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04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
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03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
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02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
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02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
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01/28/2012 - Girls Bite Out for the North Texas Food Bank
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01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
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01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
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01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
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Summer Search New York City 7th Annual Young Leadership Cocktail
10/05/2010 - By New York, NY

Summer Search New York City 7th Annual Young Leadership Cocktail

Summer Search, a high-impact program that gives low-income students the opportunities and support they need to transform their lives.

Also gives them support to achieve their own potential, and create change as role models and everyday leaders will hold their 7th Annual Youth Leadership Committee Cocktail on October 5, 2010. The event was held at NBC Universal in Rockefeller Plaza.

In 2004, a small group of committed young professionals from diverse backgrounds founded the Young Leadership Committee (YLC) to raise awareness about Summer Search’s unique investment in the leaders of tomorrow. Sponsorships and donations have tripled at this event since the Young Leadership Committee hosted their first annual cocktail event in 2004.

“By engaging with the students at this event, you can learn how compelling and insightful these future leaders are. All you have to do is listen as they reveal their personal journeys – academic, physical and emotional – and you share your own. In being there, you become witness to, and indeed a part of, their profound experiences through Summer Search,” said Young Leadership Committee Chair Scott Thomas. “The Young Leadership Committee was chartered to enable young professionals in the city to get to know Summer Search students and bring visibility to this unique program. We seek to support their growth through college and career counseling, corporate internships, role modeling, in-kind donations of goods and services, and, of course, financial support to the program.” In 2010, Summer Search’s YLC Cocktail was a resounding success; the fundraiser sold out 3 weeks prior to the event date.

Summer Search staff provide students with a unique combination of intensive year-round mentoring, full scholarships to summer experiential education programs, access to college and financial aid counseling, and a lasting support network, including access to professional development skill-building for alumni. This unique program model has proven to be quite successful; by bringing together these diverse program elements to invest comprehensively in students over the long-term has resulted in tremendous impact:
• 100% of Summer Search seniors graduated from high school
• 95% of Summer Search seniors matriculated to college, compared to 33% of their low-income peers
• 85% have completed college or remain enrolled and on track to do so, compared to 21% of their low-income peers nationally
• Over 90% of Summer Search graduating seniors are first generation college attendees

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