2 20 41 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9747e786a67c5b123785c7b08f51f35e.pdf 1c0c08ca373d9c6d445c3109fdad9067 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I. FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. 1. April 26: Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth .Opportunity Week. They simply say "I Am" in response to the slogan "Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material. d. Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. 3. May 4 : Comic _books will be distributed through junior and senior home -rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. 4. May 8 : Employment application forms will' be made -~· �Page Two available through junior and senior home -rooms and students urged to consider the w hole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these w ith the coun s elor. Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and w ill refer volunteers to the H e ad Start volunte er r e cruiters. Since many youth who need to be re a che d by this prog r a m a r e s chool drop-outs , this informa tion w ill a l so b e disse m i nat e d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be prov ided with full information, suggestions for special pro g rammin g ,public servic e announcement tape s and slides. B. The cam p a i gn w ill m ake a s tron g app eal to the p r i vat e s e cto r t o pr ovide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summe r 1966. 1. 2. C. A mail cam paign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area w ill cons i s t of: a. I nitial mailing fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bo r b. Mailing from Atlan t a Youth C ouncil c. Mailing fro m Youth O p p o r tuni ty C ent er, o ffering incentiv e of a Brav e s b aseball t icket (s i m il ar t o 1966 p r o gram) for each s u mmer job made availa ble to youth New s releases w ill go to A tl anta C hamb e r o f C ommer c e, business and civi c associ a ti ons, news media , etc. , spelling out t h e whole campaign but making special appeal to empl oyers . Three conc u rrent surv eys are inventorying our re c reation res o urces and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for e x panded recreation · opportunities. These surveys are: 1. CIP overall R ecr e ati on Survey, now in first draft form. �Page Three D. 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, . etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recre ation surv e y be i ng conducte d by Atlanta Youth Council. Through news media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the swnmer in as many ways as possible. -· � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. _ 1. April 26: Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support, May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: ae Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth Opportunity Week, They simply say 'I Am" in response to the slogan ''Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material. Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. May 4; Comic books will be distributed through junior and senior home-rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. May 8: Employment application forms will be made « Page Two available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these with the counselor. Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. Since many youth who need to be reached by this program are school drop-outs, this information will also be disseminated through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be provided with full information, suggestions for special programming,public service announcement tapes and slides. The campaign will make a strong appeal to the private sector to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. A mail campaign to 13,000 employers in the metro area will consist of; a. Initial mailing from State Department of Labor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing from Youth Opportunity Center, offering incentive of a Braves baseball ticket (similar to 1966 program) for each summer job made available to youth 2. News releases will go to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, business and civic associations, news media, etc., spelling out the whole campaign but making special appeal to employers. Three concurrent surveys are inventorying our recreation resources and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for expanded recreation opportunities. These surveys are: I. CIP overall Recreation Survey, now in first draft form, Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys winks, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled, 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta Youth Council. D. Through news media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many ways as possible.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 27 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/48df4c036ee9133a9cc2695a241204d1.pdf 171a8f6a9981bda47e625a911781cf41 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster I s summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a IO% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: 1. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ 11 providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25,000 which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a the recreation program for senior citizens three high rise public housing complexes for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in ope ration for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot Program so that it offers a real "day camp 1 ' opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106,680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340. In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens. It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We would like to operate this program on a yearr ound basis at an estimated cost of $67,758. �Page Three ., ' For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and v ocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. W e feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for .this project and that the proj e ct could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwe st of Atlanta and which we hope by swnme r 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would b e under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week s ummer period. The estimated cost of .operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include a ll of the e quipment and mate rial necessary, but we would hope to get wide -spr ead support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e ·q uipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summe r hinge s on continuation of our community schools as r ecre ation r esour ces . Our community school program has reque sted $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this swnmer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation D e partment, but rath e r working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum pote ntial of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and e nri c hment typ e programs for both boys and girls of e lementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation n ee ds for 1967 - $418,778. ~· � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely con- cerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1, Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and . 4, Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort, The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: l. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422, Page Two 2. Anintensive summer recreation program - ''Operation Champ" - providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89,000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25, 000 which was made available to us, Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was the recreation program for senior citizens which we conducted in three high rise public housing complexes for the elderly throughout the summer and which had a total attendance of 36,000 citizens at a total cost of $14,509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improve- ment Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot Program so that it offers a real 'day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680, To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340. In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens, It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer, We would like to operate this program on a year- round basis at an estimated cost of $67, 758. Page Three For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: l. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary equipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation resources. Our community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation needs for 1967 - $418,778.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 26 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/64ef66301339a685f4f6b8e7537d6fa3.pdf 5ac5f4bfc6c8546e3870a86a0d6b7347 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 April 20, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Adm ini strative Assistant MRS , ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Director of Govern mental Liai son TO: Mayor I van Allen, Jr . FROJ.'i : Johnny H. Robins on s1rnJECT : Meeting VJith Area O Community Club (Boulevard Area) The meeting revolved around the idea of better police prote ction for this area . The citi zens of this area were c ompl aining about the way the teen - agers were conductinp; themselves in this neighborhood, by doing such things as loafinr,, gambling on the street, loud cursing, mugging and robbing . It was explained to them that they had a responsi bility to the community by assisting the ? olice Department in preventing these kind of things by tryin to work with the parents of these kids in an effort to curtail this situation . Lieutenant Perry and Officer Grah am assured them that they would offer all the ssistance they could, but the idea of a walkinr, police man at this ti,.1e would be impossible, due to the shortage o-'- manpower . The conclusions the citizens reached are as fol lowing : 1. To inform the police o fic ial s when ,r ups were loafing on the str2et during schoo l hours . 2 . Try to work with parents of these tecn- azers by pointing up their re sponsibilities to them . 3. Assist the E.O. A. Center in recruiting those 16 - 21 years of age for Hci f:".hl.Jorhood Youth Corps and Job Corps . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA. CITY HALL ATLANTS, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 April 20, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMOR AN DUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Johnny H, Robinson SUBJECT: Meeting With Area O Community Club (Boulevard Area) The meeting revolved around the idea of better police protection for this area, The citizens of this area were complaining about the way the teen-agers were conducting themselves in this neighborhood, by doing such things as loafing, gambling on the street, loud cursing, mugging and robbing. It was explained to them that they had a responsi- bility to the community by assisting the rolice Department in preventing these kind of things by trying to work with the parents of these kids in an effort to curtail this situation. Lieutenant Perry and Officer Graham assured them that they would offer all the assistance they could, but the idea of a walking police- man at this time would be impossible, due to the shortage of manpower. The conclusions the citizens reached are as following: 1. To inform the police officials when froups were loafing on the street during school hours, 2. Try to work with parents of these teen-arers by pointing up their responsibilities to them. 3. Assist the E.0.A, Center in recruiting those 16 - 21 years of age for Neishborhood Youth Corps and Job Corps,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 25 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b6911d7d3d7e6fa1e4d3114bb39550c1.pdf 4976b859f4159179f56bd8ee73ad9137 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . I I I, ~ -. .. _,.... ... ·· -· . -. ·_-: - ' -. -:-:---:-· •.;.- "·· . Sclioo-z-·Will Soon, Be Out School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn't likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in poverty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn't until well into the summer before even minimum recreation programs were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 "playlots," three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- ing other programs because federal .antipoverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't restored, the problem addresses itself to local government, churches, private businesses and civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that 1 our sommw1ity will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foundation made a generous contribution for < portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Variety Club has opened an area at Lake Allatoon~. for use by slum . children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. 0 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn’t likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in pov- erty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn’t until well into the sum- mer before even minimum recreation pro- grams were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 “playlots,” three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- ‘Schaal Will Sian Be Out ing other programs because federal anti- poverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't re- stored, the problem addresses itself to local government, churches, private businesses and civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that our community will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foun- dation made a generous contribution for portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Vari- ety Club has opened an area at Lake Alla- toona for use by slum children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. seagrenannammncc nan sche sf ae te  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 24 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/76c456fb7371b54d7a977b104e43eca8.pdf bc0e4d5855254899d1ef036334208429 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. o· u ,1( r$2-=7 o~. - I "'n .)_ ·v \. ~ ~ I i 'I ' I · lI . ! An anonymous donor has giv- : 1~61. has a full schedule o[ recen the Wieuca Road B a p tis t ! reationa l activities at tl;e church Church of Atlanta $230,COO to ; which attracts hundreds of peobuild an activities building and . ple each week. · has give~ an additio~al $40,0CO A graduate of Sylvan High to establish scholarships ~o ~?u; Isch O O i, Mr. Ward attended cat~ _Young m~n considei rn" Southern Tech and the UnivcrChnstian_recreat10n as a career. !sity of Georgia and was grad~The W1euca Church Wednes- · ated from G e o r g i a State day night voted to accept the ! Co!leae. gift which came from a wealthy: " . . . Christian layma n of Atlanta who ' The Rev. _Mi · Seif sa!? Thur _srefuses to be ide ntified.  ?ay that his people v.-!11 ?e?m . . . . · 1mmed1ately to draft butlding St1pulatrng that the ,butldrn_g be Iplans for the center. He adder! named for _R?be rt \\ a rd .. di rec- that the erection of the buildin-r tor of Chnst1an Recreatwn at '! will not in any way deter 0; the Second-Ponce de Leon Eap- . , . . rIS t Chu re h, th e dOno l. said his I rnter,ere with the church s . 1 plans alreadv under way to two sons ha ve been engaged m I · . · .· lthe recreationa l proaram at the erect a sanctuary, \~h1ch ,\Ill !Second-Ponce de L~on Church J seat a!mos: 2,000 ~eJ.ple, and a which already has an activities, new educatwnal buibmg._ _ , building. The church, started m 19:)4 as a m1ss10n of the Second · HE SAID it was his apprecia- Ponce de Leon Church, expects tion for l\Ir. Ward which led him the entire building program to tc, make the gift to the Wieuca cost about $2 million. · Road Church. Rev. William L. Self. pastor en the Wieuca Road Church, said , the donor said he hoped to per- 1 petuate this kind of ministry . I He had sus(gested that as soon : as it is finan cially able, the ' Wieuca Road Church s h o u Id build a similar recreation center for some other church in the · Atlanta area . Mr. Ward, 33-year-olcl native 'Atlantan who came to the Second-Ponce de Leon Church from Capitol View Baptist Church in ! '. I, i . I !i , I I l 0 . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Te Ws: lana alt ro Wieuca Church An anonymous donor has giv-! en the Wieuca Road Baptist’ Church of Atlanta $230,000 to, build an activities building and. has given an additional $40,000 | to establish scholarships to edu-| cate young men considering Christian recreation as a career. | The Wieuca Church Wednes-! day night voted to accept the | gift which came from a wealthy | Christian layman of Atlanta who ° refuses to be identified. Stipulating that the building be named for Robert Ward, direc- tor of Christian Recreation at| the Second-Ponce de Leon Bap- | tist Church, the donor said his two sons have been engaged in the recreation2] program at the! Second-Ponce de Leon Chucch | | | ‘which already has an activities building. HE SAID it was his apprecia- tion for Mr. Ward which led him to make the gift to the Wieuca Road Church. Rev. William L. Self, pastor oi the Wieuca Road Church, said , the donor said he hoped to per- | petuate this kind of ministry. | He had suggested that as soon as it is financially able, the Wieuca Road Church should build a similar recreation cen- ter for some other church in the -Atlanta area. Mr. Ward, 33-year-old native jAtlantan who came to the Sec- ond-Ponce de Leon Church from Capitol View Baptist Church in 1961, has a full schedule of rec- reational activities at the church whicn attracts hundreds of peo- ple each week. A graduate of Sylvan High iSchool, Mr. Ward attended Southern Tech and the Univer- sity of Georgia and was gradu- aied from Georgia State College. The Rev. Mr. Self said Thurs- day that his people will begin immediately to draft building plans for the center. He added that the erection of the building will not in any way deter or interfere with the church's plans already under way to Jerect a sanctuary, which will seat almost 2,000 people, and a new educational building. The church, started in 1954 as a mission of the Second Ponce de Leon Church, expects the entire building program to cost about $2 million.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 23 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a7919199db48adebd432ea90513ffc42.pdf bf7e3db9d36fd302405a2a0fa82ad6aa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. --.. .: - . -·· - -·- .-- --:' ·.: ·- · SMALL 5Ufv1S CAN DO A LOT At font Do-Gooders 0t11 the Assernbly line By REESE CLEGHORN . OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this · job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. · t~   .~~;r~ t:1}:~,~:;,:1: 143.215.248.55E: {/$.~ have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 ~ ·:J ~'.:'» A1 a month to further its ends, which are, general- ,d:.. --- '\ ·1·1 ly speaking, to do some good \\ith youth in the ' ~ - .~, slums. \_ .·---/ They have sponsored some athletic activi-.....,._, ties. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue -,/ on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. "We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue," Mr. Brown says. "Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. i\'ly wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. "We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that ·. is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back _ and help as often as we can. "Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have · a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and show them something a lot of them don't - know-that if they'll try, they can get good jobs later on, too." THAT IS A S:.IALL list; representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta's slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy : the shuffleboard needed in Vine City's ne w-unequipped recreation center, or $11.25 \\·ould buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would ' buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not filling them. People who have 5aid all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government pc)\·erty program but don't like to see the go,·ernment do everything-they are not filling the needs, either. • •• • LOOK AT \HfAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. l\Iany poverty-area programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for opera tion of more than 35 centers where children were brough t into iD· trarnural sports ; picked up for trips to the Atl anta Zoo, the Capitol and Stone :.\fountain ; and otherwise thrust into a broa der exposure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. . . .. · • • • THIS YEAR THERE IS i'.'\O money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school program5 and day care centers in some areas where they are mo5t needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark. · THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now ·moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot. . If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum· children could have intramur al sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amou nts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improva ble building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level. The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhi!lM~chanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill's younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. SO?lfE OF IT IS Co:\11.'.\G, but only from a few sources . The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation departm ent can renovate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this swnrner. An organiza tion of family campers has sent $1,000 for: the same purpose. The Rich Foundation has put up $28. 500 to buy portable pools for the city's playlots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and financing some counseling for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as pri\·ate organizat ions begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglec ted. Wanted: Do-Gooders. • • • d' 0 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SMALL SUMS CAN DO A LOT At Fo: 6, Do-Gooders on the By REESE CLEGHORN OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. He is doing much better now because some job opportunities have opened for Negroes. He and seven Negro friends on the assembly line have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 a month to further its ends, which are, general- ly speaking, to do some good with youth in the slums. They have sponsored some athletic activi- ties. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. “We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue,” Mr. Brown says. “Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. My wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. “We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back _ and help as often as we can. “Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and show them something a lot of them don’t know—that if they'll try, they ean get good jobs later on, too,” THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot, If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum children could have intramural sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amounts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improvable building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level, The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhill- Mechanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill’s younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. f ssemibly Line, THAT IS A SMALL list, representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta’s slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy | the shuffleboard needed in Vine City’s new-unequipped recrea- tion center, or $11.25 would buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not filling them. People who have said all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government poverty program but don't like to see the government do everything—they are not filling the needs, either, ; « = * LOOK AT WHAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Many pavechy acted programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for operation of more than 35 centers where children were brought into in- tramural sports; picked up for trips to the Atlanta Zoo, the Capi- tol and Stone Mountain; and otherwise thrust into a broader ex- posure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. s * * THIS YEAR THERE IS NO money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school programs and day care centers in some areas where they are most needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark, .* * * SOME OF IT IS COMING, but only from a few sources, The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation department can reno- vate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this summer. An organization of family campers has sent $1,000 for the same purpose. ' The Rich Foundation has put up $28.500 to buy portable pools for the city’s playlots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and financing some counsel- ing for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as private organizations begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglected. Wanted: Do-Gooders.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 22 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/30198d8e0bf3fbb38fe44a0e2c8549ee.pdf 89068b3082b1599488a6fdf3fd8062f0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. .Clubs' Aid / A§lied .for Crime Pa:1.cl C~1icf I Talks to l\.lwamans : The executive director of the Metropolitan Atlanta C r i m e . Commission appea led to civic ,:;'; ~_..,':'v.{-7:_':-;] clubs Tuesday /)',' '·.::. _· / . :·:] to help equip ,·",¥ -,, ,. -' ,, · 1 and support ~??.:- :r.-'"r.···, :";-:}:• , play lots and '-,\,,'--rq;~~t~;~;fr other summer ·/\.: ·· _:: f </ recreation pro- I l ' ' .-  ,,.( 'y JJ_/ \::J: r,-.·v • _:.:~~,-.,, ., ·,. ·,y,·:t/~,. . . . ... , . . Y : gra~s f o_ r youngsLers in slum areas. h. ; ·J a m e s L. \ ,U l McGovern, who ): \r, ]heads the .ice~-,.143.215.248.55 , p e r m a n ent metropolitan co mmissio n that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commiss ion's lengthy study and report last year , said the City Parks departmen t will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no federal funds can be found , but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club th at Sears Roebuck and . Co. had donated four portable 1 pools for the summer program , I and urged them to consider fi- 1 nancing a $170 filt er system for I one of the pools as a club proj- 't ' I . ect. McGovern said that if they . will support the program, there are enough civic clubs in Atlanta, if each took a small pr?ject, to provide playground equipment fo r some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. I · "We're entering the summer. r You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest," McGovern told the club. "You have a vested interest in eliminating . the conditions and the federal money that was m a d e available on an emergency basis last year is not a\·ailable this year." The new crime commission official, who was agent of the Federal Bureau of Im}s~igation I for 26 years, added, ·\\ e tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforce- , ment agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportunity and educat ion, of di·s ease and misery." "Every sun·ey I've e\·er read recognizes crime breeds in depressed areas," he sa:d. "To eliminate it, we must eliminate depressed conditions. We must also have adequate en fo ,cement by qualified person nel and we must pay for it. Anything that is going to bring crime u n d e r j control is going to cost money./ It's a community problem and i every member of the communi- 1 ty must give his support-bo th',· services and fin ancial." He also urged. the club mem- 1 bers as employers to consider . whether their employmen t practices should " arb itrarily eliminate all with past crir.1inal records and urged them to " be- 1 come individual crime prevent-,· ers." an I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document - Commission appealed to civic will support the program, there ) Clubs? Aid | Asked for -Reereation Crime Panel Chief Talks to Kiwanians | The executive director of gc! Metropolitan Atlanta Crime Foe Ricca clubs Tuesday 2: “to help equip “3 and support “play lots and other summer “ recreation pro- 3y grams for youngsters = in Aye “+ slum areas. \ A: oh James L. \! : ( 7 yMcGoyern, who VB aa heads the MeGovern perman ent metropolitan commission that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commission's lengthy study and report last year, said the City Parks department will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no fed- eral funds can be found, but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club that Sears Roebuck and Co. had donated four portable pools for the summer program, and urged them to consider fi- nancing a $170 filter system for one of the pools as a club proj- ect. McGovern said that if they are enough civic clubs in At- lanta, if each took a small proj- ect, to provide playground equip- ment for some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. ——————————_— “We're entering the summer. You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest,” McGovern told the club. “You have a vested interest in elim- inating the conditions and the federal money that was made available on an emergency basis last year is not available this year.” The new crime commission official, who was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 26 years, added, ‘We tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforce- ment agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportun- ity and education, of disease and misery.” “Every survey I’ve ever read: recognizes crime breeds in de-| pressed areas,” he sa:d. “To! eliminate it, We must eliminate | depressed conditions. We must, also have adequate enfor cement by qualified personnel and we. must pay for it. Anything that} is going to bring crime under control is going to cost mony. | It's a community problem and every member of the communi-! ty must give his support—both | services and financial.” He also urged the club mem- bers as employers to consider | whether their employment prac- tices should ‘arbitrarily’ elim-| inate all with past criminal re ords and urged them to ‘‘be- come individual crime prevent-: ers.’  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 21 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0a528caaa37b49060a9ee8d829ea0767.pdf 9c18ba39538cdf43d2b705e9ec2a30de Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. , fight foverllJ, s~~m.Are©JS To IE~se Cn-ime--}AtGoven1 . . I I 1 ! I ·I ! By DAYID NORDAN The new director of the revised Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on Atlantans to help alleviate poverty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. . . . . . .. - . . . . . .. . ISears Roebuck for donatinP- four "The crime problem is a portrait of a failure on the part of society," Mr. McGovern said. James L. McGovern, an FBI "It breeds not in a vacuum but veteran who was named to head in a cess pool-poverty, the lack the commission in J anuary, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these conditions are altered. I j: Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in I ' I I 'j 1\IR. l\IcGOVEHN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becoming director of the crime commission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fighting crime. He lauded the work of the parent of the ?lfetropolitan Commis. sion, the Atlanta Crime Com. mission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the Pr e s i d e n t's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its report. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis -. Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide recreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. I I of opportunity, poor health and · portable swimming pools f~r the ~o forth ." . areas and urged the Kiwanians to consider financing the filter- "Remove these conditions," he ing system for at least one of said, "and you will reduce crime." · the pools as a project. I He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and , not arbitrarily refuse to employ I a man who has a criminal rec-,1 ord. I deprived areas of the city after the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and improve them. . . He said they and other citizens could do much to combat I crime individually through small i efforts such as locking automo-, biles, doors, reporting offenses ! to police and ma!i.ing themselves 1 available to police as witnesses 1 when needed. HE S AID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. I The commission director cited .,. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Fis ght Po Poverty ty, Slum Areas te Ease Crime--McGovern By DAVID NORDAN The new director of the re- vised Metropolitan Atlanta Com- mission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on At- lantans to help alleviate pov- erty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. James L. McGovern, an FBI veteran who was named to head the commission in January, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these condi- tions are altered. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis .Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide recreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in deprived areas of the city after |: the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and i improve them. HE SAID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. The commission director cited | Sears Roebuck for donating four portable swimming pools for the areas and urged the Kiwanians to consider financing the filter- ing system for at least one of the pools as a project. “The crime problem is a por- trait of a failure on the part of society,” Mr. McGovern said, “Tt breeds not in a vacuum but in a cess pool—poverty, the lack of opportunity, pane health and: so forth,”” “Remove these conditions,” he said, “and you will reduce crime.” . MR. McGOVERN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becom- ing director of the crime com- mission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fight- ing crime. He lauded the work of the par- ent of the Metropolitan Commis- sion, the Atlanta Crime Com- mission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the President's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its report. He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and not arbitrarily refuse to employ a man who has a criminal rec- ord. He said they and other citi- zens could do much to combat crime individually through small! efforts such as locking automo, biles, doors, reporting offenses ' to police and masing themselves | available to police as witnesses! when needed.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 20 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/af079c6874906c882f3a314e430214e3.pdf 529d9bf3cfac59cb632f4ee66993d3d8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, GE:O R OIA ROUTE SLIP TO:h.CD4~ FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ F o r your information 0 Please refer to the a ttac he d correspondence and -make the n ecessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attach ed . FOR M 25- 4-S � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ) , Offee'rf the Mayow Y | ATLANTA, GEORGIA : ROUTE SLIP vo. ba: Fad east FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. PI For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. [_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-S  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 2 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8f9bcd4324c33a1100ef2cab01f121dc.pdf 09c63513cc95bd887acea9c0a6941036 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. II' i ' CONMUNITY SCHOOLS i' i' i ' !; 1' I ' ·. : i . ' ' . Archer Comrmmity School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52'1-6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St . , N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold }fadison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Bennie Williams, Assfatant Principal 522-5096 . Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal . 378-4393 E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3177 .. . I , SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM ' I j i ' ! I I j j I; I Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Ba s s High School '; ' '. 0 1 Keef e High School jw-4/13/67 , ..:.- � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Archer Community School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Brown Conmunity School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St., N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Washington Conmunity School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 524-6854 Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 - Bennie Williams, Assistant Principal 522-5096 Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 Harold Madison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal 378-4393 E. ‘°C. Norman, Assistant Principal 799-3177 SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Bass High School O'Keefe High School jw-4/13/67  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 19 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a2798eea9d9b5366afce73a76711a20b.pdf 22d95e3bc15d851c698a5588193c65dc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY CONHUNITY SCHOOL PROGR;\1,f I . I. The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past I: twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which .I attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire cormnunity . I :' Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours 1: ! J of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with,wholesome recreational activities. ·1 Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent cormnunity where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ·educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years: Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the cormnunity, there were several problems prevalent which were cormnon to each community. Some of the pr,oblems most cormnon were: I 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything • I 1 ' .i I about it was missing. Several other factors influence,d the need for cormnunity education J i: which would establish effective cormnunications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the cormnunity. In each community the educational level c,f the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. · Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. �-2i l. i With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of I . i: I . education implemented the Cormnunity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year.  ;. I ; 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, l I : and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and cormnunity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the cormnunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which cormnunity action programs were focusing attention. j I· I ! These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the SUIIIlller Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of ou'r summer program ~966, we anticipate . h wi' 11 invo . 1vet h e yout h in . eac h o f our TW.~ V2- cormnun1t1es · · . a program wh ic thi:Pt-e~ With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: •. 0 �. -3' i : !: • j Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Haking Camping Trips Leather Craft .. i I . ! ' . Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: li . Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor ·; ' . ' Bicycle Hikes Sw:inrrning Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Connnunity I . j 1 School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our connnunity schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six .additional schools seek local support for their existence this sunnner. For the continuation of the connnunity school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city co~unities. I . last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. i Ii '. l .' ) ' It would be possible for each school to acconnnodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities . . The connnunity schools stand ready to accept this challenge . The Future The continuation of the Connnunity School Program in Atlanta is vital .t o the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of connnunity education with September, 1967 beginning our third. goals , Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire community. Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities ‘on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with wholesome recreational activities. Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent community where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ‘educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years. Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the community, there were several problems prevalent which were common to each community. Some of the problems most common were: 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. ' 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S$. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything about it was missing. Several other factors influenced the need for community education which would establish effective communications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the community. In each community the educational level of the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. a mm With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of education implemented the Community School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year. 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. . 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and community lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the conmunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which community action programs were focusing attention. These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the Summer Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of our summer eet IR ees we anticipate Vv -hirteen communities. a program which will involve the youth in each of our With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: afc Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Making Camping Trips Leather Craft Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor Bicycle Hikes Swimming Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Community School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our community schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six additional schools seek local support for their existence this summer. For the continuation of the community school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city communities. Last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. It would be possible for each school to accommodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities. ready to accept this challenge. The conmunity schools stand tt The Future The continuation of the Community School Program in Atlanta is vital to the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of community education with September, 1967 beginning our third. Financial assistance is necessary to accomplish these goals.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 18 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/07a5e7c082207253fd62f97f4c101a0a.pdf 33f4294ed0e8a15254911b4f720365b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ··. TME COMMUNiTV sc,-!OOL where krnmq 't livinq meet h'mq wh'LCh concernsITStheCONCERN: l h [d [ welfare of its c i ren and fami ies . even;t OUTDOOR EDUCATION conser-'vatwn. comm · t·ton. n t t .l.f. _b.e.a.u.t·f .l . ..Lea h ome ubeauttfi.cafLon . com.rnu.nlf'1 't school pa,k and. -rec,Pafion e_lanninq commu.m_t'f..,.schoo~ fund-ral..sLnq pro;ect-s commu.ntiCf cou.nclls · field trips ,. HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUP.S . bir-d watchers- rock hounds qarden clubs chess a.nd check~rs · · · flower arranqers . stamp collectors · s ortsmen's clubs ollce- al clu.bs hers· frat hers· clubs boost-e r:S clubs service club ,·ambor-ees INDUSTRIAL., HOME_ART~ . auto mechanics electronics homemaking business ect.ucati.on commu.n.itlj healt:h 12.arent education hatr dressLnq charm schools CQU NSEU NG- :LG.1.!.W.AtiC..E.. home caffs '-{OUf h ore-school P.roqra,m .sen ior citizens, proqra.ms . urork proqra..rrl..S 1 I,'-,.--'\,' · PTA. p,roqrams dent~l care f?.rograms · for u.nderpnvileqed + accelerafed . conPerences-works hops-cl inics � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION conservation COMMUN _ everything which concern bs “= ITY SCHOOL where learning + living meet ITS CONCERN: 5 the weltare of its children and families aan COUNSELING + GUIDANCE, omeé calls youth work programs community beautification. | . pre-school program +t b home beautification | | Senior citizens’ programs community + SC ool park and recreation planning PTA. programs community + school fund-raising projects dental care community councils programs for underprivileged + accelerated conferences — works hops—dl (rcs HOBBY AND INTEREST GROU bird watchers rock hounds arden clubs chess and checkers , stamp collectors flower arrangers sportsmens clubs me Folice-pal clubs thers'+ fathers clubs booster's clubs service club jamborees ¥ _ INDUSTRIAL+ HOME ARTS auto mechantcs electronics homemakin business education community health parent education hatr dressin charm schools 4 . field tri ps RECREATION + PHYSICAL FITNESS baseball bourling bike clubs. . qymnastics dancin PS \ roller, skating r tru “basket ball swimmin titra murals THE ARTS f dramatics oe cratts ae drawin STUDIES hoal paintin anguades . Varies Sscnoa Ocal muse < creative writin . instrumental muste remed.al reading education Commercial arts math ballet scrences i library study sessions adult ‘education  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 17 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7654834e353f55a9ea38b922041c9c07.pdf a079957113218d1daf25054381c3d563 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. \ :· _.;->,:.·, .., . ,. 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THE Summer oF 1966 (i ATLANTA, GEORGIA * _Ne1eEnBoRH00d PLayLor PRoGRAM "106,680 Summer RECREATION PROGRAM 59, 340 SENIOR CITIZENS Peoceam . .. 64,758 # TOTAL Fun>s NEEDED se “Unvce THe Nerenzorhood PLAYLOT Peocean, WE ‘PO PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMPCER OF PLAYLOTS From 7 To APPROXIMATELY 2/, ALL WW HARD- CORE POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILAGLE . = . : cas se +) fe oe ‘ = Rend] eee oe eee ee ee ee rorr choca cee semen WW olee ae, . Ls ———S ee = . - . Funds NEEDED To. OPECATE THE SAME : 463,772 . ferro) - ‘Cury wk For THE Svranere oF 1966 | C7 PLayLors) SALA CTS 5 pm & ccccepccga de: Erne beste ent at nah Op ORs 72 AUTO ALLOWANCE ee a AGG RENTALS Ghat tat Batok amestisiamikabarednd 4 BROGe OPERATING SUPPLIES bea mastnadant hp Oe ee RENTAL € PURCHASE OF EpuirmenT —.—. .. 8, O87. BY MACHINERY, ERUIPMENT, 2 GROUNDS REPAIR 5,652.14 FOF ALA 9 sony: td iu ocdinmicebbeensen Stas TIT OOSS PROPOSED BUDGET FoR SUMMER, 1767 _ Cal PLayLors) SALARIES ‘ ! ; 3 $9,000.00 BVTO ALLOWANCE 50. 00 TRANSPORTATION | oapdieeiedad at acne Pep, BOR OO, RENTALS © eed 23) Fe SS Oe oe 900.00 OPERATING SUPPLIES oe M4, 6 SO, 00 RENTAL € PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT «9, 380.00 MacHinery, EeuiemenT, & Geovids FEPAIR /], 300,00 TOTAL. oy na A SS os * 106,690. 00 , . -% ‘ ; - [xERO ae * ’ Ey =. sy Kens) . —— — : __ eg, . ACTUAL ExPendiTtvees FRotM GRAnT FUNDS... . _ Aleieuortoo> PLAYLOT PROGRAM 2. 8 ie ne TRAWSPORTATION oo ey O BF AE {xeR0 “ ee 1 ‘ — = ae eo. . -Tacr . HTRAWSPORTATION = nn __... SUMMER RECREATION: FIROGRAM |... _... COPERATION cxame) Kee peat hidecthdcact. co ACTUAL ExpenditvRes From GRAUT FUND | aN 19766 ru, oe 4 a 904.66 18,685.00 8659. 99 10, 84S, 4 . 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TRANSPORTATION as 3, IZ a CovsumABLe Suppriures se it tS a _||Eeuepmenr and GAmes 3, 676 se Re a spec ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE aits9t, __. &, OF2% 6 BE "|| 7o7ae aden 1edbi oes oshon Catan oO, TSE THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM AND THIS BuDGEr COVERS A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. ; (e589) ° Sy = = _ fe  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 16 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8af9382581a5e9cf8a9f4515cf93c20d.pdf 298e76d8e3fd2f895b8208bf7fe2af02 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 'I ' i I ' ! l FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 I .I' i, I l I l! I I i : The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign . Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the id e al vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. I. April 26: Memorandum w ill go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Departme nt of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed _a pplications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center w hen school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons w hich use a "teaser approach" to g e nerate interest in Youth Opportunity Week . They· simply say "I Am" in response to the s logan "B e a Summe r Sw ing'e r " , which appears on the poster and other mat e rial. _ d. C omic book s d ev elope d b y U . S . Depa r tment of Labo r as par t of the Y outh Opportuni ty C a mpai gn k i t . ,. I I 1 i 1 I 3. M a y 4: C omi c . book s w ill be d i st rib ut e d th r o ugh juni o r a nd senior h o me -r ooms a n d s tr on g anno un c ement mad e of Y o uth O pp o rtunit y We e k , M a y 8 - _15. " 4. · -Mai 8 : Empl oyment applic a ti on fo r ms ~ilI be · made· 0 �l. ! iI ., Page Two 'i I available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunte er work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and d i scuss these w ith the counsel or. Counselors w ill have informati on on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. ! I : j : I I 1 I • . I i I ! i ' I j.j Since m a ny youth who need to be r e ache d by this program are school drop-outs , thi s information w ill a l s o be dissemi nate d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. .; . News media w ill be provided with full in_f ormation, suggestions for special programming,public serv ice announcement tapes and slides. B. The camp aign will m ake a strong a p p eal to the priva t e secto r to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. I' I A mail c a mpaign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area will consist of: l I 2. C. a. Initi al m a iling fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing fro m Y o uth Oppo r tuni t y C e nter, o ffering inc e ntive o f a Braves b ase b all ti cke t (similar to 1966 pro gram) for each summer job mad e a v a ila ble to youth News r e l ease s w ill g o to A tlant a C hambe r of C omme r ce , b us i n ess and civi c ass oc iat ions , n e ws me dia , . e t c. , s p elling out t h e w h ol e c ampa ign but making special appeal t o empl oye r s . Three con c urr e n t s u rveys are invento rying our recreat i on res o urces and prelimina ry findings indicat e urg e n t nee d for ex panded recreation o pport unitie s . The s e surv eys are: 1. CIP ove r a ll R ec r eat i on Surve y, now in fir s t d raft for m. ~I • �Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta Youth Council. I; I . . I / ' I. j '. i i '. I. I D. Through ne w s media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many w ays 'a s possible. j; ,/ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this Program through the high school counselors. ~ 1, April 26; Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the progres and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. Mayl: Kit going to each school will contain: a. d, Abbreviated employment application forms far summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth Opportunity Week. They simply say 'I Am" in response to the slogan ''Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material, Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. 3. May 4: Comic books will be distributed through junior and senior home-rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. 4, May 8: Employment application forms will be made ae Page Two available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these with the counselor, Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. : Since many youth who need to be reached by this program are school drop-outs, this information will also be disseminated through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be provided with full information, suggestions for special programming,public service announcement tapes and slides. The campaign will make a strong appeal to the private sector to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. A mail campaign to 13,000 employers in the metro area will consist of: , a. Initial mailing from State Department of Labor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing from Youth Opportunity Center, offering incentive of a Braves baseball ticket (similar to 1966 program) for each summer job made available to youth 2. News releases will go to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, business and civic associations, news media, etc., spelling out the whole campaign but making special appeal to employers. Three concurrent surveys are inventorying our recreation resources and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for expanded recreation opportunities. These surveys are: 1. CIP overall Recreation Survey, now in first draft form. ‘Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. | 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta | Youth Council. D. Through news media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many ways as possible.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 15 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/65a3f7fff04981ffc4a414ee6eb466b1.pdf 2e7d081645692aafe9e6970351c62e3f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ., . SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we conside·r of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: I • 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for · summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are · planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recr_eation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966', through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreatioh programs: 1. .! The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot p e r day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two I ' 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25, 000 · which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instructio,n from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a ,. l j l ' I the recreation program for senior dtizens three high rise public housing comple x es for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has bee:ri made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot"Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ______Pr_ogragi so that it offers a real "day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children · each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89,340 . In addition we feel that we cannot fail to n;ieet the very real recreation and a vocational needs of our senior citizens . · It must be pointed out that these n eeds do not end w ith the close of summer' as senior citizens are not r eturning to school and other activities. Therefore, w e feel that the senio r citizen p r ogram must be on a year - :roun:d bas i s or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We w ould like to operate this program on a year round bas i s at an estimated cost of $67 , 758. �! ,- .. Page Three I . I ' ! For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity £qr young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for _this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer j_ob opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e·quipment and consultant personnel. I I ·1 • J : I ' ' ' .. I _ 'I l ! I i Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer - hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation r esources . Our community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation· of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicati_ng programs offered through our regular City P ·a rks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for ' both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages . ' Total cost of r ecreation needs for 1967 - $418, 778. ! i ! 0 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely con- cerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, tecreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. ’ The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: 1. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. a Page Two 2. Anintensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" - providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89,340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25,000 which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was the recreation program for senior citizens which we conducted in three high rise public housing complexes for the elderly throughout the summer and which had a total attendance of 36,000 citizens at a total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improve- ment Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta, The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed, ‘Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot’ Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ___Program so that it offers a real 'day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340, In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens. It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We would like to operate this program on a year- round basis at an estimated cost of $67, 758. Page Three For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and ~# 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary equipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer —hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation resources. Our _ community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation needs for 1967 - $418,778.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 14 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1ba1d3c1cdd2dc0000a54512ce7cc5eb.pdf d59899ab231958078a98e1cdf1e191f8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY HALL April 14, 196 7 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code ~04 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Ex ec ut i•1e Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer · recreation needs. The Conference of M&.yors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer 1967. 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs. 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4. How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program_during the summer months in these areas. The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. It is difficult to place a number on the programs w e anticipate . However, we ·told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playl ot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's O peration Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks . . ..;- ' �Mayor Allen Page Two April 14, 1967 ) ,. ..I · . for activities.. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the h i gh ris e public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the swnmer. . l • · 2. We explained that we are providing $61,350 for the 'Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up· as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program. Last summer we received $145,000 from OEO for recreation programs. We have none of this at present. 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and Wf;. are looking for other sources of federal money. 4. To carry on the desired pro g ram for the summer we need a total of $418, 778. This would include funds for th e Playlot Program, the Sununer Recreation Program (Operatfon Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our proposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. .. ·,. The Wilde rness C a m p i s one of the most imagin a tive propo sal s w e have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice Pre sident. We would a n t icipate utilizing some 800 boys durin g th e surnrne r months (100 e ach w e ek) to h e lp b e gin de v e loping our Altoona P ark prope r ty ac cordi n g to our m as t e r pla n. The y w oul d b e p a i d for a h alf d a y each d a y a·n d would ge t instr uction in wil dlife , camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross s~immers, etc. We think $96, 000 w ould allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months d u ring the s umm e r. I am attaching a Summary of Atl anta ' s Youth O pportunit i e s Campai gn and Summe r Recreat i on Pr o gra m for 1967. I am furni s hing you with ..,. . �;' I Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 196 7 ' !: ' . I extra copies of this and the attzi.chments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice Prc:sident and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private secto·r with regard to youth opportW1ity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency fed e ral grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our .~pproach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requeste d under Title I to fund Co~munity . School s for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 sch~ols. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 sho uld b e forthcoming to fund this program, its e x panding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to h e lp in providing needed equipment, noon time snacks, porta ble swimming pools, etc., for this program, an:d there are strong indications that the private sector will respond. i: .. I �Mayor Allen Page Four April l ·~, 196 7 '. The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an evergrowing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the mor·e affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forthcom_ing, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy ., ' 'I I 1: � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 April 14, 1967 Tel, 22-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Lialson MEMORANDUM To: MayorIvan Allen, Jr. ‘ From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer recreation needs. The Conference of Mayors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer1967. °- 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs, 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4, How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program during the summer months in these areas, The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. Itis difficult to place a number on the programs we anticipate. However, we told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playlot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's Operation Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks Mayor Allen Page Two _ April 14, 1967 for activities. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the high rise public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the summer. 2. We explained that we are providing $61, 350 for the Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up‘as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program, Last summer we received $145, 000 from OEO for recreation EpSay ate We have none of this at present, 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and we are looking for — other sources of federal money. 4, To carry on the desired program for the summer we need a total of $418,778. This would include funds for the Playlot Program, the Summer Recreation Program (Operation Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our peeposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. The Wilderness Camp is one of the most imaginative proposals we have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice President. We would anticipate utilizing some 800 boys during the summer months (100 each week) to help begin developing our Altoona Park property according to our master plan. They would be paid for a half day each day and would get instruction in wildlife, camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross swimmers, etc. We think $96,000 would allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months during the summer. I am attaching a Summary of Atlanta's Youth Opportunities Campaign and Summer Recreation Program for 1967. Iam furnishing you with Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 1967 extra copies of this and the attachments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice President and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private sector with regard to youth opportunity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency federal grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our approach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requested under Title I to fund Community Schools for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 schools. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 should be forthcoming to fund this program, its expanding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to help in providing needed equipment, noon- time snacks, portable swimming pools, etc., for this program, and there are strong indications that the private sector will respond, Mayor Allen Page Four April 14, 1967 The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an ever- growing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the more affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forth- coming, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy . e4  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 13 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2677322b4badf498234a7efea004b829.pdf 1c5484df1744ea1a06975ece60a7f28d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM .. ! April 26, 1967 I I Ij SPONSOR 1. Operation CHAMP Neighborhood Playlot Program Senior Citizens Wilderness Camp $ 89, 340 106,680 67,758 96,000 Atlanta Public Schools a. 3. (1966 Budget) City of Atlanta a. b. c. d. 2. AMOUNT Community Schools 60,000 United Appeal Agencies a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Metropolitan Boys Clubs Atlanta Urban League Butler Street YMCA Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls Club Vine City Council Wesley House Centers Salvation Army 4. Neighborhood Services 5. County Programs 63,043 ($13,000) ($14, 000) ($ 7, 311) ($ 6, 55 3) ($ 3, 434) ($ 4, 000) 5,000 24,000 ,/ 10,000 TOTAL $521,821 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 $48,298 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM April 26, 1967 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 SPONSOR AMOUNT (1966 Budget) 1. City of Atlanta a. Operation CHAMP $ 89, 340 b. Neighborhood Playlot Program 106, 680 c. Senior Citizens 67, 758 d. Wilderness Camp 96, 000 2. Atlanta Public Schools a. Community Schools 60, 000 3. United Appeal Agencies a. Metropolitan Boys Clubs 63, 043 b. Atlanta Urban League ($13, 000) c. Butler Street YMCA ($14, 000) d. Camp Fire Girls ($ 7,311) e. Grady Homes Girls Club ; ($ 6, 553) f. Vine City Council ($ 3, 434) g. Wesley House Centers ($ 4,000) h. Salvation Army 5,000 4, Neighborhood Services 24, 000 5. County Programs 10, 000 TOTAL $521, 821 $48, 298  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 12 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d534cf4b08cb76a16a3b49683981f7f2.pdf d329a68450939c7edc9aee4c85843ef7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANT.A CITY HALL May 15, 1967 . ' ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special sununer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer r ecreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would b e operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal .~gencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service C enters, and the Fulton C ounty programs. This $570, 119 total r e presents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slum areas over and above thos e programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the "1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this sununer 's program, these amounts were merely include d ih anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as the y did in 1966. �Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program. We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we 'feel that we will be able to carry on a reas"Onable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:fy � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA Sl ‘ = =5 ¥ “epu2 iba ee Oo Sa CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 May 15, 1967 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special summer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer recreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would be operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal Agencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service Centers, and the Fulton County programs, This $570, 119 total represents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slurn areas over and above those programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the '1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this summer's program, these amounts were merely included in anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as they did in 1966, Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program, We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we “feel that we will be able to carry on a reasonable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor TAJr:fy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 11 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c8d6c84d897d9f5fa565ccbb35b787db.pdf 474583fb8c55d4818e6551fb8a81ecbd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLANTA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Sec retary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Li aison NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News Release Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, G e neral Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atianta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recre~tion Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves. 11 11 This announcement from Mayor AHen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967. The Playlot progra~, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of E conomic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer. These w e re located in low-income neighborhoods, ofte n on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers. An average of ?St>' children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summe r, and that number is expected to reach at leas t 2,000 per day as the pr ogram is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967. Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. T he City has been locating these lots during the last sev eral months and is nearing com ple tion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of e quipme nt on e ach site will vary according to the size of the lot, but e quipment will include water fountains, portable t oilets, climbing towers, swings, · slides, s a n d boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many t ype s. The Playlot s will b e ope n from 10 a. m. until dark, six days a week, from June 1st throu gh L a bor Da y, S e pte mber 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time , recre ation p rogra ms can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p. m. during the summer and children will be encoura ged to return during the e v ening hours and bring their parents to p a r ticipate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Pla ylot s w ill b e provi d e d with sprinkle r h e ads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of childre n. Playlots are a l ready developed or hav e b een planned at the following locations: �l Page Two May 17, 1967 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 13. 14. 15 . 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Rhodes Street between S unset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street M agnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd .Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street Park P..venue a nd Lansing, S. E. Arlington Cir.cle, N. W . 533 Central Avenue , S. W. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilltjes) 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) Perry Boulievard and Lively H uff Road near Booth, N. W. Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. University and Hubbard, S. E. Vernon and Fort, N. E. Habershal at Perry Boulevard Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation. The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervis ed swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. on weekdays and from 1 p. m. until 7 p. m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate thes e pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for yearround swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be fund e d by a grant assured from the Office of Ec;onomic Opportunity. The City will b ear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program. It is hoped that contributions , loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens , business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the re creation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked t o contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437 • .As an important phase i n the Youth Opport unity Campaign for 1967, a simple dire ctory of summer learning , recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will b e distributed through the Atlanta schools , recreation centers, p r ivate agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school. # # # � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document He > a yf T mF c Y>+F ih /T j VT AY WTP sA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR pe " ee y ~ R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant - Pi MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Execulive Secretary , - aS DAN E. SWEAT, JR, Director of Governmental Liaison “NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA.30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News ReJease Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, General Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atlanta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967, This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer, The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves." This announcement from Mayor Allen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, The Playlot program, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of Economic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer, These were located in low-income neighborhoods, often on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers, An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summer, and that number is expected to reach at least 2,000 per day as the program is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967, Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. The City has been locating these lots during the last several months and is nearing completion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of equipment on each site will vary according to the size of the lot, but equipment will include water fountains, portable toilets, climbing towers, swings, slides, sand boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from 10 a.m, until dark, six days a week, from June Ist through Labor Day, September 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time, recreation programs can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p.m. during the summer and children will be encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children, Playlots are already developed or have been planned at the following locations: Page Two May 17, 1967 Rhodes Street between Sunset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street Magnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street 12, Park Avenue and Lansing, S. E,. 13. Arlington Circle, N. W. 14, 533 Central Avenue, S, W. 15. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 16. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilities) 17, 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) 18, Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. 19. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) 20, Perry Boulevard and Lively 21, Huff Road near Booth, N. W. 22, Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. 23, University and Hubbard, 5. E. 24, Vernon and Fort, N. E. 25. Habershal at Perry Boulevard 26. Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue . Oo on om & WD = Se - © - «8 The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation, The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equip- ment, Supervised swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a.m, until 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 1 p.m, until 7 p.m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate these pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for year- round swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity, The City will bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program, It is hoped that contributions, loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437, As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school, #it # #  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 10 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/87171cff25351129584e99d5cfb92cb7.pdf ac7b6797e90328d8835abb2bafb6d821 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, GEORGIA FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ your information 0 Please refer to the attached correspondence and -make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-5 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Office of the Mayor ATLANTA, GEORGIA ROUTE SLIP L \ wD he ve be FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. (For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. {_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-S  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 21, Folder 35, Document 1 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967