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AKRON, Ohio (March 6, 2013) – Asian Services in Action
Inc. has received a $12,500 grant to fund the READY Program, an early
childhood learning and development program for children in refugee
families.
ASIA received this award from the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley
Fund of Akron Community Foundation to prepare young children for
success in school. Akron Community Foundation President and CEO John
T. Petures Jr. announced the grant after it was approved by the
foundation’s board on Feb. 22, 2013.
Michael Byun, executive director of ASIA, said the funds would be used
to continue the READY (Readiness through Expanded Acculturation
Development of Immigrant/Refugee Youth) Program, which began as an
eight-week summer pilot project in 2009 and now serves families
year-round. The READY program will serve 40 families from the
Nepalese, Mon, Burmese and Karen communities, which are considered
high-need emerging populations in Summit County. “
Parents in the READY Program now can participate in community
resources and group meetings, serving a dual function of helping
clients learn child care education and basic English language
instruction,” Byun said.
About Asian Services In Action, Inc.
ASIA was founded in 1995 by four immigrant women who recognized a
unique need for under-served Asian Americans in Northeast Ohio. The
mission of ASIA is to empower Asian Americans in Northeastern Ohio to
access quality information and services that are both culturally and
linguistically appropriate. Informally, ASIA is considered by many to
be the new “settlement house” for the Asian community. Its services
touch the lives of more than 10,000 people each year. Visit http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/26156816/842248798/55078615/0/
to learn more. Follow ASIA on Facebook and Twitter!
About Akron Community Foundation
Celebrating 57 years of building community philanthropy, Akron
Community Foundation embraces and enhances the work of charitable
people who make a permanent commitment to the good of the community.
In 1955, a $1 million bequest from the estate of Edwin Shaw
established the community foundation. Today, it is a philanthropic
endowment of more than $140 million with a growing family of more than
400 funds established by charitable people and organizations from all
walks of life. The community foundation welcomes gifts of all kinds,
including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, life insurance and
retirement assets, just to name a few. To date, the community
foundation’s funds have awarded nearly $105 million in grants to
qualified nonprofit organizations. For more information about Akron
Community Foundation or to learn more about creating your own fund,
call 330-376-8522. |
