01/20/2013
The main reason we strive to open Red Needle is to better our community. The children of our community need somewhere to go and just have fun. So many kids have no where to go, and nothing to do, especially during the summer. Meanwhile, boredom and peer pressure tend to set in hence making children and young adults more susceptible to get into trouble, do drugs, and drink alcohol. By giving kids a place to go have fun, we hope to keep kids away from the things that could very well destroy their lives. We also want to incorporate an honor roll program to give kids in school an extra little motivation to stay in school and do their best. Drop out rates seem to keep steadily rising, and attendance in schools has gotten horrible. We are hoping by giving out free days of play or discounts to kids with all As and As &Bs also good attendance, we can help not only Heflin students but all the students of the surrounding areas. We would also like to do outreach programs with the surrounding churches, and have youth days for them and other programs. We plan on doing community cookouts and other things to help us raise money to get Red Needle functioning and running smoothly. We have many hopes for Red Needle, but more so, many hopes for the future of our community and all of its' beautiful children. We will be taking donations at all of our fundraisers, and anyone who has any fund raiser ideas or suggestions on how to get Red Needle operational by Summer please let us know. We welcome any and all feedback. Any help on finding a place would be helpful and the owner of the property would get a percentage of all income...It needs to be around the Heflin area and we would like for it to be 5+ acres with a open place to park and have a booth...also where they would be playing needs to be woods....Thank you and hope to hear back soon..All feedback is welcomed and highly appreciated!