Alcoa Foundation Announces Grants for Allegheny Works.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- Focus: Create Employment Opportunities, Improve Literacy, and Enhance Job Training Alcoa Foundation today announced grants totaling $200,000 to 13 Northside non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. , as part of its Allegheny Works initiative to improve literacy and job training in the Northside community. The projects range from producing an urban teen magazine Teen magazines are magazines aimed at teenage readers. They usually consisted of gossip, news, fashion tips and interviews and may include posters, stickers, small samples of cosmetics or other products and inserts. to teaching economic literacy and entrepreneurship to low-income families striving to start a business. The goal: to increase access to and readiness for employment, while improving literacy rates and educational achievement. "We wanted to invest in the Northside in a way that responded to the needs here, while helping to advance this community's potential," said Kathleen W. Buechel, President of Alcoa Foundation. "These programs represent the commitment and resourcefulness Resourcefulness Buck clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild] Crichton, Admirable butler proves to be infinite resource for castaway family on island. [Br. Lit. that drive the spirit of this community." Allegheny Works includes a five-year commitment from the Foundation for up to $1 million. Community Design Allegheny Works is the result of a year-long collaboration between Alcoa Foundation and Northside community, religious, youth and education leaders. At the heart of it is a unique panel made up in part of leaders of Northside organizations, who advised Alcoa Foundation on the community's needs and how best to respond to those needs. The panel evaluated grant proposals and recommended grantees to the Foundation. "The panel helped Alcoa Foundation to learn about the Northside community's needs firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first -- from the people who live and work here," said William D. Thompkins, Vice President of the Urban League of Pittsburgh, and Chairman of the Allegheny Works panel. "From the beginning, this process has been collaborative, with a real incentive to look at new ways of approaching old challenges." Allegheny Works was developed in conjunction with Alcoa's Corporate Center move to the Northside in 1998. At that time, the Foundation conducted interviews with more than 40 Northside residents, seeking their input on critical community needs, before forming Allegheny Works. The initiative is an addition to the funding Alcoa Foundation already provides to Northside and other Pittsburgh-area non-profit organizations. For more information, interested groups should call the Allegheny Works information line at Alcoa Foundation at 412-553-4000. About Alcoa Foundation Established in 1952, Alcoa Foundation is a global resource that actively invests in more than 20 countries where Alcoa operates. Its mission is to enhance and strengthen educational opportunities, health and medical services, cultural endeavors and overall quality of life. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : A complete list of grantees and their programs is attached. For interviews and photo opportunities, contact Kathy Buechel at Alcoa Foundation at 412-553-2779. Allegheny Works First-Year Grantees Church of Our Savior-"Fabulous Youth Project"-An after-school and summer educational program targeted toward at-risk youth, ages 6-13, living in the Northview Heights Northview Heights is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's north city area. Estates. The program addresses many of the external factors that affect school success, including family unity, drug or alcohol dependency, role models, and conflict resolution. It will also provide literacy and basic skills training, mentoring, and employment internships. Northside Collaborative for Jobs-A partnering of the Northside Leadership Conference The Northside Leadership Conference is a coaltion of 13 neighborhood based organizations servining the Northside of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Conference was founded in 1983 and was originally an advocacy group dedicated to neighborhood revitialization, with the Community College of Allegheny County Community College of Allegheny County, or CCAC as it is officially abbreviated, is a community college in the United States primarily serving Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. to develop workplace skills with 75 underemployed un·der·em·ployed adj. 1. Employed only part-time when one needs and desires full-time employment. 2. Inadequately employed, especially employed at a low-paying job that requires less skill or training than one possesses. Northside residents. With direct program input from future employers, this collaborative effort will place the participants in retail, medical and banking positions. Worksmith Institute-In collaboration with the Family Growth Center, this welfare-to-work initiative will target 30 low-income or unemployed Northside residents to provide job readiness, development, and placement, and personal and family counseling services. The program will also help participants find proper child care, transportation, housing and medical care. Allegheny Youth Development-"Jump Start"-This program provides a bridge over the gap between middle school and high school, a time when at-risk youth often succumb suc·cumb intr.v. suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs 1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield. 2. To die. to peer pressure and become involved with drugs, alcohol, sex, and violent or disruptive behavior. A Jump Start full-time school liaison will counsel boys entering five Northside area middle and high schools: Allegheny Traditional Academy, Columbus and Rooney Middle Schools, and Oliver and Perry High Schools Perry High School may refer to:
Allegheny YMCA-"YES Program"-The Youth Employment Service counseling program will help train and place over 100 youth, ages 16-21, in gainful gain·ful adj. Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment. gain  ful·ly adv. employment. It will teach resume writing skills, interview skills and workplace habits and etiquette etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local customs or taboos) to the rigid conventions of court and military circles, and they . Andy Warhol Noun 1. Andy Warhol - United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987) Warhol Museum-"Urban Interview"-As part of the museum's After-School Youth Technology Program in desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, and multimedia, youth in this program will publish a teen magazine, Urban Interview. The initiative is conducted in collaboration with Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Science Center-"Science In Your Neighborhood"-This effort trains at-risk high-school students, called 'Youth Explorers', to bring hands-on science activities into after-school programs for elementary students in disadvantaged Northside neighborhoods. Greater Allen Full Gospel The Full Gospel movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and in that God wills for his children to be prosperous in all areas of their lives:
Manchester Citizen's Corporation-Manchester Works-An initiative of the Manchester Consortium providing career building experiences for Manchester youth ages 14-20. The project includes entrepreneurship training, career exploration and summer work experiences. New Hope Church-"YES"-A one-to-one mentoring program that will engage 20-30 elementary school elementary school: see school. age children through tutoring in reading, computers and life skills. Youth Experiencing Success (YES) reaches out to children and their families. Northside Civic Development Council-"Family Savings Program"-In this unique program combining training in economic literacy and entrepreneurship, participants are taught budgeting, business plan writing, marketing, legal and other aspects of owning a business. State-provided funds of $60,000 will match participants' savings dollar for dollar. Pittsburgh Children's Museum-"YouthAlive"-Working with the Carnegie Science Center, YouthAlive is an ongoing program for Northside ninth-graders that provides work-based learning, enrichment in science, technology, language and the arts. This national program also includes an arts and science-based teen volunteer component. Pre-school Development Programs-"Childcare Training Program"-This initiative will train welfare recipients as child care workers, and provide life skills training, child development education, and employment and entrepreneurial skills. |
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