YMCA After
School Program
As of December 2002
For the past seven years, Community Development has been
funding after school programs for children ages 5 -12 from disadvantaged
communities. The current program, which is
organized by the YMCA, includes tutoring, recreational, and character building
activities.
Funded
through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community
Development Block Grant, the program has provided numerous scholarships. The students work on their homework each day
and are privately tutored by students from UNC’s
Campus HYPE program. The children
learn the importance of teamwork playing soccer and often have the opportunity
to go swimming. The Service League has
sponsored a monthly birthday party and the Rotary Club of Chapel Hill has
planned annual excursions to the Nutcracker ballet in