September 26, 2018 announcement by Council Member Costa Constantinides of the funding support he has allocated to local environmental and educational groups in his 22nd District through the Greener NYC Initiative. The report includes interviews with Council Member Constantinides and representatives from the local groups which received funding. A total of $70,000 from the NYC Council FY 2019 budget has been allocated to five different groups, among them, The Alley Pond Environmental Center, Global Kids, Serious Fun After School, New York Sun Works, and BioBus, a mobile lab.
The report originally aired on AKTINA TV – WNYE Channel 25 in New York on September 30, 2018. AKTINA TV, produced/hosted by Elena Maroulleti airs every Sunday 6-7pm. It’s a public service and commercial TV show broadcasting in English and sponsored by the non-profit Media, Arts and Cultural Organization, AKTINA Productions. Inc

WHEN: October 13, 2018 @ 9:30 am WHERE: Flushing Meadows Park Fowler Ave & College Point Boulevard Flushing, NY 11355 United States COST: $25 early bird; $35 general; Kids 18+

What if you can run, walk, or stroller push all the way to Unisphere while helping youth reach their unlimited potential? Global Kids, the premier nonprofit educational organization that inspires youth in underserved areas, hosts its 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

13 – Global Kids 5K, 10:30 a.m., Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, malika@globalkids.org.

What if you can run, walk, or stroller push all the way to Unisphere while helping youth reach their unlimited potential? Global Kids, the nonprofit educational organization that inspires youth in underserved areas, hosts its 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Global Kids hosts its annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at Flushing Meadows Park, 10:30am. Proceeds support GK's College & Readiness Program.

Some are referred to Youthmarket after completing and a six-week-long summer internship at the Learn it, Grow it, Eat it Youthmarket in the South Bronx, where they are required to work in community gardens and teach elementary school children. Others are referred to Youthmarket through other youth leadership organizations like Global Kids or charities such as Bowery Mission.

Global Kids We are happy to be back at Global Kids, and to be re-engaged! Global Kids hosted three interns. A Scholar from Binghamton University worked with Global Kids' U.S. in the World Summer Institute, a summer initiative in collaboration with the Council of Foreign Relations.

Global Kids (GK), a nonprofit operating in New York City and Washington, D.C., works to ensure that youth from underserved areas have the knowledge, skills, experiences, and values they need to succeed in school, participate effectively in the democratic process, and achieve leadership in their communities and in the world. They are committed to providing positive youth development within the context of international affairs education.

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