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Where Your Dollars Go
Community Outreach 2008
Real People. Real Impact.
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The Harris, Harris Express & McCrorey YCommunity provide:
The Starfish Academy literacy program, which involves both a six-week summer literacy camp as well as a year-round afterschool and summer program for first and second grade students identified as at-risk for academic failure by their school principle or teacher.
Starfish Academy is now a nationally recognized program, having received a 2006 Coming Up Taller Award presented by the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities. |
About 27% of CMS first, second and third graders living in at risk neighborhoods are testing below the 18th percentile on standardized reading tests.
Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
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The Harris, Harris Express & McCrorey YCommunity provide:
Afterschool and Day Camp programs in a safe, nurturing and enjoyable environment with an academic focus.
Through the Community Enrichment Program, over 30 students in the Sterling and Pine Valley are served. These students have realized a substantial improvement in their grades and school absenteeism has been reduced.
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According to the Journal of Adolescent Research (2003), reading achievement predicts one's likelihood of graduating from high school and attending college.
Source: Economics of Education Review, 18, 17-30 (1999) |
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The Harris, Harris Express & McCrorey YCommunity provide funding:
-To send more than 150 children to Day Camp at the McCrorey YMCA
-For over 450 Youth at the McCrorey YMCA to play basketball, football and soccer.
-For Teen programs including Afterschool, Teen Camp and Teen Hangout Night for over 2200 Teens. |
Participation in club activities during during childhood is linked to higher academic performance and self-esteem.
Source: Journal of Community Psychology, 31(6) |
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