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Was the first organization to welcome our assistance
and is our primary beneficiary for 2010.
Asian Youth Services started as an after school-tutoring program for students aged 5-20, in uptown Chicago. AYS serves between 40 and 70 youths, with increased attendance during special events. When the program started back in 1991 the children were primarily of Cambodian descent, with several students of Laotian and Vietnamese origin. In an environment where gangs, drugs, high school dropout rates, and teen pregnancy are prominent, AYS provides a safe and welcoming atmosphere for the children. Now located in Albany Park, the nationality of the children has changed, to now include Asian, Central and South American, and African American children as well.
AYS has grown into much more than an after school program and currently holds scholarships for 38 students in 8 Parochial schools. AYS serves as a concerned and supportive resource for the children. AYS cares for the children unconditionally and provides support groups, social event, and other services that help prevent the students from engaging in gang activity. These children desperately need guidance and protection, and AYS attempts to provide this. Committed to caring for and connecting the youths with opportunities for success, they aid them in finding a positive and empowered place in mainstream society.
In addition to monetary donations AYS can use:
* Volunteers and tutors
* Daily meals and/or snacks to feed the kids everyday after school.
* School, art, household, office supplies, and old books.
* Professional services; legal, accounting and IT.
AYS
is not currently available to take contributions online. You can go to
our store page and make direct donations to them. They will receive all
but what paypal retains in transaction fees.
It takes $50 per day to provide a meal for the kids after school each day and on Saturday. Sponsor a meal or a week of meals or simply contribute what you can every bit helps.
For more info go to www.asianyouthservices.org
By The Hand
By The Hand Club For Kids™
(formerly known as Kids' Club)
Our name, By The Hand captures the essence of what distinguishes our after-school programs from others. We literally and figuratively take kids by the hand and walk alongside them from the time they enroll in our program until they’re walking independently as well-adjusted, responsible adults. We tutor them to academic excellence. We mentor them to their full potential. And we care for them as our own.
Taking kids by the hand
By The Hand is an after-school program with an emphasis on academics and a commitment to nurturing the whole child—mind, body and soul. Founded in Cabrini-Green and located strategically throughout some of Chicago's most impoverished innercity communities, where overcrowded and underfunded schools abound. By The Hand is filling a special need—and with great success. Kids are saying no to drugs, gang violence and teenage pregnancy. They are rejecting illiteracy and poverty as a way of life. Instead, they are developing into honor-roll students and changing the trajectory of their lives. When you partner with By The Hand, you are helping kids realize their full potential. In doing so, you are making a difference for generations to come.
For more info go to: www.bythehand.org
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