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On a July afternoon the sun beams through the large stained glass window of the First United Methodist Church in Hyattsville. When you first walk through the front door it looks as if nothing is going on the inside, but once you leave the lobby you will notice several of the ongoing activities and some young kids walking in from lunch. A lot of them are part of a summer program at the church called the Summer Institute for Knowledge of the Arts (SIKA). There they hold lessons in steel drums, reading music, and performance arts.

SIKA is part of the nonprofit CAFÉ, directed by a woman by the name of Lorna Green. Ms. Green has been running this program at the church for 7 years now and plans on staying as long as there's a service to be provided in the community. Ms. Green also informs people of her other programs such as the one in Baltimore and the upcoming location in Langley Park. She is very happy that now she can run CAFÉ in different locations compared to before when she had to do her classes in her house. Ms. Green also is looking for a lot of high school students to work with the children in her program.
She already has about 20 volunteers who are working and she is looking for several more. High school students can also earn community service hours by donating their time to help out. Even though would love for more high school students to come and help out she would prefer honor students because there are a lot of children that she works with, ranging from age 10-18. Along with high school students there are also opportunities for internships in teaching available also in which several University of Maryland students take advantage of.

Over all I think that this is a very good program because it deals with the musical as well as the academic of a lot of these young peoples lives. Also the church is very close to the subway station and to the different school in the neighborhood, which would make its accessibility rate high in convenience. If your child is not already a member of CAFÉ, I strongly encourage that you sign them up. The fee is only $50 so try to swing by to get more information. For more information see this article about CAFÉ in the Gazette: http://www.gazette.net/200330/riverdale/news/169711-1.html

	First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville Cultural Academy for Excellence Inc. ( CAFE)
	On a July afternoon the sun beams through the large stained glass window of the First United Methodist Church in Hyattsville. When you first walk through the front door it looks as if nothing is going on the inside, but once you leave the lobby you will notice several of the ongoing activities and some young kids walking in from lunch. A lot of them are part of a summer program at the church called the Summer Institute for Knowledge of the Arts (SIKA). There they hold lessons in steel drums, reading music, and performance arts. SIKA is part of the nonprofit CAFÉ, directed by a woman by the name of Lorna Green. Ms. Green has been running this program at the church for 7 years now and plans on staying as long as there's a service to be provided in the community. Ms. Green also informs people of her other programs such as the one in Baltimore and the upcoming location in Langley Park. She is very happy that now she can run CAFÉ in different locations compared to before when she had to do her classes in her house. Ms. Green also is looking for a lot of high school students to work with the children in her program. She already has about 20 volunteers who are working and she is looking for several more. High school students can also earn community service hours by donating their time to help out. Even though would love for more high school students to come and help out she would prefer honor students because there are a lot of children that she works with, ranging from age 10-18. Along with high school students there are also opportunities for internships in teaching available also in which several University of Maryland students take advantage of. Over all I think that this is a very good program because it deals with the musical as well as the academic of a lot of these young peoples lives. Also the church is very close to the subway station and to the different school in the neighborhood, which would make its accessibility rate high in convenience. If your child is not already a member of CAFÉ, I strongly encourage that you sign them up. The fee is only $50 so try to swing by to get more information. For more information see this article about CAFÉ in the Gazette: http://www.gazette.net/200330/riverdale/news/169711-1.html