Project Rebuild is elated to announce the graduation of 20 families who successfully completed its truancy intervention program. Graduation will occur Tuesday, June 10th from 5pm-7pm in the Community Room at the Gary Police Department, 555 Polk St., Gary, IN.
Congratulations go out to: Phyllis Anderson | Tynesha Bright | Tondelayo Bell | Prezella Davis | Lahona Dick | Ladiamond Dixon | Crystal Hines | May Ella Johnson | Harrietta Lee | Vermonda Love | Richenda Moss | Dawn Smith | Linda Taylor | Raquel Welch | Latanza Wilson | Michelle Woods | Monee Turner | Naka McGee | LaDonna Wash | Nicole Cannon! Job well done!
Graduation festivities to include: testimonials from parents, students and teachers; words of encouragement from Pharis Evans, Jr. and Pastor Mose Carter; presentation of program completion certificates; raffles, food and fun. Please come celebrate our families with us!
About Project Rebuild
Project Rebuild is a collaborative effort that has represented a proven solution in addressing the growing problem of truancy in the City of Gary. Project Rebuild's core partners – the Gary City Court, the Gary Police Department, the Lake County Prosecutor's Office, and Indiana Parenting Institute – believe Gary’s truancy problem can be successfully eradicated by incorporating a rehabilitative component to an expedient truancy referral hearing process, and by the involvement of key community partners (like: the Gary City Clerk's Office, the Gary Community School Corporation, Gary Charter Schools, Gary Health Department, the Gary Housing Authority, Edgewater System for Balanced Living, the faith-based community and other community organizations that represent key stakeholders) to achieve program success.
Project Rebuild is truly making a difference – reducing the problems of truancy, reuniting families, and making our community safer. By transforming the lives of our participants, we are rebuilding our state, city and county's most valuable resource – its people.
To learn more about Project Rebuild, please contact Tara Nelson, Program Administrator, at prbtruancy@gmail.com or at (219) 979-5015.