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HISTORY OF THE TUTWILER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER
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In 1987, at the invitation of Sister Anne Brooks, SNJM, D.O., Sister Maureen
Delaney SNJM started an outreach part of the Tutwiler Clinic. It was housed in a small room in the back of the Clinic. Because
of the many activities and people who wanted to participate, the space very quickly became too small.
It was decided that a "spin off" project from the Tutwiler Clinic be formed.
In December of 1989 the Tutwiler Community Education Center was officially incorporated as a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization
in the State of Mississippi.
In September of 1990 with help from a Kellogg Grant and the publicity that
emerged when the Tutwiler Clinic and all its activities were featured on 60 Minutes , enough money was raised to buy and rehab
an old abandoned building in downtown Tutwiler. In June of 1992 the outreach
part of the Tutwiler Clinic officially moved into the 10,000 sq. foot,
renovated building that became known as the Tutwiler Community Education Center(TCEC).
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Our basic, underlying philosophy has always been to develop programs coming
out of the expressed needs and concerns of the people, to hire and train as many local people as possible to run the programs,
and to develop a sense of community in all our activities. With this in mind we gradually expanded our programs and we now
have:
- After School and Summer Enrichment Programs for children and teens
- Parent Meetings
- Senior Citizen Program,
- AA Group
- Quilt Program (people make quilted products in their homes and we sell them through
the Center) .
- A 7,000 sq. ft. Gym that offers fitness and sports programs for children, teens
and adults
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We are grateful to all of the donors who have made this dream possible, and who keep it alive today.
Contact us at
Tutwiler Community Education Center
P.O. Box 448
Tutwiler, Mississippi 38963
662-345-8393
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