Help at-risk youth learn computer programing
Tax deductible
Our program has over 10 years of experience working with at-risk youth in our community and helping them excel to meet new educational and occupational opportunities. This year, we are expanding our services to include free computer programming classes to our students to help train them for early college success and to broaden their future career paths. The funds you donate to this project will be used to purchase the computers and other teaching resources that students will use at our facility. Please see the paragraphs and links below for more information about our program and our new project!
The Program of P.E.A.C.E. (Positive Education Always Corrects Errors) has successfully helped high-risk youth achieve educational, occupational, and professional excellence since 2009 [1]. Over the last 10 years, we have solidified partnerships with the key educational, political, and judicial institutions from the City of Elmira, including direct support from Mayor Dan Mandel, to expand our services to new areas within the community. For example, since 2012, we have worked with local schools to provide specialized curricula and development-focused after school programs for students in our educational outcomes monitoring group. Additionally, each summer, we provide basketball camps and educational tours of Washington, DC, to students at no-cost. The Program of P.E.A.C.E. also works with recently released ex-convicts and their families to resocialize and prepare them for career opportunities and social success more broadly. Lastly, we work with local food suppliers to distribute free meals to food-insecure community members each week.
Overall, the mission of the Program of P.E.A.C.E. is to be a generator of opportunities within the City of Elmira and surrounding areas for at-risk and disadvantaged populations. Our vision is not only to be a key player in creating these chances where they did not exist before, but to build the foundation from which our participants can flourish – thereby helping our community prosper.
Guided by this vision, our next endeavor is to create the first computer programing development and training center in Elmira, NY. The need for basic computer programming skills has exploded over the last ten years. Almost half of glassdoor’s top 50 jobs for 2019 require programming skills [2]. Moreover, many of these careers provide salaries in excess of $60,000. Today’s youth have grown surrounded by technology since birth; however, few possess such skills, and opportunities to learn them are limited. The Program of P.E.A.C.E. has collaborated with a PhD Student from Cornell University, Alex Ruch [3], to create a series of programming classes oriented toward introductory and intermediate applications. Alex will also teach these lessons in person to students within our training facility, located in downtown Elmira. Given our past successes of working with local youth, we plan to provide this program freely to our students while also organizing training events and consulting for local businesses and organizations for a fee, part of which will be used to support the growth of the student-centered training program.
The funds you donate to this project will help us buy the startup resources we need to begin teaching our students. We will purchase 20 computers for students to use at our site as well as one projector and projector screen for classroom teaching and student presentations.
Thank you for your support in helping us succeed in our next endeavor of creating positive social change through education and employment opportunities!
Please feel free to contact us through Alex's website [3] if you have any questions or if you wish to speak with us about any other matter related to our program.
Sincerely,
Alex Ruch and the Program of P.E.A.C.E.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4GiExFy7I
[2] https://www.glassdoor.com/List/Best-Jobs-in-America-LST_KQ0,20.htm
[3] https://alexruch.weebly.com/
The Program of P.E.A.C.E. (Positive Education Always Corrects Errors) has successfully helped high-risk youth achieve educational, occupational, and professional excellence since 2009 [1]. Over the last 10 years, we have solidified partnerships with the key educational, political, and judicial institutions from the City of Elmira, including direct support from Mayor Dan Mandel, to expand our services to new areas within the community. For example, since 2012, we have worked with local schools to provide specialized curricula and development-focused after school programs for students in our educational outcomes monitoring group. Additionally, each summer, we provide basketball camps and educational tours of Washington, DC, to students at no-cost. The Program of P.E.A.C.E. also works with recently released ex-convicts and their families to resocialize and prepare them for career opportunities and social success more broadly. Lastly, we work with local food suppliers to distribute free meals to food-insecure community members each week.
Overall, the mission of the Program of P.E.A.C.E. is to be a generator of opportunities within the City of Elmira and surrounding areas for at-risk and disadvantaged populations. Our vision is not only to be a key player in creating these chances where they did not exist before, but to build the foundation from which our participants can flourish – thereby helping our community prosper.
Guided by this vision, our next endeavor is to create the first computer programing development and training center in Elmira, NY. The need for basic computer programming skills has exploded over the last ten years. Almost half of glassdoor’s top 50 jobs for 2019 require programming skills [2]. Moreover, many of these careers provide salaries in excess of $60,000. Today’s youth have grown surrounded by technology since birth; however, few possess such skills, and opportunities to learn them are limited. The Program of P.E.A.C.E. has collaborated with a PhD Student from Cornell University, Alex Ruch [3], to create a series of programming classes oriented toward introductory and intermediate applications. Alex will also teach these lessons in person to students within our training facility, located in downtown Elmira. Given our past successes of working with local youth, we plan to provide this program freely to our students while also organizing training events and consulting for local businesses and organizations for a fee, part of which will be used to support the growth of the student-centered training program.
The funds you donate to this project will help us buy the startup resources we need to begin teaching our students. We will purchase 20 computers for students to use at our site as well as one projector and projector screen for classroom teaching and student presentations.
Thank you for your support in helping us succeed in our next endeavor of creating positive social change through education and employment opportunities!
Please feel free to contact us through Alex's website [3] if you have any questions or if you wish to speak with us about any other matter related to our program.
Sincerely,
Alex Ruch and the Program of P.E.A.C.E.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4GiExFy7I
[2] https://www.glassdoor.com/List/Best-Jobs-in-America-LST_KQ0,20.htm
[3] https://alexruch.weebly.com/
Organizer
Alex Ruch
Organizer
Elmira, NY
Program of Peace Incorporated
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
