Police Athletic League of New York City
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| Founded | 1914 |
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| Focus | Youth development for inner-city children and teenagers |
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Area served
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Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island |
| Method | Donations |
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Key people
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Frederick J. Watts, Executive Director |
| Slogan | "The Best Friend a Kid Can Have!" |
| Website | www.palnyc.org |
The Police Athletic League, Inc. (PAL) is an independent, non-profit youth development agency in New York City. PAL is funded by a combination of private donations and public funding sources and is a designated charity of the New York Police Department. Robert M. Morgenthau, retired District Attorney of New York County, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1963. PAL is open to all New York City children.
Mission: The Police Athletic League Inc., together with the New York Police Department and the law enforcement community, supports and inspires New York City youth to realize their full individual potential as productive members of society.
Vision: All children in New York City will have a fun place to play, learn and grow, nurtured by a special relationship with youth development professionals and police officers.
The historical relationship between PAL and the NYPD is the result of a more than a century-old working relationship between law enforcement officials and civilian leaders. PAL was founded in 1914 by Police Commissioner Arthur Woods who began Play Streets and Police Captain John Sweeney who founded the Junior Police Clubs in New York City's Lower East Side. The two programs were eventually combined to become the Police Athletic League of New York City. From 1914 to 1959, PAL was led by high-ranking NYPD officials. In the fifty years since 1960, PAL has been managed by civilian Executive Directors, who have continued the tradition of cops helping kids helping communities.
PAL offers a variety of services to city kids confronted by high risk factors in New York City’s most challenging neighborhoods. Key programs include Head Start, After-School, Play Streets, Summer Day Camps, Truancy Prevention, Youthlink (family court probation supervision), Cops and Kids Sports, Summer Youth Employment, and Junior Police, among others.
AFTER SCHOOL Kids in grades K to 8 benefit from a three-pronged after-school curriculum—PAL SMARTS, PAL ARTS and PAL FIT—that reinforces daily school lessons and academic achievement.,
SUMMER PROGRAMS PAL works with NYPD to strategically locate Play Street sites on city streets, parks and schoolyards. Play Streets offer structured and adult-supervised activities like stickball, basketball, double Dutch, dance, board games and art projects.Play Streets are free of charge weekdays for seven weeks each summer.
Summer Day Camps help prevent summer learning loss with developmental activities for children grades K to 8. Offerings include literacy activities, arts projects, community service, sports and recreation and a citywide Cultural Day event.
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