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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PGPC TOURNAMENT
REGISTRATION
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