Community Outreach 2008
Real People. Real Impact.
| Program Support |
The Morrison Family YMCA at Ballantyne and Ballantyne Village YCommunity provides:
A variety of teen programs as well as a monthly Middle School Madness event to provide a safe and supervised location for more than 200 middle school students.
An afterschool program for middle school students living in Charlotte's east corridor which increases academic achievement and decreases delinquent behavior. |
Participation in club activities during adolescence is linked to higher academic performance and self-esteem.
Source: Journal of Community Psychology, 31(6) |
| English as a Second Language and Latino Services |
Your donated dollars support English as a Second Language classes for 160 non-English speaking individuals in southwest Charlotte. Additional services include:
- English classes
- Bilingual events
- Seminars designed to enhance lives and connect individuals to the community
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About 27% of CMS first, second and third grade students living in at-risk neighborhoods are testing below the 18th percentile on standardized reading tests.
Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
| Starfish Academy |
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A year round literacy program for under-resourced first and second graders who are failing literacy.
Starfish Academy combines literacy instruction with arts programming and physical activity for the first and second grade students who read at least half below their grade level. As the programs centerpiece, each student creates his or her own book to take home after graduation which provides a keepsake representing accomplishments that can be shared with friends and family.
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YMCA of Greater Charlotte will put nearly 300 children through Starfish Academy this year.
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