1284 West 37th Place

A Place Called Home is exactly what their name represents. My children have been members since they were old enough to attend. This organization gives so much to the community. They provide great resources for parents and make sure that their members have everything they need emotionally, physically, and also their personal needs. I have never been to an organization like this before, they deserve every sponsorship that they receive. Everything they do is really for the community and the employees are very kind. You can tell that they have love and compassion for their members. It’s a very positive and safe environment for children. They provide a lot of great programs for the children as well as community events so families who are not involved still get to appreciate their services. It’s awesome.💗💕 One day I hope to be able to give back to them.

if not for apch and the wonderful mentors I had there, I can't imagine where I'd be now. nearly 30 years gone by and I still think fondly on this place. it used to be a strange mix of celebrities looking to "do something good" and people who grew up in South Central and wanted to give back to their community. Some of the celebrities who came through or taught there were cool and as a kid it mattered a lot to see that people gave a damn about us. A lot of the time in the 90s, LA didn't feel that way. sometimes we had celebs who clearly were there outta some sort of obligation. usually to a friend or family member volunteering. One group I was in called "gangbusters" mostly functioned as "something to do". Our mentor was dope. she encouraged us, she went to the same elementary school I did and was from the area. she got us on good field trips and always had a new activities (arts &crafts, riddles, puzzles, etc) for us to do. sometimes our group outings were to the founder's (Deborah) house in West LA, which did always feel more like this lady giving a weird flex than actually being about us, but her pool was nice even if she was a little pretentious and showed me favoritism because I spoke "standard" English and rarely used aave, versus some of the other little girls. But we weren't there for her, so it really didn't matter to us.

2 years ago it was fun like I said to myself like "oh this place is great" I wish I stayed here forever". But today in 2025, for in my opinion, it's boring, all I want to do is just go home and play withy cat at home.

The experience is the best, and you get to have a lot of opportunities there.

There is this trend going on on tiktok about people google mapping their childhood homes and all I can think of is about APCH. I literally cry because I miss it so much till this day. It’s been almost 20 years already and i think about apch all the time since i left! I started in 2006 and stopped going in 2013-14. I was heart broken LITERALLY. My family and i had to move out and i had to start HS somewhere else i would cry everyday in that school because of how much i missed apch. I missed the friends i made/had , i missed dancing everyday and performing i missed trying every other activity there was there just for fun, i missed the staffs, i missed the person i was at apch i missed the memories EVERYTHING. i still can’t believe how time has gone by so fast but being at apch felt like a dream . I don’t even say these stuff about regular school because i can think of is just apch. Going to school everyday but being super excited to get out so i can head to apch right after school was always something i was looking forward to. Ugh i can keep going and going about how much i love apch about the good and bad and everything just EVERYTHING apch has done for me. But it’s all memories now and i am now an adult but little me is forever grateful and will forever miss apch. Thank you for everything🤍