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The Coleman Center for the Arts is a nonprofit contemporary arts organization situated in York, Alabama, dedicated to integrating contemporary art into education, civic life, and community development. Its mission encompasses five key programmatic areas, including arts education for all ages, a community-based artist residency for socially engaged public art projects, and exhibitions showcasing regional artists. In addition to its artistic endeavors, the center features a free public community garden that supports small-scale food production and operates Pop Start, a storefront space fostering artist-community experimentation. Through various events and programs, the Coleman Center actively contributes to enriching the cultural landscape of its region. Generated from the website

The Oseola McCarty Youth Development Center in Hattiesburg, MS, is dedicated to empowering youth to thrive in every aspect of their lives. Through skill-building resources and community engagement, the center aims to foster productive citizens who feel in control of their futures. Inspired by the life and legacy of Miss Oseola McCarty, the center offers various programs and opportunities for young people to develop new skills and make meaningful contributions. The organization's mission focuses on ensuring that all youth can achieve their full potential within a supportive community. Generated from the website

WESLEY HOUSE: A SECOND CENTURY OF SERVICE In 2004 Wesley House celebrated 100 years of ministry to the least, the lost, and the last. Since 1904, Wesley House in Meridian has been in mission to underprivileged, neglected, and abused persons offering Christian relief, education, prevention and intervention of abuse, community welfare and social services, helping people learn to help themselves. In this century of service, a small Bible school and relief mission has grown into six distinct mission agencies integrated under one physical and administrative structure, touching the lives of over 33, 000 different people through thirty-two programs. Last year 68, 365 services were provided, with many individuals being helped in multiple areas. Our multi-agency structure minimizes administrative costs and maximizes delivery of services to meet the multiple needs of the least, the lost, and the last. Wesley House is about the business of helping people learn to help themselves. At Wesley House every hand reaches out to touch the lives of those who need to be fed, clothed, taught, and touched by the hands of God who has no hands but ours.