More than $800,000 pledged during the 2004 USC Good Neighbors Campaign will be used for USC Neighborhood Outreach grants to fund 30 programs in the communities that surround USC’s two campuses for 2005-06.

Twenty-two programs on the University Park campus will receive funding, 20 of which involve the USC Family of Schools. The balance of grants serve the HSC partner schools and community.

An overview of the programs for 2005-06 that received UNO grants follows.

UPC Programs

After ’Cool Program ($28,600)
This afterschool program offered by the 24th Street Theatre uses theater to help students focus on the importance of education and the role it plays in their lives.

Adventures Ahead Afterschool Tutoring Program ($22,000)
Provides tutoring and recreational opportunities to children and families in the University Park neighborhood.

Afterschool Sports Connection ($51,000)
Offers high-quality instruction in basketball, soccer and volleyball to third-, fourth and fifth-graders.

Art in the Village ($14,999)
Student artwork is installed in the University Village food court in six exhibits, each based on a theme.

Building Bridges: Communications, Expression and Empowerment Theatre Arts Program ($9,500)
The Burton Green School (at the L.A. Child Guidance Clinic) will learn self-empowerment, self-expression, oral communication and leadership skills through theater and dance.

Creating From Within Media Workshop ($11,400, new)
This two-week summer production workshop will help high school students express themselves in creative, visual ways.

Hands-on Robotics for Enhancing Middle School STEM Education ($29,362, new)
This afterschool program for Foshay middle school students is based on experiential, inquiry-based learning.

Kids in Sports ($27,000)
Offers parent-led, afterschool and weekend sports opportunities for low-income youngsters in the University Park area.

Kid Watch ($53,000)
Volunteers watch over children as they walk to and from school and other neighborhood institutions.

LAPD-Southwest Division Equipment Management ($1,500)
Provides for an inventory control and laser-barcode system to track equipment in the LAPD-Southwest Division, as proposed by students in an engineering writing class.

Mission Science 1 ($34,291)
Students learn science, engineering and technology by working on projects, exhibits and simple experiments.

Peace Games ($11,116)
Provides the violence prevention program with two Social Work student interns who will coordinate the program at Norwood Street Elementary School.

University Park Family Newspaper ($50,425)
This bilingual, bimonthly newspaper features upbeat news about the USC Family of Schools and the University Park community.

USC African Millennium Pen-Pal Program ($7,200)
By writing to pen pals in Africa, middle- and high school students receive SAT essay writing preparation.

USC Family of Schools In-school Facilitators ($10,000)
Five part-time coordinators facilitate USC programs at their schools.

USC NAI Saturday Academy ($27,500)
NAI students receive interactive academic experiences at USC.

USC Neighborhood Mobile Dental Clinic ($20,200)
The clinic will purchase supplies that provide preventative oral health care for elementary schoolchildren.

USC ReadersPlus ($44,150)
USC work-study students provide reading and math tutoring to neighborhood children.

USC Street Law Foundation Program ($5,000)
USC Law students teach legal literacy skills to students at Manual Arts High School.

USC Thornton JazzReach ($37,466)
Fosters the development of skills and appreciation of jazz music among 75 high school students.

USC Thornton Outreach Programs: Thornton Music in Education and Thornton GuitarMasters ($35,200)
Brings weekly afterschool music education programs into neighborhood schools.

USC Troy Camp ($20,000)
Offers a year of events and socials for the 200 children who participated in USC Troy Camp.

HSC Programs*

Dental Explorers Program ($11,024)
Offers academic enrichment and details about the dental profession to high school students.

Expanding STARS: Sharing the Power of Science With USC Neighborhood Youth ($26,250)
Provides high school students with hands-on science experience in a lab with a USC scientist. Together, they conduct an inquiry-based research project.

FUENTE Initiative ($5,616)
USC School of Pharmacy coordinates local pharmacists and student pharmacists to provide poison prevention, appropriate drug-use and self-management education.

Mission Science 2 ($20,935)
Students learn science, engineering and technology by working on projects, exhibits and simple experiments.

USC Community Health Fair ($16,528)
A no-cost health fair that takes health services, information and education directly to residents of the communities surrounding the HSC campus.

USC Health and Science Expo ($14,600)
Introduces children at HSC Partner Schools to basic science curriculum and information about health sciences professions. Students participate in an essay contest and work with HSC students on projects for a science fair at HSC.

USC Playground Pals ($2,940)
An afterschool program provides physical activities at three partner elementary schools.

VIP-CMHC: Mentoring and Tutoring Project ($31,500)
Provides for the expansion of the Mentoring and Tutoring Project in which Keck School of Medicine of USC students help young victims of abuse and neglect.

(* Includes the USC Neighborhood Mobile Dental Clinic and USC Thornton Outreach Programs noted in UPC list.)