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(New York, N.Y.) – The All Stars Project (ASP),
America’s leader in afterschool development, raised over $2
million in private funding for its inner-city youth
development programs at its annual Lincoln Center gala on
April 13th.
Paul Guyardo,
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Marketing
Officer, DIRECTV, Amy Doyle, Executive Vice President
of Music & Talent, MTV/Viacom International, and Steven
Seltzer, Associate General Counsel, MetLife accepted the
corporate awards.
The gala also spotlighted a national cross section of CEO’s
and business leaders who have been investing in All Stars
across the country.
Four hundred guests from the business and philanthropic
community attended the event, which was hosted by ABC-TV
anchor Sandra Bookman. All Stars youth also hosted
tables and gave a special performance.
About the
All Stars
Project
(ASP): ASP
is a 34-year-old national nonprofit that transforms the
lives of youth and poor communities through the
developmental power of performance in partnership with
caring adults. It sponsors a wide range of programs that
includes hip-hop talent shows, training in theatre and the
arts and programs that partner with the business community.
ASP is 100% privately funded. For over three decades, tens
of thousands of individual donors nationwide have given $90
million and millions of hours of personal time to share
their lives, expertise, workplaces and even their homes with
some of our nation’s most disadvantaged young people. ASP
is headquartered in New York City on West 42nd Street and
has established programs in six cities – New York City,
Newark, NJ, Chicago, Il, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA,
Dallas and Bridgeport, CT.
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