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Breakaway Ministries director tells council Dream Center programs expanding; asks for support for holiday events
Summary
Eddie Nichols, director of Breakaway Ministries (the Dream Center), briefed the Gadsden City Council on Oct. 28 about expanded youth and family programs and asked the council for help offsetting costs of holiday meals and large community events.
Eddie Nichols, director of Breakaway Ministries (the Dream Center), told the Gadsden City Council on Oct. 28 that his organization is expanding youth and family services and asked the council for help covering costs of upcoming events.
Nichols said the Dream Center's recent golf fundraiser drew 140 golfers and that the center currently works with about 80 students in an A/B honor-roll program. He described partnerships with Floyd Elementary on perfect-attendance incentives, a Family Connection Center offering free monthly services beginning in November, and plans to host JSU social-work interns in the spring to expand capacity.
Nichols also outlined immediate community events: a free soccer clinic scheduled for Nov. 8 that will use renovated fields behind the center; a Thanksgiving meal planned for Nov. 16 that will include distribution of turkeys; and a large Christmas program that historically provides gifts for…
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