savvy giving
The success of any charity can always be measured by the testimonials of those effected by the outreach and the words of the students benefitting from After-School All-Stars speak louder than ours:
Erika Hernandez 6th grade
"The After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles program is important to me because it’s kind of like my second family. I get along...
We've shared with you some of the exciting things After School All Stars does, but what we haven't said is why we think it is so darn savvy. We believe it's one thing to prop up the grades of children to help them scrape through school with decent marks, but it is entire matter altogether to nurture their well-being and help them grow into conscious,...
24/Savvy Living: New York, NY
If you know me at all you know one thing, I'm a pretty transparent kind of girl (woman, ok). So, when I started a 40-day alcohol fast I told everyone. Then I crashed and burned. Last Friday night after several glasses of champagne, white wine and bit of Yellow Tail (what was I thinking) I promptly threw up and had to admit that...
Part of the success of After-School All-Stars lies in their belief that in addition to providing academic learning support and homework assistance, ASAS nurtures children with a full-bodied program for personal development using a three pillar approach:
Visual and Performing Arts
ASAS provides meaningful opportunities in a variety of disciplines in the...
From college scholarships to tutoring programs, job training and networking opportunities, New Yorkers for Children aims to address the unique individual needs of the nearly 17,000 young people in the care of Child Services. At the most vulnerable, yet critical time in their lives, New Yorkers For Children is available to provide each and every...
In 2002, Jenny McCarthy gave birth to a perfect little boy, Evan. He was his mother's dream child: beautiful, affectionate, loving and filled with joy, but when he was 2 1/2 years old, everything changed with alarming symptoms and a diagnosis of autism. With 1 in 110 children being diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder--a number that has risen...
In today's uncertain economic times, there is no better investment than the children who will be the leaders of tomorrow. To meet the needs of at-risk middle and high school youth, After-School All-Stars (ASAS), founded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, provides comprehensive after-school programs during the "danger zone" hours of 3:00 - 6:00 PM...
Marlene Richard, 23
Marlene Richard is young, pretty and, because of that, a little vain. Maybe that is why, in the midst of hundreds of shacks, she keeps her – short and tight – denim dress impeccable, puts her hair up under a green headscarf and wears heels. She is, she was, a children’s nursery assistant. She was there, with the...
It is impossible to understand the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti. I'm ashamed to admit that in the past few weeks I've found myself more inclined to get absorbed with a local scandal than try to understand what the people of Haiti are experiencing, so immense is this crisis. Oxfam is helping me to stay focused by publishing survivor...
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