“Working Together to Build a Better Community”

Tuesday March 1, 2011

PAL, the best friend a kid can have.

Armory History• After operating a PAL summer day camp in the 1995 and 1997 summer seasons, the

agency decided to open a full time center at the Washington Heights Armory. Utilizing drug forfeiture monies, DA Robert Morgenthau worked with the Armory Track and Field Foundation and City Council Member Stan Michaels, and PAL opened a new full time center on March 15, 1998. It was opened in response to both positive feedback from the previous summer camps and the desperate need for additional after school and summer camp programs in the community.

• The first director for this center was Mr. Al Kurland and he helped to raise registration and enrollment within the first few weeks of service. Due to the newly large amount of students more space was needed therefore with the support of PAL and the help of a leadership team at a local elementary school a new partnership was formed between PAL and PS 128 which has become a satellite site for the PAL program.

• Since the opening of the fulltime Armory PAL Center it has serviced close to 6,000 young people from the surrounding communities ages 5-19 and their families alike.

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District #7 RJ

District #16 Bronx

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Armory Programs• PAL Signature Programs:

Smarts, Arts, Fit and Junior Police

• After School Program Ages 5-13

• Step Up Program Ages 12-14

• Evening Teen Center Ages 14-19

• City-Wide PAL Sports Participation

• Summer Day Camp Ages 5-13

• SYEP host 40-60 Participants

• INSTEP Program Ages 14-18

• Social WORK Intern on site

• Monthly Parent Workshops

• Monthly Family Fun Nights

• Community Service Projects

• RSVP Program Ages 14-18

• Club Fridays

• Youth Development Workshops

• Cops and Kids Sports

Where the money is spent…

Program Success…Hours of activities completed by all students

combined from September 2010-present

• Recreation/Physical Fitness- 270 hours

• Nutrition Education- 30 hours

• Visual Arts- 120 Hours

• Movement in Arts- 155 hours

• HW Assistance- 480 hours

• Academic Enhancement with DOE teachers- 90 hours

• Media/Technology education- 30 hours

• Specialized Tutoring- 51 Hours

• English Language Tutoring- 51 Hours

• *219 program hours since the start in September

Funding : Students Served

Parent Testimony• Katherine Rodriguez-Jazly , Rodriguez 3rd grade Incarnation School; 3 after school season, 2

summer camps

• Oscar and Ana Jimenez- Gabriel and Marcos Jimenez 5th and 1st grade Ps. 128; 3 afterschool seasons(Gabriel) 1 after school (Marcos)

• Katiurska Santos- Jaylin Santos 5th grade St. Rose of Lima; 3 after school seasons

• Kelsey Collado-Gisselle Garcia 1st Grade Incarnation School; 1 Summer camp, 1 after school season

• Wanda Torres- Parent Coordinator PS 173M

• Pablo Vasquez- PAL employee, previous Instepper, former SYEP, former PAL participant

“Before Kids Can Go Places, They Need a Place To Go”