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The Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool Ambassador program identifies afterschool providers and advocates of special achievement and helps them raise their voices in support of afterschool.
Selected from some of most effective afterschool programs and advocacy organizations in the nation, Ambassadors work every day to help keep kids safe, inspire children to learn and help working families. They know firsthand the barriers and benefits that communities face in making afterschool available to all children. The Alliance selects 15 to 25 Ambassadors from around the country each year, and then provides training, technical support, and modest funding for their Ambassadorial activities throughout the school year. Those activities include: coordinating a major Lights On Afterschool community event; working in concert with other local providers, advocates and business and community leaders to promote afterschool; reaching out to policy makers and the media on afterschool issues; and more.
The 2011-2012 Afterschool Ambassadors are listed below. Click here to read associated news releases for ambassador announcements.To see previous years' participants, see our Ambassador Emeritus page. Ambassadors are chosen by application in the spring. For information on how to apply to become an Ambassador, contact the Afterschool Alliance, or call (202) 347-2030.
Carrie Becker
Rutland South Supervisory Union Afterschool
P.O. Box 87
North Clarendon, VT 5759
802-775-3264
CBecker@rssu.org
Kasey Blackburn
Oakland Unified School District
After School Programs Office
746 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
510-568-1030
Kasey.blackburn@ousd.k12.ca.us
Jenny Davis
Lights On Afterschool
Hot Springs County School District #1
415 Springview
Thermopolis, WY 82443
307-864-6657
jdavis@hotsprings1.org
Heather DeWit
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota
3400 E. 49th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
605-371-8770
heather.dewit@lsssd.org
Jackie Francisco
School Age Child Care
Brevard Public Schools
800 Lane Avenue
Titusville, FL 32980
321-264-1276 x 3020
Francisco.jacalyn@brevardschools.org
Andrew Jordan
Extended School Program
Missouri River Educational Cooperative
3001 Memorial HWY
Suite B
Mandan, ND 58554
701-751-4041
Andrew.jordan@mrecnd.org
Milele Kennedy
City of Indianapolis School Outreach & Summer Programs
Department of Parks & Recreation
1502 W. 16th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-327-7466
Milele.Kennedy@indy.gov
Patrick Pinchinat
Queens Community House
108-25 62nd Drive
Forest Hills, NY 11375
718-830-5233
Ppinchinat@qchnyc.org
Victoria Raya
National Girls Collaborative Project
19020 33rd Avenue W
Suite 210
Lynwood, WA 98036
425-977-4741, x4771
vraya@edlabgroup.org
Christopher Stacy
Georgia Coastal Youth, Inc.
P.O. Box 368
Riceboro, GA 31323
912-884-2986
cstac38@yahoo.com
Fontella Taylor
University of Delaware, 4-H Afterschool
NCC Cooperative Extension
461 Wyoming Road
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-4977
ftaylor@udel.edu
Kelly Whaley
Cranston Community Learning Center
50 Gladstone Street
Cranston, RI 2920
401-270-8718
kwhaley.cpsed@gmail.com
