Last night Eddie and I went to the Christmas Party Fund Raiser for Harlem Youth Tennis. Officially it is the
Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program. And they are serious about the education. The thing that impressed me the most is the tutoring and requirement to excel in education that the program requires.
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Their results are amazing in a poorly served community. Here are some amazing stats.
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60% of program graduates have attended college.
90% graduation rate for high school level participants.
Over 10,000 students reached in 40 years of service.
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Those are some impressive stats. If you want to contribute I will direct you to the web site
HERE.
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Now for the fun. The party was in the Dakota - a fancy schamcy CoOp where stars and Yoko Ono live. It was in a beautiful apartment of a man from Sotheby's auction house. And boy did he had some nice art.
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The woman talking is the new Chairman of US Tennis, Katrina. Before taking over Tennis (for 2 years) she was the head o the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program. The bald man seated near the book shelf is ex-Mayor David Dinkens. He is a great tennis supported.
This is Ed and his boss. But I really took the picture to show the painting in the back - which is beautiful. And yes, Ed's boss is very tall.
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Finally on the wow front, we meet Edwin Moses! He is an amazing hurdler that I actually got to see at the LA Olympics. And he still has it together.
