Beacon
House
is
a
neighborhood
based
organization
that
supports
at-risk
youth
and
families
of
the
Edgewood
Terrace
community
in
Washington,
D.C.
Beacon
House
offers
educational,
cultural,
recreational
and
athletic
programs.
Founded
in
1991
by
Reverend
Donald
E.
Robinson,
a
Unitarian
Universalist
(UU)
Minister,
Beacon
House
provides
a
wide
range
of
opportunities
for
learning
to
increase
the
likelihood
of
high
school
graduation,
and
eventual
involvement
in
higher
education,
vocational
training,
or
other
productive
adult
work
paths.
Each
year,
Beacon
House
serves
over
500
youth
through
after
school
and
summer
academic
enrichment,
mentoring,
cultural,
athletic
and
outreach
programs
with
demonstrated
success
over
the
years.
In
recent
years,
Beacon
House
has
implemented
education
programs
that
have
proven
to
raise
the
reading
and
math
skill
levels
for
involved
youth
by
at
least
one
grade
level
in
just
20
two-hour
sessions.
Additionally,
an
evaluation
of
our
athletic
program
revealed
that
youth
involved
are
learning
more
than
athletic
skills.
That
is,
youth
who
participate
in
athletic
programs
at
Beacon
House
are
learning
about
sportsmanship,
discipline,
and
leadership
principles
and
gain
social
and
behavioral
skills
well
beyond
the
football
field.
At
Beacon
House,
all
programs
are
carefully
selected
and
developed
in
order
to
ensure
that
each
program
offers
opportunities
for
learning
and
exploring.
Congresswoman
Eleanor
Holmes
Norton,
speaking
at
Beacon
House's
Tenth
Anniversary
Celebration,
had
the
highest
praise
for
Beacon
House.
She
stated:
"I
want
to
encourage
your
work
not
only
because
what
you
have
done
here
is
magnificent,
but
because
I
want
to
encourage
other
communities
around
this
town
to
do
what
Beacon
House
has
done.
I
can't
thank
you
enough
for
the
way
you
focus
on
education.
You
have
found
a
way
to
make
education
come
alive
in
so
many
ways
for
your
children."
In
2004,
Beacon
House
was
selected
to
be
a
"21st
Century
Community
Learning
Center"
by
the
District's
Office
of
Federal
Grants
Program/State
Education
Agency.
Additionally,
Beacon
House
was
selected
as
one
of
the
top
70
charities
in
the
metropolitan
D.C.
area
in
the
inaugural
edition
of
the
Catalogue
for
Philanthropy.
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