Press Release 4: 1st Draft

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 9, 2008

 

Nick Peterson

780 E 1000 N #19

Logan, UT 84321

nicholas.peterson@aggiemail.usu.edu

 

HELP THE CHILDREN OF CACHE VALLEY

  After School Club Program Seeks Support From Residents of Cache Valley

 

            --LOGAN, Utah--  The long running After School Program of Cache Valley is in jeopardy of being shut down.  The program, which is run by Logan Parks and Recreation, provides an educational and skill building place for children K-5 in Cache Valley to attend.  Leaders and other associates of the program are asking community members in Logan to help keep ASC alive.  The program is funded entirely by grants provided by the state.  Utah’s state legislator is considering pulling the program from cache valley schools.

            The ASC program is provided to six elementary schools in the valley, and it includes over 400 children.  Logan Parks and Recreation is asking for help in any way from the residents of Logan.  The head of the program, Tara Alder, said help from residents could include anything such as writing letters to legislature, promoting the program to other residents, and even personal donations.  Alder also said a fund raising event for ASC is currently in the works.  She said this event would be around the Christmas holidays and would involve participation from all staff and children in the program.

            ASC leader Megan Hanselman expressed her concern for the program and it’s reputation.  She said the program is not given the respect and admiration it deserves.  Hanselman explained that the program is vital for young students and their future.

            “I don’t think the people of Cache Valley and the state legislators will realize how important After School Club was until it is actually gone, and that’s sad,” Hanselman said, “We’re not just playing games with these kids.  We are teaching them valuable skills and life lessons that they may not be getting at home, and if that’s not appreciated by the state, I don’t know what is!”

            Hanselman went on to explain the kids enrolled in this program are in their for good reasons.  She said help from everyone in Cache Valley was vital to keeping the program around. 

            “Nobody is going to listen to what we are fighting for if we are not voicing our feelings to the state leaders,” Hanselman said, “If word spreads about our cause and the correct information gets around to everyone, I think we have a shot at saving the program.”

 

 

 

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