In 2003, a group of community-minded people from Centennial Covenant Church learned about the suburbanization of poverty and began to explore if there was indeed a struggling community in suburban Littleton. After talking with local law enforcement, they discovered a community in northeast Littleton, where gang involvement, truancy and teen pregnancy were prevalent. This group then decided to start an after school kids club out of an apartment right in the neighborhood.
Soon, they had grown out of the apartment and eventually partnered with a neighborhood church for a facility. In 2005, the organization became a non-profit. In the first couple of years, NLP developed boys and girls clubs, as well as a boys' soccer team. A local mentoring organization, Save Our Youth, partnered with NLP to offer trained and supervised mentors to the kids in North Littleton.
NLP has matured into an organization which partners with many local organizations, like Bemis Library who helps our families acquire library cards in the summer and welcomes weekly visits from our summer program students. NLP also found a willing partner in Littleton United Soccer Club, to host soccer teams, which we staff with volunteer coaches and fill with eager players.
Through partnerships with local organizations and churches, North Littleton Promise offers summer events, like Eagle Lake Day Camp, weekly visits to the Buck Recreation Center, weekly field trips to farms, museums and day hikes in the mountains. Our commitment to the northeast Littleton community has attracted many like-minded partners, which will continue to promote growth and impact in the children of North Littleton.
In 2010, the City of Littleton presented founding Director, Katie Brooks, and current Executive Director, Maureen Shannon, with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award.
Soon, they had grown out of the apartment and eventually partnered with a neighborhood church for a facility. In 2005, the organization became a non-profit. In the first couple of years, NLP developed boys and girls clubs, as well as a boys' soccer team. A local mentoring organization, Save Our Youth, partnered with NLP to offer trained and supervised mentors to the kids in North Littleton.
NLP has matured into an organization which partners with many local organizations, like Bemis Library who helps our families acquire library cards in the summer and welcomes weekly visits from our summer program students. NLP also found a willing partner in Littleton United Soccer Club, to host soccer teams, which we staff with volunteer coaches and fill with eager players.
Through partnerships with local organizations and churches, North Littleton Promise offers summer events, like Eagle Lake Day Camp, weekly visits to the Buck Recreation Center, weekly field trips to farms, museums and day hikes in the mountains. Our commitment to the northeast Littleton community has attracted many like-minded partners, which will continue to promote growth and impact in the children of North Littleton.
In 2010, the City of Littleton presented founding Director, Katie Brooks, and current Executive Director, Maureen Shannon, with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award.