| Service Center Awarded $5,000 Grant |
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Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:02 pm
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The WCSC has helped thousands of non-English speaking immigrants with
English instruction as well as medical, legal, educational
counseling, social services support, and translation services. When
immigrants first arrive in the U.S., they need a lot of support in
every aspect of their lives, including educational, financial,
medical, social, legal and other areas. Most want to achieve the
American way of life without relying on welfare or other financial
assistance. They want to find jobs and help their children become
educated and go to college. They want to achieve financial security
and self-sufficiency. Currently WCSC provides over 5,500 social
services each year.”
Mrs. Koh expressed her appreciation to the Connelly Foundation, “For
a third consecutive year, we at WCSC appreciate your generous gift of
support for our programs. The Connelly Foundation’s support to our
Center will make a big difference in the lives of hundreds of
children and adults.”
Citizenship is also taught in several of WCSC’s classes and is very
helpful to immigrants who want to live and work in our area into the
future.
WCSC had a record number of students in 2010 and helped more adults
learn English than in any prior year. This grant support will allow
the Won Community Service Center to continue to offer its free social
services and ongoing English as a Second Language classes. In
2010-11, students came from S. Korea, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Peru,
Vietnam, China, Philippines, Cuba, Haiti, Jordan, Ethiopia, Colombia
and other places. There is a significant need for ESL in this region.
In Montgomery County, 4% of residents over five years of age speak
English "less than very well." Approximately 30,000 people of the
foreign-born population (45%) are not U.S. citizens. Many of these
people could benefit from ESL instruction and assistance in applying
for and in passing the citizenship exams.
For more information, contact Bokhyae Koh at the Won Community
Service Center, 423 Abington Ave., Glenside, PA 19038. For info email
info@woncommunity.org or visit www.woncommunity.org. Phone calls to
215-884-8443 are also welcome.
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