To date, ASAP has achieved the following:
- served 15,773 Philadelphia youth
- organized 1,210 clubs, primarily volunteer-led
in schools, recreation centers and libraries
- recruited 904 volunteer club leaders and
numerous partnerships
- established the Philadelphia Youth Chess
Challenge (PYCC) with 227 chess clubs and 3,500 kids playing weekly
- initiated the Philadelphia Scholastic Chess
League with 57 teams citywide
- organized “Philly Plays Scrabble” each October
to promote citywide literacy
- facilitated 48 Scrabble clubs, with 650 kids
playing weekly
- organized the Philadelphia Scholastic Debate
League with 15 debate teams
- created “Common Cents,” a financial literacy
initiative for middle school kids
- created “Philly Girls Play Chess,” increasing
the number of girls in PYCC by 250
- initiated “Philly Dance,” operating 50 hip
hop, ballet, jazz, tap, and modern clubs per year
- facilitated 91 varieties of activities, including
Scrabble, drama, yoga, dance, and skateboarding
- maintained a website for information about
ASAP’s initiatives
- published an annual Directory of After School
Activities featuring more that 1,000 sites as a resource guide to parents
and caregivers in a supplement to the Philadelphia Daily News
-- reaching an estimated 350,000 people.