Robert Land School on Wentworth Street North closed in June, 2004. Yesterday it officially became the Eva Rothwell Resource Centre, named for the mother of benefactor Edward Palonek . She attended Robert Land as a girl.
The old classrooms have new uses. One is a parent/child drop-in program, another is a drop-in room for teens, already so popular that its hours have been extended. The old school library is becoming an innovation centre. There are after school homework programs, summer day camps, karate, dance, basketball and football.
With 48,000 square feet of space, there are ambitious plans under way to make the school the go-to place for neighbourhood children, teens, parents and seniors alike.
The resource centre will be a place to learn, to socialize, to look for a job, to see a doctor or police officer, to turn to for start-up furniture, warm clothes, or emergency food -- all of it free of charge.
Several programs are already up and running, just the beginning of a long list that will come on stream over the coming year. There are negotiations under way with potential tenants for the upper floor of the old school. Their rent will pay the cost of operating the rest of the building.

For further information about Edward Palonek try some of these other sites:

Edward Palonek The Man behind the Opportunity - "Setting Out to Set Things Right"
Edward Palonek founder of Foundmoney.com Free Money search for unclaimed cash.
Edward Palonek Charity Contribution to the "Steeltown Friends of Mohawk Colledge Music"
Edward Palonek Oprah Winfrey Show including North American Television Tour
Edward Palonek Contribution to the Palonek/Eva Rothwell Resource Center - a "New Life for a Grand Old School"
Edward Palonek Revitalizing dying companies - Find Out How Edward did!
Edward Palonek Scholarship Contribution to "Hillfield Strathallan College Scholarship fund for Science Merit Recognition"
Edward Palonek Proud Sponsor for the "Licensed to Learn" - the Tutor Certificate Program.
Edward Palonek Scholarship Contribution to the Mohawk College of Applied Music Program
Edward Palonek The Best Ways to Find Money that you did not know you had, according to Edward.
Edward Palonek More great news for residents around Eva Rothwell Resource Center.
Edward Palonek Mohawk Students and Eva Rothwell Resource Center.

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