About Della Lamb
Della Lamb Community Services was founded in 1897 as a Methodist Mission to
provide child care for poor, working mothers. Today, we provide low-income
families with early education, child care, youth services, adult services, adult
education, transportation, emergency social services, international refugee
services, Elementary Charter School education, back-to-school supplies,
Thanksgiving groceries and Christmas groceries and gifts.
Della Lamb Mabee Multi-Purpose Center and other Della Lamb youth sites offer
educational, athletic, recreational, and cultural activities as well as drug and
violence preventative programming for children and youth ages 5-18. In addition,
we operate satellite centers throughout the inner city, including an Adult
Education Center, Social Services, Distribution Center/Thrift Store, Transportation
Center, and our Elementary Charter School at 10th and Charlotte.
Over 10,000 low-income families are assisted annually through various DLECS services. We're members of the Heart
of America United Way; our organization is a project related to the
General Board of Global Ministries of the United
Methodist Church; and we are a MONAP Neighborhood
Assistance Project accepted agency.
