WAM of Advance Provides a Safe and Caring Environment

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We All Matter (WAM) of Advance, an after-school program for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, has proven to be a safe and caring environment for many Western Boone students in the Jamestown community.

Its a place where kids can have fun, and also feel like they are a part of something special.

Ed Charlton, WAM board president, says kids in the program know they matter.

WAMWe are a direct outreach of Old Union Church in rural Jamestown, where my wife and I co-pastor, and we are now four years old,” he says. We meet in the fully renovated second floor of the Advance town building on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. We offer a hot meal, crafts, music, recreation and a reading corner, as well as a five-station computer center.”

The program has proven to be highly popular.

Other fun activities have included a Nacho Day, a WAM fourth birthday celebration, and a Valentines Day party featuring cards, pancakes, sausages, cupcakes and ice cream.

WAM leaders also provided other fun holiday celebrations during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. In the past, the kids have also made get-well cards, sang karaoke, enjoyed pizza and great snacks, and helped each other with fun drawing and dance activities.

WAM also helps many kids in the area who are in need of assistance.

We consider ourselves important to reach into a community where kids are often overlooked, and have few social opportunities and need some extra care,” Charlton says. We are open to all students in the Western Boone school district, from grades K through 12, as well as home-schooled students.”

For more information, call 765-676-5608 or visit facebook.com/wamadvance.

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