News and Views is published bi-monthly by the Housing Authority of Phenix City. If you or a member of your family have any news events, success stories sugges-tions or questions about the paper, please contact us at (334) 664-9991 ext 207 or HRamey@PCHousing.org. All suggestions, and comments will be really appreci-ated. If you’d rather have an electronic version of this newsletter please call or email contact listed above. Thank you! Executive Director: Ms. Mary Mayrose Editor, Haley Ramey

THE PHENIX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY 200 16TH STREET POST OFFICE BOX 338 PHENIX CITY, AL 36868-0338

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

March– April 2017

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Our goal is to create positive living environments

and improve the quality of life for our residents. This

is accomplished by providing housing and programs

through the Phenix City Housing Authority.

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AAHRA Scholarship Deadline is 3/20! ALL YOU NEED IS A 1/2 PAGE ESSAY ON YOUR GOALS & A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION! This is a $2,500 scholarship that we have a chance in helping you obtain! ANY RESIDENT OF PCHA IS ELIGIBLE!!! Call me TODAY to set up an appointment!!!! Let’s get you your money!

CVCC has lots of programs for Adult Education. Ready to Work Program is one of them and it is a FREE program that covers topics in communication skills, computer skills, problem solv-ing, workplace behavior, manufacturing and job acquisition. Successful completion of the pro-gram results in the award of an Alabama Certified Worker Certificate and an Alabama Career Readiness Certificate. Some employers require this certificate and they offer it free!

Career Pathways through CVCC is a program that you can take if you need your GED and are also wanting to begin college. Career Pathways has funds to help you obtain your GED and begin college courses or certificate programs. CVCC has programs for Nursing, HVAC, EMS, Automotive, & more. These programs can be as shorts as a year and FREE with our scholarship and financial aid. CVCC has employers calling them looking for stu-dents to hire– they have more employers looking to hire than they do students to send them! You would be extremely hirable!! Why not kill two birds with one stone, right?

Goodwill Career Center is located at 3605 US Highway 431N in Phenix City. They are open Mondays– Thursdays from 9:00 am– 1:00 pm & 2:00-6:00 pm and Fridays from 9:00 am– 3:00 pm. The career center holds job fairs and has a job board in their office where employers call them looking for employees. They can help you search for jobs online, build your resume, work on career planning, job application skills, email etiquette, and improve your computer skills. If you’re looking for a job or just beginning the process– Ms. Miles has your back. Call them at 334– 664– 9716

GED Preparation Class is vital in obtaining your GED. CVCC offers a class at Riverview Apartments every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30-8:30. Classes are also held at CVCC Tuesday-Thursday at 8:00am– 12:00 pm, 1:30pm-4:30pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm. If you’re interested in having a GED Preparation Class at your property because transportation is an issue, please call 334-664-9991 ext 207.

1. Headstart is accepting applications for the upcoming school year. Headstart is free learning and development program for kids ages 3-5 (child must be 3 by 9/1/17 to qualify for ‘17-’18 school year. Early Headstart serving ages 0-3 coming soon!

2. PCHA After-School and Summer program!!! 3. Children’s Time Child Development Center is a 24 hour day

care center that accepts CAPS! 706-324-2916 We are collecting data to assess interest in night time child care; call if you would utilize this affordable service through us.

Call 334-664-991 ext 207 about ANY of the listed information

Believe it or not the PEX Bus does run! They run a North and South line that has close to 30 stops an hour. It runs from 8 am– 4 pm M-F. Color coded routes and stops for developments are below: Riverview: 16th St on the :46 of the hour Columbus Metra Exchange: 2nd Av on the :42 of

the hour LP Stough: 10th and 1st on the :33 of the hour CVCC stop: on the 22 of the hour Fred Douglas: 15th and 11th on the :48 of the hour

Resident Meetings are community meetings specific to each public housing property. This is a place to come and hear about everything happening within your community, meet your community, be a voice for your community and be able to di-rectly talk with property staff and administration. There are lots of upcoming events and growing partnerships with Phenix City Public Housing and we don’t want you to miss a thing! Come join us at our upcoming meetings so we can partner together to make a difference! Riverview Apartments: April 26th at 5:30 at Chuck Roberts Center. Fredrick Douglas: April 25th at 5:30 at FD Community Center. H.L. Blake: April 20th at noon in Blake Community Center. Whispering Pines: April 19th at 5:30 in WP Community Room. L.P. Stough: April 18th at 5:30 in Community Center.

RESIDENT MEETINGS

Women Who Understand Outreach Ministries, Inc. had another successful event! Ms. Fluellen organized sponsors around the commu-nity that wanted to help make the Cinderella Love Ball a huge hit! The event was held at the Chuck Roberts Community Center on February 18th from 5-8 PM. There was music, refreshments, a photo booth and lots of fun! While the kids were enjoying their refreshments they were having a discussion about love. Kids were asked to describe what love meant to them and they shared things like: “treating each other with re-spect; protecting each other; loyalty; sharing and giving”, and so much more insightful responses! Officer Seavers and Officer Searcy were our special guests and they gave the kids a quick speech before leaving-letting them know they can always call them for anything. All kids got to leave with a goodie bag and a smile on their face! Watch out for more events to come; WWU is wanting to build a better community and they are not alone! Look below for ways to get involved, too!

Ingredients:

1 lb of ground beef or chicken

Packet of taco season

Shredded cheese

Optional:

Mushrooms

Black Beans

Corn

Onion

Pico de Gallo

1. Preheat oven to 350 2. Brown ground meat and add seasoning 3. Cut tops off of bell peppers and remove seeds from inside 4. Add beans, corn, onion, and mushrooms to skillet if using 5. Once everything is skillet is cooked and soft, remove

from heat and drain fat 6. Stuff peppers until even with top and add cheese to cover 7. Cook in standing pan (cheese face up) for 30 minutes at

350 degrees 8. Garnish with pico de gallo and sour cream. Enjoy!

TO VOLUNTEER!

Call Haley Ramey for details on anything below 334-664-9991 ext 207:

Volunteer for YES Summer Camp Program:

Anytime available from 8 am– 6 pm Monday– Friday

Chuck Roberts Community Center

June & July Volunteer with YES Afterschool Program:

Immediate need at Chuck Roberts Community Center

Monday-Friday anytime from 3:30– 6 pm

Need help with assisting kids with reading and homework

Potential future expansion of program to LP Stough would require more volunteers!

Interest in volunteering in future events

There has been discussion about a Talent Show in May and some Summer Block Parties– we need your participation to pull it off!

LP Stough Community Garden

We need regular volunteers to help this garden thrive! Give us a call!

Summer Feeding Program at LP Stough and Fredr ick Douglas (June & July)

PCHA is trying to do a lot in the com-munity but it doesn’t work without the community. We need your help. Please partner with us to help create the thriv-

ing community we all desire.

If you’re interested in your community having a Resident Council, please call

334-664-9991 ext 207.

Property Developments & Updates

On Wednesday February 15th, Riverview Apartments had a meeting about future resident relo-cation. PCHA was beyond grateful for the turnout– having over 80 people in attendance! The residents were informed that the process is very long and assured that they were not having to move anytime soon! The residents were assured they’d be informed of any updates along the way and that we would walk with them through this transition. The new presidential administration has pushed things back so PCHA explained that they are further behind than they intended to be when they began this conversa-tion years ago. Residents were informed about their potential moving options and told that there would be much more conversation about these options before a decision has to be made. The residents re-sponded with excellent questions– some that were not able to be answered yet but PCHA recorded the questions and assured everyone that once they know the answer they will create a FAQ document to be circulated within the community. The next meeting will be April 12th for the families in the buildings of Phase I of the redevelopment: 1002, 1004, 1006, 1007, 1102, 1104, 1105,1106 & 1107. More infor-mation to follow. Stay tuned with us on the exciting progress PCHA is making! C

Emergency Maintenance Night Calls:

If maintenance request is an immediate threat to life, health and safety to property or to a resident, or related to fire safety, call (706)- 576-9086

Any trash that does not fit in the city-issued trash can must be set out on curb for maintenance crew to pick up. This type of trash in-cludes: broken furniture, televisions, any other large item that is trash and cannot fit in outside trash can. Schedule is as follows: LP Stough must have trash out for pick up by 1 PM

If you missed your scheduled pick-up time please keep your items inside in your property until next morning for pick-up!

RIVERVIEW RENTAL OFFICE: 334-298-7864

FREDERICK DOUGLAS RENTAL OFFICE: 334-298-0062

L.P. STOUGH RENTAL OFFICE : 334-214-5778

H.L.BLAKE RENTAL OFFICE: 334-448-0685

WHISPERING PINES RENTAL OFFICE: 334-664-1041

Attention, all residents in L P Stough Homes: we are now having bi-monthly resident meet-

ings and we want you to please come out and be a part of them. We have lots of refresh-

ments and door prizes! For your interest we have Sponsors from CVCC, Russell County Ex-

tension Services, and other great resources are beginning to happen for the residents through-

out the Phenix City Housing Authority. Hoping to see you all there! The next meeting will

be on the 18th of April 2017.

LP Dump Truck Pick Up

Phenix City Housing Authority wants to keep you up-to-date on everything within our community. Please follow us on Twitter and

Instagram for events and opportunities!

We’re trying to stay more connected with the community so please call Haley

(334) 664-9991 ext 207 if you’d like to be looped in via email or text about local events.

Instagram: @phenixcityhousing

Twitter:

@PCHousingAL

Without you, there is no us! We want you to know you are appreciated and valued. We want what

is best for you and your families and want to help you reach your goals and strengthen our com-

munities! Please join us in our upcoming events and get involved with your community!

A informational social for any high school students within the housing

authority to learn about how you’re going to get that degree and what

you’re going to do after. We will have recruiters from colleges, trade schools,

military and beyond! We will be talking about volunteer opportunities to

meet graduation requirements and scheduling appointments to work on

scholarship opportunities that expire 3/20/2017. So DO NOT miss out because

then you’re turning down free money & pizza!!!

RSVP to Haley Ramey

HRamey@PCHousing.org

334-664-9991 ext 207

Riverview Apartments Community Resource Fair:

Wednesday, March 8th from 9:30 am– 12:30 pm, 200 16th Street

Fredrick Douglas Apartments Community Resource Fair:

Monday, March 13th from 3-6 pm, 1500 11th Ave

Riverview Apartments Community Resource Fair:

Thursday, March 23rd from 3-6 pm, 200 16th Street

LP Stough Apartments Community Resource Fair:

Tuesday, March 28th from 3-6 pm, 101 10th Ave South

A fair for the community to learn about resources from jobs, education, career develop-ment, banking, child care, transportation and more! Please come join us and meet the

local folks that can help you reach your goals!

March is….

The Kids and Kin Program has been specifically designed to

meet the needs of relative child care providers and to raise their level of awareness about the importance of their roles. Educational workshops, resources, support activ-ities, and a quarterly provider newsletter are offered to relative care providers which impact the quality of child care available in our communities. Kids and Kin includes a Voluntary Certification Program through which providers earn health and safety items, books, and learning materials for attending free training sessions related to quality child care enhancement. Participation in the Kids and Kin Program is free.

Workshops: March 23rd from 11:30 am– 1:30 pm at Chuck Roberts

“Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect”

April 13th from 12-2pm at Chuck Roberts Center “Helicopter Parenting: Hurting or Helping?” April 27th from 12-2 pm at Chuck Roberts Center “Help for Struggling Readers”

Chattahoochee Valley Community College Adult Education Program offers a FREE GED Preparation Class at :

Chuck Roberts Activity Center (Riverview Gymnasium) 200 16th Street, Phenix City AL 36868

Classes are every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30-8:30 PM.

For more information please contact:

Haley Ramey (334)-664-9991 ext 207

Communities of Transformation (COT) partners vol-unteers and community leaders with families wanting to make the journey out of poverty. With the help and friendship of volunteers, each family sets and achieves goals unique to their own needs.

If you’re ready to make positive change in your life but not positive how to take the next steps call Ruth Ann

Powers at (334) 614-1476 to learn how to get involved and join the program!

Visit the Communities of Transformation website at http://www.communitiesoftransformation.org

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CommunitiesofTransformation/

LP Stough Community Garden

Calling for garden stakeholders to help water and lightly tend to the garden once a week or less: 334-664-9991 ext 207.

Garden Kick-Off Event at LP on Saturday, March 11th starting at 11 am! Anyone can participate but please call to discover how you can directly get involved! 334-664-

9991 ext 207! If you’re living at another housing authority property and would like to see a community garden at your

property please call 334-664-9991 ext 207

LP Stough’s Community Garden is starting back up this spring! We need your help to make it a success! This garden will produce a boutinful harvest of many different types of

fruits and vegetables all free for the use of you and your family!!! Won’t you come help it thrive?

It’s almost summer so let’s make some plans! Free lunch and (potentially breakfast) is getting ready to start back and we need volunteers! A free hot meal will be provided for the volunteers that help serve

the meals to the kids. Meals will be provided by Phenix City Schools Child Nutrition Program; we just need extra hands to help distribute!

Looking for volunteers at LP Stough and Fredrick Douglas to serve June 5th– July 21st of 2017.

Contact Haley Ramey 334-664-9991 ext 207 if you’d like more information on getting involved! Help us provide for the community!

The YES Kids Summer Camp will also be serving breakfast and lunch at the Chuck Roberts Center this summer.

Our local Boy Scout chapter is currently welcoming boys to join us with a troop forming here in your neighborhood! Meetings will be hosted at the Chuck Roberts Activity Center and will

begin February 2017. This troop is open to all boys Kindergarten through 5th Grade.

Those interested can call Ms. Tiffany English at 334-614-2853 for more information. Please note no financial obligation is necessary!

Do you love kids and want to get more involved in your community?

Call about becoming a volunteer! We need volunteers to help with reading with the kids in our after-school program. We also need volunteers for our Summer Y.E.S. program. Call us to learn more!

Afterschool program: Mon– Thurs from 3:30-6 pm Summer Y.E.S. Camp: June and July from 8 am—6 pm (334)-614-2853

PCHA Celebrations!!!

June 5, 2017 – July 31, 2017

Hours of operation: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Monday – Friday Location: The Chuck Roberts Activity Center

Cost: $25/month for each child. (Early bird Special: $40.00 for the Summer) Ages: Kindergarten through 5

th grade (Ages 5-12)

Limit: We will only be able to accept a TOTAL of 30 children First come, first served. Registration deadline: June 1st.

· Breakfast, lunch and Snacks will be provided Parents Meeting: Wednesday, June 1

st - 5:00 PM at

the Activity Center Reading, Math, Social Skills, Field Trips, and Swim days.

PHENIX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY CHUCK ROBERTS ACTIVITY CENTER

100 16TH STREET PHENIX CITY, AL 36867

Y. E. S !

Ask your development manager for a registration form today. We are currently accepting registrations for our 2017 Y.E.S. Summer Camp!

Call (334)-664-9991 ext 207 for more information.

We are still accepting students for this school year! Monday – Friday from 3:00 am – 6:00pm

School Buses drop-off in front of the Chuck Roberts Center!

Fees: Residents of PCHA – 10.00 per child a month

Grades Kindergarten through 5th (Ages 5-12)

Want to get involved? We need your help!

Call about becoming a volunteer! We need volunteers to help with reading with the kids in our after-school program. We also need volunteers for our Summer Y.E.S. program. Call us to

learn more!

Afterschool program: Mon– Thurs from 3:30-6 pm Summer Y.E.S. Camp: June and July from 8 am—6 pm (334)-614-2853

LP Residents: Please call if interested in after-school program. . (334)-664-9991 ext 207

SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Request the Honor of Your Presence IN CELEBRATING

Women’s Day SUNDAY, THE TWENTY-THIRD OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN

TWO THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON 1410 14th AVENUE

PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA THEME

WOMEN RECOGNIZING, ACKNOWLEDGING AND ACCEPTING OUR PURPOSE

A FUN DAY OF FELLOWSHIP IN JESUS NAME

Health & Nutrition The Alabama Extension program is offering classes to our residents! Ms. Elaine Harper is hosting EFNEP Classes: a healthy lifestyle cooking class while working on an affordable budget. She brings in an electric skillet and you will be able to cook & eat recipes while learning in her interactive class! Her other class is called “Today’s Mom” and in this class she works with pregnant moms on how to be stay healthy and keep your baby healthy during and after pregnancy. The best part: the CLASSES ARE 100% FREE! She wants to schedule a class around your schedule—if you’re in-terested, please call 334-664-9991 ext 207 so we can plan a time to begin classes at your apartment complex! Riverview has one EFNEP class al-ready begun on Wednesday’s at 5:30 pm.

Head Start is accepting applications for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. Head Start is a national school readiness program. It provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to children, between the ages of 3 to 5 and their families. (child must be 3 by 9/1/17 to qualify for ‘17-’18 school year.) Early Headstart serving ages 0-3 coming soon! To schedule an appointment to complete application, call Hig-ginbotham Head Start at (334)- 384– 0330 or call Haley Ramey for more details (334)- 664– 9991 ext 207.

We are so very proud of Joshua Mitchell! Joshua attends Meadowlane Elementary but you’d think he’s much older by testing his spelling skills! Joshua won 1st place in the Meadowlane Spelling Bee this January and was sent to the county wide spelling bee to represent Meadowlane which he did well! Joshua is the Bi City Spelling Bee Champion and we are so proud– as well as his mother, Grader. Look at them beaming with pride in the picture to the right! Way to go Joshua!!!