To ALL individuals reading my response. I too received this email and did some checking, as I personaly know 60-80 candidates to fill the 33 camp scholarships. On any give night (when it's not raining) I could go out onto the street on my block and approach the 20-40 youths that play basketball on the "hoop" set-up on the street. They'd probably play instead at Jordan Park, but there aren't baskets provided at the basketball court.
I was intrigued by Pauls' email, until I called the program director at the U of M. His name is Tex. There are three important criteria one has to meet in order to "apply" for one of these scholarships.
1) They MUST have transportation of the St Paul U of M Campus. Drop-off is between 7:30-8:30am, and P/u is between 4-5pm (that weeds-out half the kids in my neighborhood).
2) They must be able to offer proof of medical insurance (well, there goes the other half).
3) They must have internet access to apply for the "scholarships". I don't have any statistics, but I'd suspect that any kids (in my neighborhood) that were able to "fall through the cracks" were eliminated here.
I strongly urge each and every one of you ready this to write to the following person at the U of M that's responsible for this program, to voice your concern about whether or not this program is actually hitting its' intended market by writing a letter to the following person.
Dr. Sallye McKee
432 Morrill Hall
100 Church St SE
Mpls, MN 55455
Dennis Plante
Jordan
We need your help in finding young people to fill 33 camp scholarships. This is a great opportunity. The U of M has agreed to fund 33 scholarships to their summer camps, in order that Minneapolis kids can participate. We have 33 scholarships for Minneapolis kids (I don't think there are even income guidelines, although we'd obviously prefer that they go to economically disadvantaged kids). Any interested family should call the office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs at 612.624.0594 for info and/or to sign up. The camps are for children and young people ages 5-15, and there are spots throughout the summer available.
Here's a website with more info on the camps...Please pass the info along to any interested families or community organizations that serve young people. Call me with any questions. We are really trying to fill the slots ASAP, and the first session starts Wednesday. Thanks.
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