Groove With Me, Inc.

70 E. 3rd St. #9 New York, NY 10003

Phone # (212) 505-5995 Fax # (212) 505-5995

email - groovewithme@mailexcite.com

home page - www.groovewithme.org

Only one quarter of the recipients of youth programming in New York City are girls. Free dance classes, many of which are hip hop, attract and engage girls who would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Class provides role models, group belonging and a venue to fuel pride, leadership, creativity, discipline, ambition, and self worth. Risk-taking behaviors of poor young women are usually based on low self worth. Confidence in oneself and one's options will deter prostitution, gang involvement, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, crime, truancy, and domestic abuse.

For over two years we have provided seven classes a week with five volunteer teachers. We've served over one hundred girls and watched them develop and bloom. Interviews with the mothers reveals the changes they have witnessed in their daughters thanks to the program.

This fall we are dealing more comprehensively with the family unit by interviewing mothers about their needs and addressing them in order to help the girls, and their mothers.

Here Is Our New Schedule

Fridays -- 6:00-7:30 -- jazz for teens

Saturdays -- 12:30-2:00 -- hip hop for 6-11 year olds

Saturdays -- 2:00-3:30 -- funk for teens

Classes are at JHS 22 on Columbia & Houston. Groove With Me classes are all free!!