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  • Mon, Jan 16th
    MLK Day
    Girard College

  • Thu, Jan 26th
    Scrabble Winter Classic
    School District

  • Sat & Sun, Feb 4th-5th
    Chess Marathon
    Temple


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MLK Day of Service
Monday, January 16th, 8am - 1pm
Girard College, 2101 South College Avenue

ASAP will man tables at the MLK Day hub at Girard College. At the Expo ASAP will provide information on our work to parents, caregivers and volunteers. Scrabble and Chess boards will be set up in the kids carnival. Additionally, ASAP will provide Scrabble and Chess trainings for new club leaders. For more information on MLK Day and ASAP's involvement, check out the website or contact Marshall Bright at 215-545-2727 x 12.


Scrabble Winter Classic
Thursday, January 26th, 2:00-4:00
The School District of Philadelphia, 440 N. Broad, Atrium

On January 26th ASAP will host the Scrabble Winter Classic, an annual Scrabble competition at which students in Scrabble clubs from throughout Philadelphia compete in the School District Atrium. For more information contact Marshall Bright at 215-545-2727 x 12.

PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon/ Tournament
Saturday and Sunday, February 4th-5th
Temple University Gittis Student Center Room 200,
1755 N. 13th St. Phila., 19122
Saturday 8:30am-8pm and Sunday 8:30am-5pm.

Our popular Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon, sponsored by PECO, returns for a fifth year! This year the Marathon, a two-day chess tournament, kicks off Saturday morning, February 4th with non-rated and rated tournament sections, and will continue on Sunday February 5th with the conclusion of the rated tournament. Our annual coaches’ classic tournament will also take place during the weekend. There will not be an overnight component to this year’s Marathon. For more information please contact Ben Cooper at at 215-545-2727 x 17 or bcooper@phillyasap.org .

"Spring into Scrabble"
Wednesday, June 8th; 2:30pm-5:00pm
The Franklin Institute

Spring into Scrabble is the culminating event of ASAP's Philly Plays Scrabble program. Students in ASAP Scrabble clubs are invited to participate in an afternoon of friendly Scrabble competition and to tour the Franklin Institute. For more information or to RSVP please contact Emily Goss at egoss@phillyasap.org or at 215-545-2727 x 10.

Community Yoga Night
Thursday, May 5th; 3:00pm-5:00pm
John Wister School
67 E. Bringhurst St. Philadelphia, Pa 19144

For more information contact Rachel Utain-Evans or click here for the event flyer.

Event 6
Thursday, April 23, 2009
To view our flyer, click here Lincoln Financial Field

To view our flyer, click here. Chess Activity Leader Training

The Eagles Youth Partnerships sponsors its annual all-day chess tournament for more than 200 of Philadelphia’s most competitive school-age students from ASAP’s Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge, with a special awards ceremony in the Eagles locker room. Chess Challenge students also will have an opportunity to flex their chess muscles in scrimmage games against several Philadelphia Eagles players. In addition, this year’s tournament will feature a chess simul with local chess expert Chris Miller playing 15 students at one time.
To view our flyer, click here

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    Chess Funders
    Eagles Youth Partnership
    Department of Health
    Dolfinger-McMahon
    Greenfield/Rosenberg
    Phil Lindy
    Mellon Charitable Trusts
    Morgan Stanley
    Neighborhoods Now
    PECO
    Phillies
    Target
    Henrietta Tower-Wurts
    Townsend Foundation
    Volpe-Koenig
    Wachovia
    Scrabble Funders
    Comcast
    Hasbro
    The National SCRABBLE® Association
    Parkway Foundation
    PNC Bank
    Verizon
    Debate Funders
    Fourjay Foundation
    Lance Funston, Save a Mind Foundation
    Dance / Yoga Funders
    Dance:
    Annenberg Foundation
    Phoebe Haas Charitable Trust
    The Food Trust
    Yoga:
    Patricia Kind Foundation
    Penrose
    People for People Charter
    Chad Bernardino from the Repstyles Dance Company



    Students from the Martha Washington School Yoga Club
    ASAP’s Philly Dance Program

    Philly Dance is designed to increase the number of dance opportunities available to students in grades K-12. ASAP annually provides over 60 dance opportunities for Greater Philadelphia's students-including tap, ballet, hip-hop, Modern dance, Latin dance and African dance. More recently ASAP has become concerned with the increase in youth obesity and the reality that the arts have been downgraded and often foreclosed from the school curriculum. A recent grant from the Annenberg Foundation has allowed ASAP to expand offerings of dance annually for three years and to identify organizations that offer after school dance for kids.

    ASAP’s Yoga Youth Program

    Yoga is one of the most successful fitness opportunities ASAP offers to Philly's youth. Since June 2002, ASAP organizes over 40 yoga clubs each year for Philadelphia students. Through funding from the Annenberg Foundation and a generous non-profit discount for the cost of instruction from Yoga Child, a local yoga studio-ASAP has been able to offer yoga to more students in the neediest communities. Zephania, a 5th grader in ASAP's first ever all-boys yoga club at Belmont School in West Philly , said that he enjoys the class because it helps him "relax and rest himself." Zephania's teacher noticed that his behavior has improved and he listens better in class.

    Benefits of Dance & Yoga
    It is ASAP's intent to advocate for dance and yoga programs and highlight the important role that dance and yoga can play in the lives of youth.

    Dance and yoga have many benefits that apply both on and off the dance floor or the yoga mat, and have an immediate and long-lasting impact, including:

    • Promoting health—dance is a great cardiovascular workout, and both yoga and dance build muscle strength, enhance motor coordination and increase flexibility;
    • Transforming the way kids feel about exercise—developing a long-term positive attitude on staying fit and healthy;
    • Developing essential social skills through interactions with other students—respect, patience, teamwork and civility;
    • Relieving stress and providing relaxation while having fun;
    • Building self-confidence, particularly through public performance;
    • Strengthening self-discipline and concentration;
    • Providing a sense of accomplishment—creating goals and achieving them;
    • Expanding self-awareness—fostering individual creativity and improving self-expression; and,
    • Exposing kids to different cultures and beliefs.

    Further, research demonstrates a link between participation in the arts and improved educational achievement. According to Americans for the Arts (2007), a leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America, “The arts serve as a critical component to a complete education and are proven to increase student academic achievement. Young people who consistently participate in comprehensive, sequential, and rigorous arts programs are:

    • 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
    • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
    • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
    • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
    • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.”

    To get started or receive more information click here, or contact Rachel Utain-Evans at rutainevans@phillyasap.org or 215-545-2727 x 13.

    Click here to view dance and yoga funders

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