FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 1, 2003
BERKELEY
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO HOLD
‘LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL!’
After
school programs throughout the City join nationwide effort.
Berkeley,
CA -- Mayor Tom Bates and School Board President Joaquin Rivera invite the
community to join Berkeley’s After School programs during the Lights
on Afterschool! rally on October 9th at 5 p.m.
Berkeley’s event will be one of more than 5,000 such events
around the country.
Each
site will showcase after school programs and highlight the danger posed by
budget cuts. Participants in
the Lights On Afterschool! rally include City Council Members,
School Board Members, local educators, business leaders, parents,
children, and community members.
The
event will highlight three of the significant contributions that after
school programs make to Berkeley: keeping kids safe and healthy, helping
them learn, and relieving working parents of worries about their
children's activities during the afternoon hours. Hundreds of parents,
supporters and community members are expected to attend.
WHAT:
Berkeley Lights On Afterschool! Kick-off Event
WHEN:
5 PM, October 9, 2003
WHERE:
Rosa Parks Environmental Science Magnet School
(additional events will take place at after school
programs across the city from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Contact our office for
schedule details.)
WHO:
Council Member Margaret Breland, School Board President Joaquin
Rivera, local business leaders, parents and supporters of after school
Berkeley’s
After School Programs offer homework assistance, mentoring, tutoring, and
classes and clubs in sports, recreation, mathematics, chess, and dozens of
other subjects. Berkeley’s Lights on Afterschool is organized by The
Berkeley After School Action Team -- a group of public and private after
school programs that came together during the Mayor’s Summit on Youth
and Education and is convened by the Berkeley Community Fund.
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