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ATG was honored with the Excellence in Fundraising Award at  Youth, I.N.C. 3rd Annual Innovators Breakfast, hosted by Bloomberg L.P. on January 29th. We were acknowledged for our outstanding work in improving the lives of NYC-area children, as well as for our success over the past two years in  Youth, I.N.C. Celebration program . We're thrilled to be recognized alongside two other excellent youth-serving organizations: Creative Arts Workshops for Kids, which received the Excellence in Capacity-Building Award, and GallopNYC, which received the Excellence in Board Advancement Award.

Our Board Chair, Allen Pinero, spoke on a panel moderated by Geoff Levin, Partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Secretary of the Youth, I.N.C. Board of Directors. Allen discussed how Arts to Grow has leveraged Youth, I.N.C.s Celebration program to increase our fundraising capacity and serve more children.

This award was accepted on Arts to Grow's behalf by Kristina, a three-year graduate of ATG's musical theater program at CHLDC IS 171. She opened the event with a monologue adapted from RENT, and later spoke about her experiences with ATG and the impact our programs have had on her future.

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This semester we are excited to continue adding new programs allowing us to provide opportunities for more kids:

• Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation /IS 171, Cypress Hills Brooklyn will host two continuing programs this semester: Musical Theater at IS 171, where students in grades 5-8 will culminate a year long program with performances of an adaptation of In The Heights under the direction of Teaching Artists Taylor Valentine (Theater) and Kevin Alan Daniels (Choreography);  
• and Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation/Beacon, Cypress Hills Brooklyn where our Percussion Ensemble with our Teaching Artist David Freeman will continue from the fall. David will lead students from grades 5-8 in learning technique and exploring sounds of Afro-Caribbean ethnic drumming.  
• Spring Creek Community Corporation, located in the neighborhood formerly called Starrett City, Brooklyn, will partner with us again, this time on a Theater Arts program for students in grades 2-4 taught by Heleya de Barros.    
• Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center will hold two programs: a continuation of our Visual Arts program sponsored by Lowy Frame the Future, taught by Teaching Artist Michelle Hill;
• Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center and a new Percussion Ensemble taught by our veteran Teaching Artist, David Freeman
• Lincoln Park Apartments in Newark, NJ.  "Seeing The World Through Digital Media".  Where children ages 7-12 will continue to expand upon their work this fall learning the art of filmmaking with our Teaching Artist JC Cotti.