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Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia held its annual award ceremony on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Drexel University. The event was designed to celebrate the success and dedication of our students, families, schools and donor community.
We were honored to present H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest with this year's CSFP Citizen of the Year. Mr. Lenfest has been an incredible philanthropic leader on behalf of so many low-income Philadelphia children. His vision, time and commitment in helping secure greater educational opportunities for all children are an inspiration to us all. Congratulations!!
URBN was selected as our Corporate Citizen of the Year. Glen Senk, CEO of URBN was present on June 17th to accept this award. URBN has been a friend and supporter since the start. Through the focused and creative leadership of both Richard Hayne and Glen Senk, CSFP has benefited from the URBN family's time and input. We are grateful for the "light" that their talent and energy have brought to CSFP. It has positively impacted our ability to secure many more scholarship dollars. Thank you.
Past recipients have included: Christy Walton, Walton Family Foundation; James Nevels, CEO, Swarthmore Group and former head of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission; Geoffrey Canada, CEO, Harlem Children's Zone; Governor Tom Ridge; Dave Montgomery and the Phillies; and Winston Churchill, SCP Partners and President of the Board, Gesu School.
CSFP will also be recognizing the 800 new, four-year scholarship recipients by presenting their families with their award letters. We will be awarding a variety of student prizes, including four college scholarships to former CSFP alumni who are graduating high school this year. Joining us will be "Wally" the Wawa goose and the Phillie Phanatic.
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia hosted its fourth annual "Weekend at the Academy of Natural Sciences" for its families and students March 7th and 8th, 2009. Families enjoyed the museum at greatly reduced prices and participated in a variety of specially designed science workshops. This special winter break has proved very popular with our CSFP families. More than 600 students and family members have joined us each year. We want to give a special thanks to The Academy of Natural Sciences for making this possible each year.
2009 scholarship applications
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia distributed new 2009 scholarship applications through March 1, 2009. A special event marked the beginning of the distribution process. Wawa helped us celebrate the availability of 1,300 new city-wide four-year scholarship awards by hosting the event at its Northeast Philadelphia store located at 12301 Academy Road. On hand was Wally, the Wawa goose and the Phillies Phanatic, together with interested families, corporate and civic leaders. CSFP applications were available through March 1, 2009 at all Philadelphia area public library branches, Police Athletic League Centers, Philadelphia Park and Recreation Centers, as well as area day care facilities, churches, and schools.
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia benefit
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia benefit was held at Urban Outfitters at the Philadelphia Naval Yard Headquarters on Saturday, OCTOBER 25, 2008. We are thrilled that Dick and Meg Hayne served as our co-chairpersons of the event.
The evening will long be remembered in the Philadelphia area for its unusual venue, decor, great activities and food. The credit for the night's success goes to Dick and Meg Hayne as well as the entire Urban, Free People, Anthropologie and Terrain team for their dedication and time in so creatively transforming the venue into a giant indoor carnival and so generously opening their corporate doors. A special thanks goes to Meredith Boice and Lauren Addis of Urban for their lead role in implementing and producing this event.
The benefit raised more than $750,000 new scholarship dollars. We want to thank our lead corporate event sponsors for helping us reach our goals:
Wawa
PNC
VerizonWireless
AmerisourceBergen
Mass Marketing Insurance Group
Cigna
Maverick Capital
And Urban Outfitters
We also want to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of Ryan and Jack Longstreth, Co-Chairs of our Young Leadership Carnival Committee. As a result of their efforts, many more young Philadelphia leaders participated in the event and were involved in helping secure greater opportunities for low-income children.
Finally, we want to thank the more than 600 event participants for joining us on October 25th so that many more children will have new found hope, opportunity and success.
Donation
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June Award Ceremony - We were thrilled to honor this year's CSFP Citizen of the Year, Christy Walton. Governor Ed Rendell was present and helped mark this incredible 10th year celebration. His remarks were well received by the more than 2,400 families, students and civic leaders present that morning.
Christy R. Walton has carried forward the legacy that she helped create with her late husband John, more than 10 years ago, to provide educational opportunities for all children, regardless of geography or wealth. This journey began in 1998, when Christy and John established Children's Scholarship Fund and secured $100 million in initial funding to allow low-income families across America access to private schools. At that time, more than 40,000 Philadelphia families applied for the 1,200 four-year scholarship awards provided from the initial grant. We are honored to be able to recognize Christy at this event.
Additionally, we presented Wawa with this year's "Corporate Citizen of the Year Award". As an early, consistent supporter and friend of CSFP, Wawa has helped to secure more than 100 new scholarships for needy students and assure their future and the future of this scholarship program. Thank you for your trust and efforts on behalf of so many!
Hope, opportunity and success - it was experienced on June 7, 2008. From the 4,350 students that Christy and John have helped to fund in Philadelphia, to our newest 1,500 scholarship students - to the current CSFP children who are maximizing their "opportunity" through their school accomplishments - to the success of our high school seniors that are graduating at rates greater than 95% - thank you. Philadelphia is a better city for the vision and efforts of our donors, and friends. Watch for more 10th year celebratory activities!
A special thanks to our event sponsors: Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young, LLP and Beneficial Savings Bank for underwriting the costs of the day's celebration!
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia held its 7th annual scholarship random lottery this March and selected 1,500 winning students from more than 5,000 applications. Award packages will be mailed in mid-March to families. To help welcome these newest members of the CSFP family, an orientation workshop will be held Saturday, April 5, 2008 at the Academy of Natural Sciences, from 9:30 - 10:30 AM. We encourage all new award parents and/or guardians to attend. A panel of experts will be on hand to answer questions about school transition issues, including social, academic and financial.
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On November 15th, CSFP will hold its 7th annual city-wide distribution of its scholarship applications. To mark the occasion, an event will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at The Academy of Natural Sciences. This year applications are available for 1,500 new, four-year K- 8th grade scholarship awards to Philadelphia area low-income students. CSFP currently has 2,100 families with children in kindergarten through eighth grade who are receiving an average of $1,100 per child per year.
"I am excited to announce that given the extraordinary support of our local community of donors, CSFP is able to offer 1,500 new, four- year scholarships this coming school year," says Evie McNiff, CSFP President of the CSFP Board. She added: "With more than 75,000 qualified applicants seeking Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia scholarships, the need for this program is critical, and we couldn't do it without the commitment and generosity of corporations such as Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Wawa, ACE-INA, Urban Outfitters, PNC, Airgas, Mellon, SAP, Capegemini and PECO and Aramark."
"We are thrilled to be here with our new partner and friend, Mike O'Neill, Chairman of BLOCS. The ultimate success in any community, particularly one as critical as urban education, rests in the strength, vision and commitment of its leaders in securing resources to meet the challenges." Ms. McNiff continued: "CSFP believes that our children are best served when these challenges are met through creative alliances between like minded community members. Through this partnership, CSFP and BLOCS will illustrate the enormous impact that these quality, early educational opportunities have on the lives of poor Philadelphia students. Our goal is a simple one. We would like to open the school doors to thousands more Philadelphia children and begin to meet the overwhelming demand that we experience each year when distributing our lottery applications."
CSFP looks forward to working with BLOCS and others within the Philadelphia educational community to support opportunities for families and children to succeed.
Family Weekend at the Academy
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia, in partnership with The Academy of Natural Sciences, held its third "Family Weekend at the Academy", March 1-2, 2008. With the continued generous support from Brown Brothers Harriman and a grant through the Academy, and partial funding from CSFP, families gained admission for only $1.00 per person (adult admission is normally$10.00). More than 500 CSFP students and parents joined us for the weekend activities, which included small reptile workshops, the butterfly exhibit and special animal shows.
2007 Award Ceremony
CSFP conducted its sixth annual award ceremony on June 19, 2007. This event served as our official "welcome" to our newest 1,000 scholarship award recipients. The ceremony was held at Drexel University and Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University provided the opening remarks. Additionally, we presented this year's "CSFP 2007 Citizen of the Year" to James E. Nevels, President and CEO of the Swarthmore Group and Chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. Verizon Wireless was the recipient of "CSFP's Corporate Citizen of the Year." Christine Baron, President of Verizon Wireless, Philadelphia Tri-State Region, accepted this honor. The Phillie Phanatic was on hand to present a variety of student awards for achievement, art and writing, as well as our teacher awards. Congratulations to all!
March 3-4, 2007 CSFP Weekend at The Academy of Natural Sciences.
More than 400 CSFP family members participated in our second annual Weekend at the Academy. Participants enjoyed free, small group science workshops, as well as complete access to the museum's exhibits, including the "Butterfly Special Exhibit" and numerous demonstrations. A special thanks to our friends at Brown Brothers Harriman for underwriting this event!
Benefit Party Hosted by Urban Outfitters -- Saturday, October 28, 2006
The event was an enormous success. More than 500 people joined us that evening. Participants enjoyed great food by Frog Commissary, incredible music by The School of Rock, and they were able to celebrate CSFP in an incredible venue. Thanks to the vision and talent of Dick and Meg Hayne, Urban Outfitters transformed the former ship building facility to an unique, innovative, yet functional corporate headquarters. CSFP was delighted and honored to have had the opportunity to celebrate Urban's official opening of its corporate campus the night of October 28th.
With the support, time and help of Dick and Meg Hayne, our dance committee, Kathy Patty of TableArt, as well as Urban Outfitters talented staff, including Meredith Boice, Katie Hartsough and Carrie Yotter - CSFP was able to raise more than $475,000!!! This money will be used fund 1,000 new, four-year low-income scholarships to be issued in 2007.
We want to thank all of our corporate dance sponsors: Urban Outfitters, Maverick Capital, Verizon Wireless, SAP America, Capgemini, PNC, Ace-Ina, Comcast , Mass Marketing Insurance Group, Cigna, AmerisourceBergen, IGN Foundation, Aramark, Wawa, Philadelphia Phillies, Drexel University, Mellon Financial, Merck & Co., Sovereign Bank, Macyís, Citizens Bank, Airgas, Beneficial Savings Bank, Charming Shoppes, Harold Katz Foundation, Internet Capital Group, Lincoln Mortgage, Philadelphia Industrial lDevelopment Corporation and Wakefield-Cushman.
A special thanks to our many friends throughout Philadelphia that help make this event possible, including the following University of Pennsylvania graduate student volunteers: Lee Shaker, Joung Lee, Ariel Cernin, Chris Penckowski, Jamie Ford, Jeannette Brugger, Susana Ramirez, Bridget Kelly, Ian Musselman, Marie Hildebrandt, Suzie Lee and Wenny Lin.
Finally, we want to also thank our dedicated benefit dance committee for their help in organizing this great event.
Benefit Dance Committee:
Molly and Sam Baker
Amy Banse and Joe Dworetzky
Pamela and David Berkman
Shauna and Jeff Binswanger
Melen and Dick Boothby
Page and Anthony Brady
Chris Bravacos
Renee and David Brooks
Gretchen and Steve Burke
Darlene Callands-Curry
Annabelle and Doug Canning
Jennifer and Greg Case
Winston Churchill
Jim and Susan Connor
Whitney and Peter Cutler
Bill and Debbie Davis
Trina and John Davison
John and Rosalee DiIulio
The Honorable Dwight Evans
Katharine and Bill Eyre
Ruthie and Tom Ferraro
Kim and Rob Frisbie
Amanda and Ian Gardiner
Ryan Gelback
Marnie Grasso
Joanie and Bob Hall
Sharon and Steve Harrington
Ellen and Jay Hass
Meg and Dick Hayne
Heather and Ben Irons
Ellen and Steve Kaplan
Courtney and Steve Kapp
Leslie Kase and Andrew Swinney
Ann and Jack Kelly
Sara and Ledlie Laughlin
Eliza and Charlie Lee
Lynn and Jerry Lehocky
Ina Lipman and Dan Pickens
Betsy and Peter Longstreth
Whim and Skip Lynch
Debbie and Jordie Maine
Bonnie and Peter McCausland
Evie and John McNiff
Lynne and David Montgomery
Schuyler Morris
Marta and Raoul Navarro
Liz and Peter Odiorne
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Lindsey and Blakely Page
Carmen and Jorge Pelaez
Betsy and Frank Polizzi
Elizabeth and David Proctor
Lizann and David Rode
Aileen and Brian Roberts
Tania and Tom Rorke
William and Debbie Sasso
Kim and Chip Sheppard
Anna Cooke and Richard Smith
Nicholas and Paula Torres
Megan and Brian Vogt
Carolyn and Bill Webster
Kim and Will Whetzel
Wendy Wolcott
Robert Young and Carol Cinotti
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JUNE 21, 2006
CSFP held its Fifth Annual Student Recognition and Award Ceremony. Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone was presented the CSFP Citizen of the Year Award. More than 600 families, students, and teachers were present at this ceremony. Also, CSFP issued its 500 new, four-year awards to its newest members of the CSFP scholarship family. Special congratulations goes to the following winners:
2005-2006 CSFP Student Award for Outstanding Contributions to School Through Service, Leadership and Academic Achievement:
Nathaly Bravo, 2nd Grade ñ St. Veronica School
Kamal Gatewood, 4th Grade ñ Spruce Hill Christian School
Lenny Ramos, 5th Grade- Visitation B.V.M. School
2005-2006 CSFP Student Award for Outstanding Contributions to School Through Service, Leadership and Academic Achievement:
Nathaly Bravo, 2nd Grade ñ St. Veronica School
Kamal Gatewood, 4th Grade ñ Spruce Hill Christian School
Lenny Ramos, 5th Grade- Visitation B.V.M. School
Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Effort and Overall Academic Improvement:
James OíConnor, 3rd Grade ñ St. Casimir School
Ryan Meehan, 5th Grade ñ St. Anne School
Danielle Wojcik, 4th Grade- Nativity B.V.M. School
Angela Himenez, 8th Grade- Holy Spirit School
ESSAY Contest Winners:
Grades 6th-8th
Anh Nguyen, 8th Grade- Visitation B.VM. School, First Prize
Shakira King, 8th Grade ñ St. Francis de Sales School, Second Prize
Brierra Kelly, 6th Grade ñ Gesu School, Honorable Mention
Natasha Hentz, 8th Grade- Ivy Leaf School
Grades 3rd-5th
Jordan Sanjaya, 5th Grade- Archbishop Ryan School for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children, First Prize
Nathaniel Ferguson, 5th Grade-St. Francis de Sales School, Second Prize
Patricia Creamer, 4th Grade-St. Matthew School, Honorable Mention
Sasha Roadcloud, 5th Grade-Calvary Temple Christian School, Honorable Mention
Kindergarten ñ 2nd Grades
Julia Reeves, 2nd Grade- Springside School, First Prize
Jasmine Mays, 2nd Grade-St. Francis de Sales School, Second Prize
Starrethra Blessin Carter, Kindergarten-Our Mother of Sorrows School, Honorable Mention
Anthony M. Gullette, 2nd Grade-West Oak Lane Christian Academy, Honorable Mention
ART Contest
Grades 6th-8th
Tieng Pham, 8th grade- Visitation B.V.M. School, First Prize
Trey Carson, 7th Grade-St. Francis de Sales School, Second Prize
Chydell McKoy, 7th Grade-Our Lady of Lourdes School, Honorable Mention
Iyannah Collins, 6th Grade- Gesu School
Grades 3rd-5th
India Hudson, 3rd Grade- St. Francis de Sales School, First Prize
Maya Lee, 3rd Grade ñ St. Francis de Sales School, Second Prize
Tori Thompson, 3rd Grade ñ St. Gabriel School, Honorable Mention
Alanis Reyes, 3rd Grade ñ St. Veronicaís School, Honorable Mention
Kindergarten-2nd Grade
Conor Bambrick, 1st Grade - Resurrection of Our Lord School, First Prize
Seth Vaders, 1st Grade ñ Calvary Christian Academy, Second Prize
Hannah Savage, 2nd Grade ñ St. Bernard School, Honorable Mention
Maria Britt, 2nd Grade ñ Our Lady of Lourdes School, Honorable Mention
CSFP 2006 Parent Award
CSFP recognizes the following parents and/or guardians for their unique and special efforts in helping provide educational opportunities for their child and for supporting their greater school community through volunteer efforts.
Agnes Santiago -Saint Veronicaís School
And
Susan McGurk ñ St. Adalbert School
CSFP Teacher of the Year 2006 Awards
This award recognizes the unique contributions of these exceptional teachers. These teachers best serve the goals of CSFP in providing educational opportunities to all children. The criterion for this award included: (i) creative classroom practices, (ii) exceptional instructional support for children and (iii) involvement with extra curricular activities.
Loretta Yogis ñ St. Donato School
Jason White ñ St. Malachy School
Brenda Kuleck ñ Cedar Grove Christian Academy
APRIL 8, 2006
CSFP held a workshop on transition issues facing new scholarship award winners, Saturday, April 8 at The Academy of Natural Sciences. This workshop focused on the academic, social and financial issues facing families entering our scholarship program.
MARCH 4 & 5, 2006
CSFP weekend at The Academy of Natural Sciences. The Academy of Natural Sciences was host to a very special weekend at the museum for our CSFP families. More than 600 students and their families participated in special programs throughout this March weekend. Admission for the CSFP guests was at a very special rate of $1.00 per person. We are very grateful to all of our friends at The Academy of Natural Sciences for making this special event possible, as well as Doug Walker of Brown Brothers Harriman for helping sponsor the event.
JANUARY 18, 2006
CSFP held its kick-off ceremony for the distribution of its 2006-07 scholarship application on January 18th at 10:00 a.m. This event was held at The Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway (1st Floor Auditorium), Philadelphia. CSFP expects to distribute a minimum of 500, new four-year awards for the upcoming school year. Scholarships are for low-income, Philadelphia children entering grades K-5th in the fall 2006. CSFP processed only the first 3,000 applications received. Selection was based on a random lottery held in mid-March. The deadline for applications was March 1, 2006.
June 7, 2005 –Award
Ceremony honoring Governor Tom Ridge
CSFP is pleased to announce that its fourth annual student
award and recognition ceremony was held Tuesday, June 7th
at 2:00 PM. The location of this very special event
was The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 and Benjamin Franklin
Parkway. The Honorable Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania Governor
and Secretary of the United States Department of Home Security
is CSFP’s 2005 Citizen of the Year.
Governor Ridge was honored for his work on behalf of children
and his help in securing resources to advance educational
opportunities to low-income students through innovative legislation
like the PA Education Improvement Tax Credit Act. CSFP
was very appreciative that Governor Ridge took time from
a busy schedule to personally accept this award and speak
to our families and students. He shared the importance
of education and the impact on his life. Governor Ridge graciously
stayed for more than one hour after the award ceremony to
speak individually to interested families and provide wonderful
photo opportunities.
Also on hand that day was the Phillie Phanatic, who helped
to hand out numerous Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
awards as well as recognize many of the 350 new, four-year
scholarship students present at this ceremony.
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