Lights ON Afterschool Balloon Launch 10/18/12 - 4:30PM

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Youth Development Provider Network (YDPN) to Hold

 Lights On Afterschool Balloon Launch!

The YDPN will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool kickoff rally on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 8:00am. The kickoff will be one of more than 7,500 such events around the nation that day.  

The Lights On Afterschool kickoff will include a balloon launch at the Gateway Elementary School field where one balloon will be launched for every ten students participating in afterschool programs throughout the region. The event will highlight three of the significant contributions that afterschool programs make to the St. Louis Metropolitan area:  keeping kids safe and healthy, inspiring them to learn, and relieving working parents of worries about their children's activities during the afternoon hours. Hundreds of parents, supporters, and community members are expected to attend.

Balloons will be released all over the city and county on this day as individual sites host their own balloon launch during the afterschool time at 4:30pm.

Please register your site as a participant to release Balloons at 4:30pm on October 18, 2012 (one balloon for every ten students participating in afterschool programs) by selecting the registration link Located at the top of this page.

To be a sponsor, contact Letitia Slack at 314-531-1412, ext. 58