“The need for after-school programs in Mission Bay was evident from the moment the writing center opened on Feb. 19. Immediately, its desks filled with kids, [Executive Director Bita] Nazarian said. It’s also a community builder. The families in Mission Bay’s affordable buildings have relocated from different parts of the city, many from the Bayview and Tenderloin, and are still meeting their neighbors…
M.J., a second-grader at Bessie Carmichael Elementary on Seventh Street who lives upstairs from the center, said he likes going there after school ‘because I can do my homework in peace.'”
To read more about how our newest center is acting as a place of community for Mission Bay kids and their families, check out The San Francisco Chronicle’s website here.