AOL Time Warner Foundation Announces Grant to Support After-School Efforts for Schools in Lower Manhattan Most Impacted by September 11th.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner The After-School Corporation (TASC TASC The After School Corporation TASC The American Surrogacy Center TASC Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities TASC The Analytic Sciences Corporation TASC Transportation Administrative Service Center TASC Total Administrative Services Corporation ) to Lead Efforts The AOL Time Warner Foundation today announced a grant to The After-School Corporation (TASC) to help create quality after-school programs for children in public schools near the World Trade Center. This grant of $250,000 will support "Downtown After 3," a TASC initiative to create or support after-school programs for public elementary, middle and high schools south of Canal Street Canal Street may refer to:
The program, which will ultimately serve over 2500 students, is designed to provide coverage for the hours after children are dismissed from school and parents are generally still at work. TASC-supported programs feature a range of educationally enriching and child-centered curricula that encourage students' social development and academic achievement. Kathy Bushkin, Senior Vice President, AOL Time Warner, and President, AOL Time Warner Foundation, said: "As part of our continued commitment to relief efforts surrounding September 11th, we are particularly pleased to provide funding for after-school programs for students in downtown Manhattan. Following the events of 9/11, AOL Time Warner looked to support trusted organizations that would be prepared to institute specific programs with a longer view that met the needs of children and students, among others. TASC is working tirelessly tire·less adj. Not yielding to fatigue; untiring or indefatigable. tire  less·ly adv. to help those students who have been most affected, and we look forward to their continued success." Lucy N. Friedman, President, TASC, said: "AOL Time Warner's generous support of our programs provides a wonderful example of the effectiveness of public and private partnerships. This grant, in addition to major funding provided by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Foundation, will also be an important catalyst for additional support from other foundations and corporations. The programs this grant will fund will help ease parents' anxieties about their children's safety, while giving the children the opportunity to play and learn in a nurturing, informal environment. We want to set a powerful example of a way to support families, children, schools and communities that have been most impacted by the events of 9/11." Students in the "Downtown After 3" program include those from the High School for Leadership and Public Service, the High School for Economics and Finance, Seward Park Seward Park may refer to:
JHS Jefferson High School JHS Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Alabama) JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JHS Jordan High School (Sandy, Utah) 56; and PS/IS 126. About the AOL Time Warner Foundation The AOL Time Warner Foundation seeks to use the power of media, communications and information technology to serve the public interest and strengthen society. The Foundation engages the full range of AOL Time Warner's unique resources to build innovative and sustainable programs in four priority areas: Equipping Kids for the 21st Century; Extending Internet Benefits to All; Engaging Communities in the Arts; and Empowering Citizens and Civic Participation. About The After-School Corporation The After-School Corporation, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , was established by the Open Society Institute in April 1998 to enhance the quality, availability and sustainability of after-school programs in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and State, and, eventually, across the nation. As an intermediary Intermediary See: Financial intermediary intermediary See financial intermediary. between schools and community-based organizations, TASC raises and regrants funds to expand the availability of after-school programs; supports training, technical assistance and evaluations; and advocates for continued and diverse funding for after-school programs to transform it into a public responsibility. TASC currently supports over 150 programs in New York City, operated by more than 90 different not-for-profit organizations. |
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