Welcome to the Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.htm

About the Center		Mission Statement
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center was incorporated in 1922 as the Newport Community Center to provide recreational activities for community residents. Over the past 82 years, this Center has emerged as a multicultural, multi-service agency that has provided a wide variety of human services to particularly the low-income residents of Newport County.		The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center is a safe and caring environment offering educational, social, and recreational activities to persons of all ages and cultures. The Center promotes personal growth and well being through the full utilization of community resources for the benefit of the people of Newport County.
Management Team	2005 Board of Directors	Advisory Council
Amanda Frye Leinhos, Ed.M. Executive Director Amanda@mlkccenter.org Sharon Lavallee Executive Assistant slavallee@mlkccenter.org Candice De Los Reyes Teen Center Coordinator cdelosreyes@mlkccenter.org Jane Maloney Food Service Manager jmaloney@mlkccenter.org Don Mays Teen Center Coordinator dmays@mlkccenter.org Jeanine Richardson K-5 Program Coordinator jrichardson@mlkccenter.org Sally Swistak Child Care Director sswistak@mlkccenter.org	Executive Director: Amanda Frye Leinhos Board of Directors Executive Committee Co-President Suzi Conklin Nance Co-President Stuart MacNaught Executive Vice President Flora Prestipino Secretary Patricia Moss Treasurer Don Troppoli Board Members Gail Lowney Alofsin Jennifer Booth Peter Coriander Liz Zima Cottrell Guillaume deRamel Donna Marie Goodrich Peter D. Kiernan, III Paul J. Kloiber Elizabeth Leatherman Jody Miguel Penelope B. Roberts Kimberly Skeen-Jones Cathy Speer (Past President) George H. Steele Judy Terry Annette Tonti	Marion O. Charles Ronnie & Lilly Dick Thomas Kelly Peter & Eaddo Kiernan Suzie Schochet Keith Stokes Bill & Alison Vareika

20 Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Blvd. • Newport, RI • 02840 • Phone: (401) 846-4828 • Fax: (401) 848-7360 • Hours: 9:00AM - 4:00PM • getinvolved@mlkccenter.org