Camden Cooper Lanning Promise Neighborhood

The Camden Cooper Lanning Promise Neighborhood Initiative is focused on creating opportunities for children and families who live within the Cooper Plaza and Lanning Square communities to thrive.  The Promise Neighborhood Initiative, based on Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone model, aims to create a comprehensive pipeline of services and a cradle through college to career path leading to positive change for the children and families in Cooper Lanning.  The Cooper Lanning Team, led by Center For Family Services, and including community residents and community based organizations, is working to develop a plan of community empowerment for children and families in the Cooper Lanning neighborhood of Camden.

The initiative focuses on:

• Remaining community-based and focused on local community needs
• Maximizing educational achievements for children in Cooper Lanning
• Ensuring that each of the individual programs within the initiative is effective
• Fostering strong links scross programs to ensure smooth transitions and continuous services for families

This year, keep your eye out for:

• Monthly Reading Blitz events at Lanning Square Family School
• Eye screenings for children in grades 4-8 at LSFS
• Book giveaways
• Health screenings
• After school and summer programs at LSFS for the neighborhood
• Saturday mentoring programs
• College access programs
• Neighborhood gardening projects

America Reading Company • Annie E. Casey Foundation • Camden City Mayor’s Office • Camden City Schools Camden County College • Camden’s Promise Charter School • Campbell Soup Company • Center For Family Services • Community Planning Advocacy Council • Cooper Lanning Civic Association • Cooper University Hospital • Greater Camden Partnership • Lanning Square Elementary School • Lanning Square Residents in Action • Rowan University • Rutgers University-Camden • Susquehanna Bank