Silver Spring Neighborhood Center

The Silver Spring Neighborhood Center's food pantry is an amazing support for families facing food insecurity and wanting access to nutritious meals. It's a fantastic example of how local efforts can create big impacts. Thanks to TMJ4 News for highlighting our work, and most importantly capturing the strength and unity of our neighborhood. Together, we can make sure that no one goes hungry.

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Emergency pantry addresses food insecurity in Milwaukee's Silver Spring neighborhood A community staple in Milwaukee County is seeing the need for help grow, as more people are experiencing food insecurity than ever before.

Yesterday, the Back-To-School Bus Tour stopped in Milwaukee to hear about community schools. United Way hosted a roundtable discussion on chronic absenteeism with the U.S. Department of Education, Secretary Miguel Cardona, Neera Tanden, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Dr. Mandy Cohen, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, and Representative Gwen Moore. This stop in Milwaukee is part of a larger bus tour highlighting public education. Roundtable topics included the connection between mental health and attendance, homelessness prevention and case management as a strategy to stabilize youth in their school of origin and increase attendance, and how the community school model works to identify root causes of absenteeism and mitigate those through school-community partnerships. United Way CEO & President Amy Lindner joined community school agency representatives James Wilbern from Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, Maudwella Kirkendoll of Community Advocates, Dr. Julie Schuller from Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, and Rosa Cerda, Principal of MPS H.W. Longfellow School.

We hope that we made this summer unforgettable with style, creativity, and FashioNation! 🪡🧵👖

All of our summer groups had the fabulous opportunity to explore and create backpacks, tote bags, jewelry, pouches and more. Check out their creative designs!

📍 Spotlight Site(s): We hosted & traveled to the following summer programs: Browning School, Thurston Woods Elementary, Neighborhood House, Grantosa School, Life Church MKE, Starms ECC, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion and Milwaukee Parkside to transform their ideas into reality with our hands-on workshops. Whether they sketched their first design or stitched a small masterpiece, FashioNation has guided them every step of the way to reach their project goals.

We were thrilled to partner with EXCEL & MPS ASPIRE summer programs, bringing you an array of design workshops that are sure to spark our students' imagination and skill.

is on the move! 🚚💨 This summer, over 150 students had the opportunity to unleash their creativity and join us for a journey into the world of fashion and design. Our mobile youth program is all about designing and creating clothing, accessories, and wearable arts & crafts.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding. 🏫🎓

We hold our Browning Summer SafePlace staff and scholars to high expectations, ensuring quality teaching and learning are at the foundation of our program. Our scholars are engaged, inspired, and empowered!

“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” 🎨 Our students love "The Art of Collage" design class with Ms. Janis. Using color and shapes, the K5-1st class created their very own paper mural. Check out their amazing work!

Making memories and discovering the past.🏛️🌍📜 Our 2nd - 3rd graders had an AMAZING day at the Milwaukee Public Museum exploring artifacts of the past. Thanks to Mr. Jamie for leading this experience! 🌟

Welcome to Mrs. Mack's summer 2nd - 3rd smoothie class! 🍓🍌🥤 Using fresh fruits, Mrs. Mack taught her class how to wash, peel, cut, and blend to create their very own delicious beverage. 😋

We are red-y to go apple picking! The Browning SafePlace Summer Program students enjoyed their experience at Apple Holler, experiencing deeper learning with hands-on activities and the fresh outdoors. 🍎

The SSNC 18 & under boys' basketball team will be participating in the 2024 Summer Stars Basketball League located at James Madison high school. The team will look to defend their title and hold onto the trophy after winning the championship game last summer in 2023. Let's cheer them on to victory! 🏀🎉

Please note: We are CLOSED July 4-7th for the holiday weekend. We wish you and your families a safe and happy Fourth of July! 🎆

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Silver Spring Neighborhood Center has been in partnership with Hangtime Elite for two years now. The basketball program provides scholarships for youth, professional development, skill development, and self-development through sports. Coachd Williams works hard at the center day in and out to provide over a 100 youth the opportunity to be pushed do greatness.

Silver Spring Neighborhood Center will be hosting summer basketball development program with Summer of Healing funds for 40 middle school and high school youth. If you are interested in registering your youth, please pick up a summer registration packet.

Snack & Grow is a Silver Spring Meal program which provides youth the ability to eat snacks and hot meals between programming at the center. The program typically feeds 40 kids a day on average. The youth department wants to send a HUGE thank you to all our sponsors who makes this program possible.