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AMERICA'S LEADERS SIGN ON TO AFTERSCHOOL FOR ALL

Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool for All initiative, a sign-on campaign designed to demonstrate the diverse support for afterschool, is growing by leaps and bounds.  Launched in 2004 with 250 individual and organizational partners, the effort has grown to nearly 20,000 Afterschool for All partners representing every state.

Partners who have joined Afterschool for All include governors, mayors, police chiefs and prominent organizations such as the AARP, Citigroup Inc., IBM, the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, the National PTA, the AFL-CIO, Time Warner, the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, the US Conference of Mayors, and YMCA of the USA.

In America today, more than 15.1 million children are alone and unsupervised in the hours after school.  Afterschool for All brings together individuals and organizations from across the nation who support the vision that all children and youth deserve access to quality, affordable afterschool programs.

Afterschool advocates hope that Afterschool for All partner list will convey the broad and diverse support that exists for access to afterschool for all children.  You can sign on to Afterschool for All at www.afterschoolalliance.org/a4ajoin.cfm. To view partners and learn more, go to www.afterschoolalliance.org.