July 1, 2013
Harlem Educational Activities Fund Founder Daniel Rose Proud of His After-School Program
HEAF supports youth through their successful graduation from a four-year college and does so with multiple programs, for example, with a variety of after-school, Saturday, and summer programs. In addition to financial support, Rose has been personally involved with the nonprofit. Rose has found meaning in working to motivate the youth with the long-term and clear-cut benefits of an education. For example, Rose asked Harlem Educational Activities Fund graduates to bring in their college acceptance letters, and says that the organization soon had a wall collage of acceptance letters to colleges such as Syracuse and Wesleyan. He also posted large charts showing comparisons of the lifetime earnings of people at varying levels of education, from high school dropout to those with a post-doctoral degree.
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Rose is proud of the work he has done with the HEAF youth through the years, remembering fondly how he and his wife have stayed in touch with many of them. For example, Rose shared how one young woman—whom he still remembered very clearly as a little girl—invited him and his wife to a military base in Virginia for her big day. After two tours of duty in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, she was being promoted to U.S. Army major. "She's now in her 30s and she's a major in the Army, clearly destined for great things," says Rose. "They're sending her back to schools and that's our legacy—our legacy is the kids going on to do great things.”
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