Activities

RCPA Created 501 (c)(3) with Reid & Villegas Park Advisories * Issued hundreds of youth scholarships for youth sports, and arts (basketball, football, baseball, track, dance, cheer and many more activities * Holiday events, some cosponsored with city, such as Breakfast with Santa, Halloween, and Easter, 16th of September celebration and local outings * Delivering donated toys to various Riverside neighborhoods for Christmas, including homeless shelters for mothers and their children * Providing Christmas trees for needy families * Field trips for teenagers from the community, such as UCLA Football games, Disney on Ice * Co sponsor of the "Ride for Recovery" * Successful in lobbying City of Riverside to expand Reid Park, completed in OCT 2007

* Reid Park Folklorico and Polynesian Dance Program is being established by Diana Ayala and Lorinda Maya with a combined history of over 17 years of experience with youth and dance groups. Folklorico is rich in tradition and varies from culture to culture but have a common theme of representing the heritage and traditions of the countries they originate from. From the Polynesian Islands to the pre-Hispanic era, Folklorico dance has been a way of passing on traditions and beliefs to younger generations on such topics as; nature, courage, love, death and personal pride. These especial interpretive dances vary from the un-uniformity free whirling expressions to uniform flawless consistency and result in both physical and artistic attitudes and skilful choreography and ballet.

Parenting Program is taught be a seasoned professional, with an establish company that excels in dealing with the family dynamics that impact families and divide cultures. This program will transcend language barriers and cultural diversity, to seek out understandings that represent universal threads that unite all family units and this particular program concentrates on the communication deficiencies that exist in the parent child relationships both inside and outside the family unit.

Literacy Program addresses the need for a basic proficiency of reading, writing and comprehension skills that are essential in the development of academic and social interactions that are mandatory in today’s society. Children, teens and adults who do not have a basic level of proficiency in these areas are prone to failure and seek out alternatives avenues to reach their goals, which lead to gang involvement and criminal activities.