Dream Center plans open house

Folks are being encouraged to see what the nonprofit organization offers to residents in east Winter Garden.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 12:18 p.m. September 4, 2024

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West Orange Dream Center, 1136 E. Plant St., Winter Garden, is hosting an open house and the chance for resident to meet volunteers, teachers and the board of directors. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. Guests also can learn how to participate in a program or volunteer with the faith-based nonprofit organization.

Dream Center, established in 2019, is a community center that offers classes and resources in the Historic East Winter Garden Neighborhood. The goal is to help individuals create better lives for themselves and their families.

Some of the programs offered are GED, ESOL Conversational English, After-School Program with Eight Waves, weekly seniors’ program/activities, After-School Theatre Expressions with Arts After 5, Bible studies with Family Church, weekly meetings with Narcotics Anonymous, and the 12-week Jobs Partnership program a few times a year.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.