIDE ST. W.
SPADINA AVE.
BATHURST ST.
PALMERSTON AVE.
COLLEGE ST.
707 Dundas Street West
Toronto ON M5T 2W6, Canada
Tel. 416 591 7384
Fax: 416 591 3569
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.apnlc.org
EUCLID AVE.
Annual Report 2009 - 2010
Mission
To support members of the
community in acquiring skills
needed to improve their
quality of life, including
reading, writing, mathematics,
computer skills and other
essential everyday life skills.
2009 - 2010
Annual Report 2009 - 2010
About APNLC
One-to-One Tutoring
ACE Program
SLICE Program
At APNLC, learners progress towards their
goals at their own pace. A variety of
training supports are available, including
light meals and on-site childcare. We also
assist learners with referrals and career
counseling. Class sizes are kept to a
minimum so that instructors are easily
accessible to students. Learners are able to
enhance not only their academic skills, but
also their interpersonal, employment, and
life skills in the program.
The One-to-One program offers a selfpaced, individualized learning environment.
The match of a learner and a tutor meets
once a week, two hours at a time, to work
on topics based on the needs and interest of
the learner. At tutoring sessions, tutors share
their skills and knowledge with learners
while the pairs exchange ideas and learn
from each other, making the experience
valuable and rewarding for both.
This program has seen great success over
the year as the enrolment more than
doubled and many matches continue to
meet well after the expected period of
commitment ends.
ACE (Academic and Career Entrance) offers
individuals with advanced literacy skills an
opportunity to upgrade their academic skills in
order to transition to further education. Since
its launch in 2006, ACE has assisted students in
moving on to colleges, universities and
apprenticeship programs. We currently offer
English Communications, Math, and Computer
Studies in partnership with George Brown
College. In the past year, we have expanded
from offering evening classes to now offering
day classes.
During this academic year, ACE classes hosted
guest speakers and participated in field trips
which included campus tours, plays and film
festivals. Field trips foster increased motivation
for learning, a more positive attitude towards
community, and the acquisition of new skills.
In the classroom, ACE students were engaged
in activities that ranged from novel studies, to
creating their own blogs or videos.
In May 2010, APNLC launched a new
initiative called Skills for Learning Integrated
with Community Employment. SLICE is a
program for men and women between the
ages of 18-29 who are unemployed, underemployed, and out of school.
LBS Program
At APNLC, we offer Literacy and Basic
Skills (LBS) classes ranging from level one
to level five. Our day classes are held four
days a week from Mondays to Thursdays,
and evening classes are held on Mondays
and Wednesdays for level four and five
learners.
Throughout the year all classes emphasize
reading and writing comprehension as
basic life skills. During this academic year
learners worked on developing research
skills, and are currently composing book
reports about the holocaust texts, The Diary
of Anne Frank and The Reader by Bernhard
Schlink.
After the tragic earthquake in Haiti, our
learners felt the need to raise awareness
and contribute to relief efforts by having a
bake sale that raised over $250, which was
donated to the Canadian Red Cross. During
this process our learners had a chance to
learn more about the political, economic
and social implications of the earthquake,
and help others facing adversity. In the
upcoming year, the LBS program’s intent
is to continue to contribute and expand
its links with the community by partaking
in field trips and hosting guest speakers.
Outreach
APNLC has focused on diversifying its
outreach initiatives to create awareness
about the opportunities the programs offer,
and of course, to promote growth in all of
its programs. To date, APNLC has promoted
its programs at other agencies and
organizations, specifically those that work
with young, single moms, as well as those
that help service users during periods of
transition. In March, we participated in a
job and education fair which allowed us to
meet potential learners, and network with
other agencies that serve individuals who
could potentially utilize our programs. We
have also conducted intensive community
outreach to provide information about the
programs in the direct community. In
addition to placing advertisements in
newspapers to further publicize our
programs, APNLC’s programs were featured
in a community based newspaper, The
Gleaner. We intend to continue outreach
efforts in order to help our programs grow,
and address accessibility issues around
literacy for adults by meeting their range of
needs in a comfortable and safe learning
setting.
Celebrations
We would like to congratulate Latoya Dell, a
current ACE student, for winning the McMurtry
Memorial Diversity Scholarship Award. In
total, nine ACE students were accepted into
college and university programs, commencing
this fall. Between 2009 and 2010, the
acceptance rate for APNLC students who
applied to post-secondary programs was 100%.
Alexandra Park Neighbourhood
The SLICE program works in partnership with
Scadding Court Community Centre to help
youth achieve their overall employment goals
by assisting in the upgrading of
education and skills through job-shadowing
and job-placement; pre-employment/life-skills
workshops; one-on-one planning and goal
setting; and academic upgrading.
Opportunities have been ctreated through job
shadowing and job placements in partnership
with several programs and services at
SCCC, such as, children and youth day
camps, the Greenhouse Café, the Young
Women’s Drop-In program, as well as a
community partnership with the Institute for
Child Study.
Learning Centre