Dafmark Dance Community Outreach Programs

Thank you to the dancers Cathedral Preparatory School and Ms. Jessica Lucas for choosing to donate to the Dafmark Creative Arts Center. We appreciate your generosity and desire to ensure other youth in the kids of Erie have access to the arts. Thank you!!!

We are so excited to partner with OpenedEyes to have their new LENS program in house weekly with Mr. Shannon Lofton. This program is designed to lead powerful sessions with youth ages 6–17, focusing on resiliency, anti-bullying, active communication, and perception, helping students see themselves and others through a lens of understanding and growth.





Thank you to all of our funders who make our after-school and summer programming possible.
- Housing Authority of the City of Erie
Erie Insurance
ECGRA - Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority
City of Erie Government (CDBG)
Erie Women's Fund
PA Nita. M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centet Program (Funded in full or in part with a federal USDE grant provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education)
And all other private donors

Today we are closed to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 20th.

Last week as we prepared for the approaching holiday we took the opportunity to learn about Dr. King and what some of our youth dreams consist of…..
- To help others
- for Homeless people find a home
- Get out in nature
- For Abandoned animals to find a home
- To get better grades
- To Finish school
- To be successful in life
- “To read a whole book myself”