“Groove With Me” at West Harlem Piers Park

Groove With Me - West Harlem Piers Park2012 Summer on the Hudson events are ready to launch, and this Friday May 18th from 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m., the “Groove With Me” youth development organization will get it started right, and it’s all for a great cause! Summer on the Hudson’s 2012 West Harlem Piers Park Programming at West 125 Street is sponsored by Fairway Market.

Groove With Me is a youth development organization using free dance classes and performance opportunities as a tool to instill in young women the leadership, pride, spirit of cooperation, creativity, joy and discipline needed to confront the adversity in their daily lives and throughout their future development. The program seeks to decrease teen pregnancy, truancy, crime, violence, prostitution, substance abuse and gang related activity by nurturing youth, building self-confidence, offering positive choices, and providing a safe place to go.