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Celebrate Philly Plays SCRABBLE® with Make it a SCRABBLE® Night! SCRAB-BOWL & more! 
October is Philly Plays SCRABBLE® Month. Play SCRABBLE® at 18 branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Make it a Night on Wed., Oct. 22 at Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut Street: Get pointers from local SCRABBLE® experts, and place your 'alpha-bet' on how many SCRABBLE® tiles are swimming in the fish bowl for a chance at a free SCRABBLE® prize. Thanks to sponsors: Comcast, Hasbro, the National SCRABBLE® Association, PNC Bank and Verizon. For important Philly Plays SCRABBLE® dates and locations, click here.

Bring this Voucher to Barnes & Noble Bookfair to Benefit ASAP: Saturday, October 25th 
Barnes & Noble on Rittenhouse Square is hosting a day-long bookfair to benefit ASAP! Get an early start on your holiday shopping while helping ASAP keep Philly's kids safe and active after school! Customers must present the cashier with the voucher and indicate that they are shopping to support ASAP. If you can't make it to the Center City location, other Barnes & Nobles will accept the vouchers on that day. Also, place an alpha-bet on SCRAB-BOWL: guess how many SCRABBLE® tiles to qualify for a chance at a free SCRABBLE® prize. Click here to view and print the ASAP bookfair voucher (to print, type ctrl + P).

PYCC Hosts Monthly Saturday Tournaments 
ASAP's Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge hosts monthly Saturday chess tournaments from September 2008 to January 2009. Chess Challenge tournaments are open to the public and feature five rounds each of rated, unrated, and open tournament play for kids ages K-12 and adults. Click here for more information and tournament schedule.

Chess Challenge Kids Checkmate Violence 
Mayor Michael Nutter congratulates Nyeem Alston, 5th grader at Cleveland Elementary School, after Alston beat the mayor in four moves at the PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence 24-Hour Chess Marathon held at Temple University and sponsored by PECO.

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey Helps Checkmate Violence 
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey makes his move at the PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence 24-Hour Chess Marathon held at Temple University and sponsored by PECO.

Spring Into SCRABBLE®
ASAP’s PHILLY PLAYS SCRABBLE® kids struck the right chord at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts during the Spring Into SCRABBLE® tournament, sponsored by Parkway Corp.

Chess Challenge Kids Tackle Eagles 
ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships and the Eagles Youth Partnership sponsored the annual Eagles Chess Tournament, an all-day chess tournament at the Lincoln Financial Field for 220 of Philadelphia’s most competitive school-age students from ASAP’s Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge.

A little time makes a big difference!
What happens after graduation starts with what happens after school.