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Inman News

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La Palomia del Barrio In the 1940's, La Palomia del Barrio were alumni of Inman Christian Center formerly known as, Mexican Christian Institute (MCI). As alum of La Palomia del Barrio, each member played an integral role in helping MCI - Inman Christian Center grow and flourish over the past 97-years. La Palomia del Barrio gathered again in June of 2010 to assist Inman in preparing for it's Centennial Event.  Through an oral history entitled, “Voices from the Past” their lasting memories will be documented via our website. Read the Full Story
Inman Wins Faith-Based Volunteer Award Inman Christian Center was nominated and won the Faith-Based organization award for exceptional volunteer outreach in San Antonio through United Way's Volunteer of the Year Awards. Inman Christian Center’s Mission Volunteers in Service have been providing service to San Antonio’s Westside for over 20 years. The Mission Volunteers carry on the tradition of Dr. Samuel Guy Inman by working to lift up education and opportunity by serving those in need. Inman’s Mission Volunteers are dependable, caring and hard working. This year, 16 volunteer groups will arrive at Inman, hosted by the local Mission Volunteers. Together, they will paint childcare classrooms, clean offices, complete gardening projects, play with children and collect and make donations. Read the Full Story
Inman Food Pantry Inman' s Food Pantry mission is to increase access to food and alleviate hunger on the Westside of San Antonio. We provide food directly to the hungry through our pantry.  We accomplish this with a dynamic group of volunteers who sort donations, package nutritious food to stretch a family's food supply and distribute that food to qualifying residents on the Westside.  2010 Distribution Schedule Pick-up Times: 2:00pm-4:00pm at 1214 Colima Street Friday, August 27
Friday, September 24
Friday, October 22
Tuesday, November 23
Tuesday, December 21 For additional information and to verify distribution dates and times, please contact Priscilla at 210.222.9641 Read the Full Story
Inman Staff Retreat Inman Christian Center recognizes that "capacity-building" activities strengthen the infrastructure of our organization and contribute to its sustainability to fulfill its mission to empower children, youth, elderly, and families to develop to their full physical, mental, and spiritual potential. Through a capacity building grant awarded though the OneStar Foundation, Renewing Our Communities, Inman scheduled a three-part mini-series of staff retreats to tackle management and service delivery issues.  The retreats increased the quality of service delivery to our Westside community and invigorated staff as professionals in the childcare field. The second Staff Retreat was incredibly productive.  The main message that holds our Childcare staff together is, "Our children are our future and the thread that bonds staff together." Read the Full Story
Ladies Support Group Ladies, have something on your mind? We invite all ladies to join us in our Free Ladies Support Group meeting, as our goal is to help with a range of issues from parenting to relationships and much more!  Our first support group meeting will launch on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 2:00pm at Inman Christian Center located at 1214 Colima Street.  Please rsvp your attendance to Priscilla at (210) 222-9641, or to request additional dates.  Inman thanks, Dr. Mary Ponce with Alevio Counseling and Evaluation for providing a much needed resource to our community. Inman will also be providing additional groups for parents, fathers and women.  Stay tune or call us for additional information and dates. Read the Full Story
Children's Butterfly & Vegetable Garden The Children's Butterfly & Vegetable Garden allows our Childcare and Summer Recreation Program children an opportunity to explore nature in a safe and supervised environment.  The older children participate in planting perennial flowers, plants, which attract butterflies, ladybugs and other garden creatures.  Children learn valuable character traits such as, cooperation, gentleness, responsibility by watering, weeding, and caring for the garden.  The children realize a sense of accomplishment, pride and high self-esteem as they see all that they have sowed and nurtured blossom before their very eyes. Inman recognized the shortage of natural landscape on the Westside and created the garden through assistance of numerous Mission Volunteer groups throughout the nation and generous contributions from our supporters. Read the Full Story

Welcome to Inman Christian Center

Inman Christian Center, founded in 1913, is a neighborhood-based community center offering childcare for infants, pre-school and school age children.  Recreation and enrichment activities for children and youth ages 6-13 years are also offered.  Inman provides short term social services focusing on emergency supplies for families with infants and also provides information and referral assistance for call-in and walk-in clients.  Inman provides emergency food assistance for those in need through it's food pantry.  Inman's Counseling Center offers pro-bono support groups and individual/family counseling to those without any insurance.  Inman also sponsors six apartment complexes in San Antonio for low-income elderly and for adults with physical and/or mental disabilities.

The Inman mission is to create and offer social services and early childhood education programs for children and families in need that will give support and encouragement to participants in their efforts to meet their needs, pursue and achieve their goals and offer their contribution to the wider community.

Through the work of Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, the Christian Women's Board of missions and Central Christian Church in San Antonio, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) founded Inman Christian Center in 1913.  A neighborhood based community center;  Inman seeks to serve the needs of the very low-income children and families who live near the Center and around the Westside of San Antonio, predominately in zip codes 78207, 78228, 78237.

Inman is located at 1214 Colima Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207 in the heart of the Westside and tucked in the middle of the San Antonio Housing Authority's Alazan-Apache Courts' boundaries.  This is an economically deprived neighborhood but one rich in heritage and culture.  It has always been Inman's desire to serve this neighborhood and provide avenues of growth for the residents of this area and especially its children.  If we can open opportunities for children to become a contributing part of our community, then we feel that we have served our mission well.

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