Junior Giants
www.jrgiants.org

Junior Giants, the flagship program of the Giants Community Fund, is a free, non-competitive and innovative baseball program for boys and girls ages 5-18 years old.

In 1994, the Fund sought a program that would give at-risk kids a meaningful partnership with community-based organizations and provide an alternative to drugs, gangs and crime. The Junior Giants Program was therefore established and now serves 15,000 children in 80 leagues across California and into Nevada and Oregon. The Community Fund provides all of the uniforms, equipment, and training necessary to run a league as well as tickets to select Giants games so the youth can experience a Major League Baseball game.

But more important than the fundamentals of baseball, Junior Giants focuses on the four bases of character development: Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork. This framework is integrated into the Junior Giants handbook distributed to all of the kids and parents.

This program, presented by Bank of America, welcomes kids from all backgrounds and encourages them to live healthy and productive lives by getting outside and playing baseball!

Santa Clara County After School Collaborative
http://sccasc.org/wordpress2/#

The Santa Clara County After School Collaborative (SCCASC), formed in 2004, is a capacity building collaborative of community based organizations (CBOs), school district and site staff, local government, and concerned citizens who work, or have a stake in, public and privately funded after school programs.  The Bay Area After-School All-Stars is a proud member of this collaborative effort to see afterschool programming thrive in the Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara County Office of Education, Fit for Learning
www.fitforlearning.org

The nationally recognized fit for learning program was launched by the Santa Clara County Office of Education in 2005 in response to increasing rates of childhood obesity. Designed in alignment with the California Content Standards, the program also helps schools adhere to and support the guidelines set forth in their district's own Local School Wellness Policy, as required by the federally-mandated Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.

fit for learning is organized into monthly themes, each tied to an objective. For example, September's theme is Fruits and Veggies Matter, which is also featured month for Fruits & Veggies - More Matters, a campaign of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal of September's theme is to spark children's interest in fruits and vegetables, and to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables for better health.

Throughout the year, members of the fit for learning team collaborate with parents, teachers, and other school personnel who go on to become Champions. The fit for learning Champion at each school site serves as a liaison to the fit for learning team at the SCCOE, and helps guide the teachers at his or her school in developing and implementing practices to ensure that their students are receiving optimal guidance for healthy living.

Monterey County Office of Education, Region 5 Afterschool Partnership
http://www.region5afterschool.org/

Monterey County Office of Education is the lead office for afterschool programs in Region 5.  This partnership provides customized trainings, technical consultations, and social networking opportunities for afterschool programs within the region.  As a provider in this region, The Bay Area After-School All-Stars collaborates with each partner district in seeking assistance through regional consultants and the California Department of Education.

San Jose City College/Work 2 Future

The SJCC has an exciting employment initiative, which we are proud to partner with.  Work 2 Future provides a pipeline of after-school site employees, who are specially trained to work in the after-school setting as a professional career path.  Several of our school sites have staff members from this program.

Second Harvest Food Bank
http://www.shfb.org/Page.aspx?pid=191

Second Harvest Food Bank is the primary source of donated, surplus, and purchased food for nonprofit agencies in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.  We utilize this food bank to help support the communities our afterschool programs serve.  Within two of our districts and in eight of our program sites, Second Harvest Food Bank provides monthly Produce Mobiles for the community.  Produce Mobiles consist of fresh produce and often canned foods that families can take away for free.  As our program educates students on the importance of health and wellness, this collaboration provides the children and families we serve  access to the foods to build a strong, healthy diet at home.

San Jose Jazz
http://www.sanjosejazz.org/en/home.html

San Jose Jazz presents to After-School All-star sites in San Jose!  Latin Get Jazzed, the after-school variation of the San Jose Jazz's Get Jazzed program, includes a fast-paced, physical, 90 minute session, usually in a cafeteria or school gymnasium.  Led by professional Latino musicians and dance educators, the program introduces students to Latin jazz rhythms and concepts of dance as fitness.   Students are encouraged to perform steps with the live Latin Jazz ensemble.  Steps that are taught are derived from Latin cultural dance forms: Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggatone.  This program has tremendous popularity with after-school care providers,  and is presented to groups of 60-150 students.
For the tenth consecutive year, The City of San Jose’s Healthy Neighborhood Venture Fund awarded San Jose Jazz with funding for its Get Jazzed program, a program designed to introduce young people to jazz,  and its cultural variations, while helping them develop an understanding and appreciation of music.  Last year, the program reached over 5,700 students during and after school. The program remains free to schools and after-school programs within the city of San Jose.  Additional funding support comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Hewlett Foundation.

Silicon Valley YMCA
http://www.ymcasv.org/

Through a long-standing partnership the YMCA, All-Stars shares a PEP grant, which the YMCA manages, to support our Fit For Learning program.  Additionally, the YMCA manages a 21^st Century Grant, which funds our programs at John Muir Middle School in the San Jose Unified School District.  The YMCA is also a generous supporter of the After-School All-Stars Sports league through the use of several of their community center facilities free of charge.