The Time In Children's Arts Initiative, Inc.

THE CHALLENGE:

                                    1.1 million NYC public school kids
                                     are out of school for the summer.  

     Nearly all free and subsidized summer programming has been slashed.  

                                     What will happen to our kids?

The elimination of free and subsidized summer programs plus the reduced options for outdoor activities could have been a disaster in the making .

                                      We needed to act.  And we did.

                              We created over 17,000 hours of carefully curated

                                   LIVE, REMOTE, ALL-ARTS PROGRAMMING

                                       FREE for all NYC Public School Kids 

                                    From 3K - the most recent 2020 Grads


                  And your support to keep this program going is invaluable ! 

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                          With your support we can provide:

                                                  5 hours/day
                        of world-class arts & culture programming  


                                 $364/child for the full summer

                              That literally comes to $9.10/hour

           Help us ensure that every NYC public school student - regardless of race or socio-economics  -
           has equal access to this  extraordinary response to the emergency situation our kids and families are facing.  


THE OPPORTUNITY: 

We can't change the the virus, but we can change the way kids are experiencing it.  

Because the NYC Department of Education provided connectivity for all  students, we have an historic opportunity to create something magical and transformative.

SUMMER IN THE CITY brings together 53 of the city's finest arts organizations in collaboration with The Time In Children's Arts Initiative to  create  hundreds - potentially thousands -  of hours of world-class arts experiences with amazing instructors just like what you saw on this video.

In fact, everything you see in this video can be done  interactively.

Kids can work together, music can be made, dancing can be done, minds and hearts can be expanded.

Free, interactive, citywide programming to keep our kids, safe, engaged, enlightened and filled with hope!

 But it gets even BETTER!!!

The connectivity that our kids across the city have equally for the first time in history, gives us the unprecedented opportunity to create

                             a holistically integrated and level playing field
                                      for every NYC public school student.

                                                Should I say that again?

That means that kids in the South Bronx and kids in Staten Island can end up in the same Bollywood Dance class.  Or kids from Bushwick can draw comics with kids from the Upper West Side.  This is the model for forever.

                       All kids participating together, working side by side,
in the same interactive, small, virtual classrooms with some of the world's most exciting artists.  

                                                        YES!!

SUMMER IN THE CITY offers:

INCREDIBLE
FREE
INTERACTIVE
REMOTE ARTS PROGRAMMING
FOR KIDS ALL OVER THE CITY TO LEARN & PLAY TOGETHER!

We are prepared to  provide a full summer of dynamic programs - from July 6th to August 28th.

And if we raise enough money, we could be serving as many as  2,000+ students. 


The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the NYC Department of Education, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs are partnering with us.  We are so proud that DCLA Commissioner Gonzalo Casals, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, and Julie Shapiro and Kate Alcorn of the NYC Fund for Education  have met with us and have expressed their support for this project that has the potential to change the lives of kids, not just in NYC, but everywhere in America.
 
                                           Which is why we need YOU!

Help us do what our city’s artists do best: inspire, support, and awaken curiosity and imagination in the minds of our young people.  

All of New York City’s children deserve the best we can deliver.

We stand ready and excited to serve.

No contribution is too small and every penny is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

                                         Be Part of Something GREAT:
                                           SUMMER IN THE CITY  
                                                    Save Kids
                 so that they can thank you for this most incredible opportunity.

With thanks to to all the individual donors who have stepped forward to help make magic for kids, and  to Lili and Wilson Ervin, The Lincoln Fund and the Grace Foundation for their extraordinary support of Time In's continuing work to create a more artful NYC for all of its kids.


                                   Find Out More!       https://www.summerinthecity.nyc


        New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet working with kids at Time In.   

Scott Hazelcorn:   No Matter How Distant, Still Changing the  Lives and Learning of Children

Scott Hazelcorn wasn't much for handshakes. It didn't matter who you were or how old you were, Scott preferred to give you a hug.  He had an open heart and a sunny nature; your problem was his problem.

Scott had something called "Haz's rules" for the best way to live your life:  

1.  You start the day listening to a Spanish - or another radio station in a language you don't understand -  that way you'll never hear bad news. 

2.  You bring delight and joy to those around you; the meaning of your life will be determined by the value you bring to others.

In 2001, Scott was a 29 year-old  trader at Cantor Fitzgerald.  Cantor Fitzgerald had just spun off a company called eSpeed and Scott's work group shrank from 30 to 4.  In a few months, it was to disappear altogether, but for the time being, Scott's boss asked him to stay on to help close the division.

So perfect:  Scott  could make the money he needed to go back to school and become a teacher.  AND he would have the money he needed to buy  the ice cream truck he had always dreamed of.  Scott could already envision it: hot city summers, ringing the bell, surrounded by ecstatic children.  After all, who doesn't love the ice-cream man? 

On the morning of 9/11, Scott Hazelcorn, and 2,604 other people who were in the World Trade Center, left our lives forever.  With them went all the plans for tomorrow and the next day.   Countless dreams and hopes vanished. A list of promises for the days to come disappeared. 



Sixteen years later, as September 11th approaches, those of us who lost family and friends, are haunted by the memories of that morning.  Very often the only thing that propels us forward is the glimmer of hope that somewhere, somehow, the legacy of those we loved and lost is being rekindled here on earth.  

For Scott Hazelcorn, the future teacher, and ice-cream man, that legacy was about the hearts and minds of children. 

Of course it was.  Because like Scott,  children shine with the joy of today and the hope of tomorrow.



They hug, they smile and, unbeknownst to the grown-up world, they resonate with the spirits of those who have dared to dream.

The Time In Children's Arts Initiative thanks The Scott Hazelcorn Children's Foundation.  They so kindly   donated $25K to give one 1st grade class class from a tiny Harlem school -- a school that is a feeder for FIVE domestic violence shelters -- an entire year of Time In's life-changing Opera 'N Art program starting this October.  

25 incredible little children - so many of whom live in domestic violence or homeless shelters, or in subisdized housing and whose schools have no money for the kind of arts programming these children so need to flourish - will come to Time In every week.  And we will fight for the funding we need to make sure that they come every week from now until they graduate from 5th grade.  Because that's what Time In is all about:
                           
                         Equality, Opportunity and Access

Thank you, Scott and Family for bringing so much hope to kids who deserve a bright and shining future!



Unfortunately, there are 25 more children - yes, another whole 1st grade class -  for whom we only have $1700 in place for them to participate in the program.

                         That's why we need you now. 

We have until October 18th to create Scott's legacy and we need $25,000 to do that.  That means another $23,300.

Will you help us match the generosity of the Scott Hazelcorn Children's Foundation and change the lives of kids who would never have this kind of opportunity? 

For every $29  raised, one 1st grader is able to attend spend an extraordinary morning at Time In. 



For every $125, one 1st grader will have a month of Time In.

And for every $750,  one 1st grader will have a whole year of Time In. 

Every week:  Opera, Art, Museum Visits, Gallery Hops, Intimate studio time with some of the world's leading opera singers and musicians.  Laughing. Making art.  Listening to music.  Dancing. Learning. 



The Time In Children's Arts Initiative brings some of the world's most exhilarating, arts-immersive programming to some of the most chronically disadvantaged children in the country.    Find out more  timeinkids.org

Won't you please join us.  We are indeed a special kind of family.  Come on board.  Let's be the change that we wish to see:  Stand with Time In and together, let's bring Scott's dreams to life.

                   Now is the time to make a better world.

                         Equality - Opportunity - Access
                 Changing the World One Child at a Time
                    The Time In Children's Arts Initiative
                                     www.timeinkids.org

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