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Weekly Media Roundup: February 7, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: February 7, 2024

Rangers Star Welcomes Kids to the Ice in After School Program, NBC4 (New York)

With help from a donation from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, 50 students in the WHEDco (Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation) afterschool program in the South Bronx are lacing up skates and learning to play hockey – many for the first time. Recently retired New York Rangers star Brian Mullen visited the program to share his story, run drills on the ice and encourage students to pursue their dreams. “It brought back a lot of memories for me, because I grew up in a neighborhood like these kids. I fell in love with [hockey] in a gym,” Mullen told NBC 4.

Go! After School Programs Opens New Facility, Helps Kids to Pursue Gifts, News Channel 3 (Michigan)

At Go! After School Programs’ new facility, students can take part in physical activities including dance and basketball, explore robotics and art, take classes in entrepreneurship and babysitting, work with tutors on academic skills, and more. On Saturday, the program threw a block party to celebrate the new space. "What we do is we offer a variety of programs and opportunities for kids to find and pursue their gifts," Executive Director Dan Walsh told News Channel 3. “We try to provide space for kids to find and pursue what it is they love to do.”

Local Foundation Launches Grant Program to Support Out-of-School Time Efforts, Rochester Business Journal (New York)

Thanks to grants from the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, eight out-of-school time programs in Rochester, New York will receive $1.5 million to expand their before-school, afterschool and summer programs. The Farash Foundation recently shifted its focus to the power of out-of-school time. “We found there was greater opportunity to reach the youth of today when we focus on time spent outside of school,” Jennie Schaff, Farash Foundation CEO, told the Rochester Business Journal. “Providing safe, enriching and accessible out-of-school experiences gives kids the support they need to be more prepared for success in an academic setting and in life.”

Mental Health and Social Work Program Coming to Auburn High School, WREX (Illinois)

At Auburn High School’s Early Birds Social Work Development afterschool program in Rockford, Illinois, students learn the importance of mental health, develop leadership skills, and explore social justice issues. One of the goals of the program is to encourage the high school students to become mentors to younger students at the Zion West Enterprise afterschool program.  "The idea of the teenagers coming back to help to mentor the younger kids, who better to relate to kids than kids. If they are taught the tools and, can identify them, I'm sure the kids will open up to them,” Marvin Hightower, Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, told WREX.

Weekly Media Roundup: October 9, 2024

What Do Teens Do After School? Utica Hoping They'll Head to Parkway Recreation Center, Utica Observer Dispatch (New York) This fall, Parkway Recreation Center in Utica, New York will open a free afterschool program for teenagers, providing them a safe space to engage in leadership...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      10/09/24

Weekly Media Roundup: October 2, 2024

Minneapolis, St. Paul Educators Rally as Pandemic-Era Funding for Arts, After-School Programs Dries Up, WCCO-TV (Minnesota) As federal COVID relief funding winds down, parents, educators and lawmakers rallied at Adams Immersion Elementary School in St. Paul to call on lawmakers to prevent...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      10/02/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 25, 2024

Beaufort County Innovative Afterschool Program Lands $2.3M Grant from Coastal Community Foundation, Post and Courier (South Carolina) Thanks to a $2.3 million Catalyst Grant, the largest ever awarded by the Coastal Community Foundation, the UNITED (Uniting Neighbors for Instructional...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/25/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 18, 2024

In Visit to Detroit, Usher Praises Boys & Girls Club After-School Programs, Detroit Free Press (Michigan) Last week, R&B artist Usher held “Usher’s Club Takeover” at the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan in Detroit. At the two-day event, more than 1,500...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/18/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 11, 2024

Philadelphia Program Allows Students to Tap into Healing Power of Music, WHYY (Pennsylvania) Students in afterschool programs across Philadelphia are expressing themselves and processing difficult emotions through songwriting thanks to Beyond The Bars, a local nonprofit. Matt Kerr founded the...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/11/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 4, 2024

Edwardsburg Launches Before and After School Care Program on First Day of Classes, WNDU (Michigan) Camp Fire River Bend is opening a new before-school and afterschool program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Edwardsburg, Michigan, and it already has a waitlist....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/04/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 28, 2024

Anonymous Donor Saves Troy After-School Program, News 10 (New York) For 45 years, the Ark has provided a safe, enriching afterschool program for students in Troy, New York. But when the program lost a grant that covered 90 percent of its budget, Executive Director Penny Holmes worried it would...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/28/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 21, 2024

Madison Out-of-School Time (MOST) to Recognize Outstanding Youth Workers for Their Dedication and Creativity Supporting Youth, Madison 365 (Wisconsin) Next week, Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway will honor 11 afterschool staff members as Madison-area Out-of-School Time (MOST)...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/21/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 14, 2024

Virginia Designates Additional Aid for At-Risk Students, Virginia Mercury (Virginia) Beginning this fall, Virginia schools will have an additional $180 million per year to support at-risk students. A 2023 study found that Virginia provided less state funding for at-risk students than the...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/14/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 7, 2024

Chicago Touts After-School Program Growth But Cuts Funding, Chalkbeat Weeks before the school year begins, many Chicago afterschool programs are facing dramatic funding cuts as federal COVID funds wind down and Chicago Public Schools is allocating fewer resources to out-of-school time programs....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/07/24