Reborn from the defunct North Area Teen Center, the after-school youth center serving young people across the area is now known as The Wall. With a new location at 5933 Sutter Ave. just off Fair Oaks Blvd, services will be expanding to include cooking classes, financial and insurance management, music and art programs.

The celebration and Grand Opening Saturday August 1, 2009 brought supporters and friends to share the excitement at the new after-school youth service center. As parent’s thoughts turn to ‘back to school’ The Wall will be there to provide a safe, supervised place for kids in the ‘latch key’ hours between school’s end and parents coming home from work.

NASCAR Star of Tomorrow Jonathon Mawhinney, racing this season at Roseville’s All American Raceway, is a peer role model and inspiration for the “Pennies From Heaven” coin fundraising drive.

Got Pennies?
Come visit the center, talk with parents and kids or just come by to donate to The Wall’s “Pennies from Heaven” fundraiser. Drop off your jar of coins, dish of coppers or clean out the car seats and the couch to donate those pennies to the youth center, a half block east of Fair Oaks and Sutter. The Wall is challenging the kids and the community to donate enough change to stack pennies a hundred miles high! A virtual goal celebrating Carmichael’s 100th Anniversary this Fall.

Learn more about donating your pennies, The Wall Youth Foundation and its programs by visiting, www.thewallcarmichael.com, or call 916-482-2088.

Local groups and businesses can sponsor a Penny Stacking Team to see who sets the World Record for stacking penny coins as part of the festivities for Carmichael’s 100th Founder’s Day Anniversary celebration in September. Call Executive Director Jim Vargas at 916-335-0804.