Louie's Place
at Neighborhood Ministries

Youth programs at Neighborhood Ministries are called "Louie's Place" as a living memorial to Alan Shawn Feinstein's father Louis Feinstein. Alan Shawn Feinstein provides partial annual funding for the after school and summer day camp programs and maintains personal contact with program participants. Louie's Place is licensed by Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families and is eligible to receive reimbursements through the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program for qualified working parents.

The after school program runs Monday through Friday, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m., September to June, following the Providence Public School calendar. When public schools are closed, except for legal holidays, the program is open from 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Children get help with their homework, learn interpersonal nonviolent problem-solving skills, and learn leadership skills. They get nutritious afternoon snacks, and breakfast and lunch on non-school days. In addition, children get a choice of enrichment activities each day, such as using computers, doing arts and crafts, participating in a cooking class, working on a dance routine, playing a board game, walking in the mileage club, playing jump rope or participating in a game of hockey or basketball or kickball. This year children will get to pick out new books for their personal libraries through the "Reading is Fundamental" program.

In summer, Louie's Place day camp runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Children get breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. Activities include field trips to beaches, ball games, museums and other exciting places, computer games, indoor and outdoor crafts and games, gardening, swimming and much more.