Gural proves he's a class act at Christmas.Jeffrey Gural, the Chairman of Newmark & Company Real Estate, and Howard Kaye, investor and philanthropist, have offered 40 first-graders the most incredible gift of their young lives. On December 7, 2005, Gural and the "I Have a Dream"[R] Foundation of 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 announced an offer for free after-school programming, extracurricular enrichment, tutoring and mentoring through the 12th grade and the promise of assured tuition assistance for higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. upon completion of high school. In return, the first-graders will commit to being "Dreamers" and all that it entails--not dropping out of school, working hard, and going to college or vocational school. The group of Chelsea-Elliott Dreamers will be the 29th group adopted by "I Have a Dream" sponsors 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. since 1981 when Eugene M. Lang adopted the first group at P.S. 121 in East Harlem. Nationally, the program has helped more than 14,000 students. Sponsors, like Gural, make a 1015 year commitment when they adopt a grade of children from a school or same-age group from a public housing development. A team of paid staff and volunteers support the Dreamers throughout their primary and secondary school years. The new Chelsea-Elliott Project is made possible by the contributions of Gural; Howard Kaye, former chairman of Kaye Insurance Associates and private investor; Joey Jacobs; Frank Williams Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams CBE (b. April 16, 1942) is founder and manager of the WilliamsF1 Formula One racing team. Born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, to an RAF officer and a special education teacher and later headmistress, Williams was largely brought up by ; Walgreens, corporate sponsor; and the New York City Housing Authority The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. . Over the next 1014 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time sponsors will contribute $250,000 annually for the second Chelsea-Elliott Project as well as over $1 million for college scholarships. This will be the second complete group of students to whom Gural and Kaye have made this commitment and "adopted" at the Chelsea-Elliott Houses through the Foundation. The 40 first graders added this year join the 40 adopted last year. In 1993, Gural, Kaye and three other like-hearted New Yorkers adopted a total of 96 second and third-graders at the public housing site. By this spring, over 85% of those students would have graduated or earned their GED GED abbr. 1. general equivalency diploma 2. general educational development GED (US) n abbr (Scol) (= general educational development) → . 81% of the graduates have taken up Gural's promise and have enrolled in college or vocational school. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gural, "Both Howard [Kaye] and I are looking forward to adopting a new class of Dreamers and duplicating the success of the first program. "It is fantastic that we now have a total of 80 children from this community that will directly benefit from what this program offers. One of the best things about the "I Have a Dream"[R] Foundation is that it allows us to establish a close personal relationship with many of the Dreamers. This is quite different from other charities we support, where we don't personally know the people we are helping. " |
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