[Press Archives]

[Press Contacts: Gretchen Wright, Lisa Lederer, Matthew Freeman, or Johanna Diaz 202/371-1999]

RECENT PRESS RELEASES:

May 9, 2008 Parents, Students, Educators Meet in Nation's Capitol to Tell Congress: America's Kids, Families Need More Afterschool Programs

May 6, 2008 San Francisco Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence Joins Board of Afterschool Alliance

April 29, 2008 D.C. Afterschool Program Gets Cooking Celebrity Chef Joey Altman to Conduct Cooking Demonstration at Local Afterschool Program

February 8, 2008 Leading Children's, Education Advocates to Brief Congress on Ways Afterschool Programs Support Rural Communities

February 7, 2008 Bush Budget Proposal Would Devastate Federal Afterschool Initiative, Nation's Leading Afterschool Advocate Says

February 1, 2008 President’s Proposed Afterschool Cut is ‘Serious Mistake,’ ‘Disastrous for Afterschool’

January 31, 2008 Afterschool Programs "Vital to Children and Families," Women Senators Tell President All 16 Women Senators Issue Joint Call For Greater Federal Support for Afterschool Programs

January 11, 2008 New Research Shows that Afterschool Programs Work

December 27, 2007 Afterschool Funding Increase Most Welcome & Long Overdue, Nation's Leading Afterschool Advocate Says

December 19, 2007 Congress Stands Up for Kids Nation’s Top Afterschool Advocate Praises Increase in Afterschool Budget

November 15, 2007 Orlando’s Reinaldo Llano Joins Board of Afterschool Alliance Bright House Networks Community Relations Executive Joins Board of National Advocacy Group

November 13, 2007 Afterschool Leader Deeply Disappointed by Bush Veto Nation's Top Afterschool Advocate Urges Congress to Override President’s Veto of Education Spending Bill, Preserve Afterschool Increase

October 18, 2007 A Million Americans Join City, State & Federal Lawmakers, Business & Community Leaders Around Nation In Rallying for Afterschool Today Empire State Building to be Lit in Yellow for Lights On Afterschool Tonight

Listen to a message from Rhea Perlman, Carla of Cheers fame, and Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance Executive Director, about Lights On Afterschool 2007

October 18, 2007 New Survey: NH Education Leaders See Urgent Need for More Afterschool Programs, Greater State & Federal Support Older Youth Seen Benefiting From Afterschool

October 16, 2007 Americans Rally to Keep the Lights on Afterschool From Alabama to Alaska This Week There's a Lights On Afterschool Event in Your Community

October 16, 2007 Afterschool Advocates from All Quarters Speak Out for Afterschool, Join National Rally

October 15, 2007 Military Families Join National Lights On Afterschool Rally

October 12, 2007 Americans Want the Lights On After School for our Children & Youth Memo to Editorial Page Writers/Editors

October 9, 2007 For the First Time Ever, the Empire State Building Will Light Up for Lights On Afterschool Yellow Lights Will Shine on New York City Landmark October 18th in Support of Afterschool Programs

October 9, 2007 Torani Chooses Four Winners in National Student Art Contest Winning Students’ Artwork is Displayed on Limited-Edition Beverage Labels; Torani to Donate Percentage of Proceeds to the Afterschool Alliance

October 8, 2007 Health and Fitness Take Center Stage At Many Lights On Afterschool Events This Year

October 7, 2007 More than 5,000 Students Expected As Los Angeles Kicks Off Lights On Afterschool 2007

October 4, 2007 Westlake Student Wins National Student Art Contest Winning Student’s Artwork is Displayed on Limited-Edition Beverage Labels; Torani to Donate Percentage of Proceeds to the Afterschool Alliance

October 2, 2007 Local OH Winner of National Student Art Contest To be Honored by Major Beverage Company on Thursday

October 1, 2007 Turning the Lights On for Afterschool State-By-State Governors Across the Nation Issue Proclamations Supporting Afterschool Rally

September 2007 22 New Afterschool Ambassadors Announced

September 25, 2007 Woonsocket Student Wins National Student Art Contest Winning Student's Artwork is Displayed on Limited-Edition Beverage Labels; Torani to Donate Percentage of Proceeds to the Afterschool Alliance

September 25, 2007 Extended School Day Programs Need 'Afterschool Approach' New Issue Brief Urges Policy Makers Looking at Extending School Day To Consider Lessons Learned from the Afterschool Experience

September 24, 2007 Communities to Celebrate 8th Annual Lights On Afterschool with Ballet Folklorico, Poster Contests, Rallies, Recognition Ceremonies

September 21, 2007 Local RI Winner of National Student Art Contest To be Honored by Major Beverage Company on Tuesday

September 17, 2007 Nonprofits, Corporations, Lawmakers Support National Rally for Afterschool

September 14, 2007 Houston Student Wins National Student Art Contest Winning Student’s Artwork is Displayed on Limited-Edition Beverage Labels; Torani to Donate Percentage of Proceeds to the Afterschool Alliance

September 14, 2007 Los Angeles Student Wins National Student Art Contest Winning Student’s Artwork is Displayed on Limited-Edition Beverage Labels; Torani to Donate Percentage of Proceeds to the Afterschool Alliance

September 12, 2007 Local CA Winner of National Student Art Contest to be Honored by Major Beverage Company on Friday

September 12, 2007 Local TX Winner of National Student Art Contest to be Honored by Major Beverage Company on Friday

August 27, 2007 Coming to a Town Near You – Lights On Afterschool 2007 Annual Rally for Afterschool Will Launch Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Federal Afterschool Initiative

Aug 14, 2007 Tyler Florence and Joey Altman to Host Celebrity Chef Cook-Off at Jack Falstaff Four Teams of San Francisco Chefs Face Off in Two Intense Chef Challenges to Benefit the Afterschool Alliance

July 17, 2007 Mississippi’s Mary Peavey Joins Board of Afterschool Alliance Principal of Leading Music-Products Corporation Joins Board of National Advocacy Group

July 17, 2007 Prominent Business Leaders to Discuss Role of Afterschool Programs in Preparing a Competitive 21st Century Workforce