Community After School Program

Oklahoma Tornado – How to Help

casp — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:45 +0000

Our hearts go out to the victims of Oklahoma’s devastating tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma this week. As a school-age childcare provider, CASP is especially saddened by the deaths of the children at Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore. Like many Oklahomans, our staff and children followed their emergency plans and rode out Monday’s storms in their “safe places”. Our thoughts and condolences go out to those families who lost loved ones, homes, places of work, and their neighborhood schools.

There are many wonderful ways to help the survivors of Oklahoma’s tornadoes. Here are just a few:

DONATE ONLINE

United Way of Norman Tornado Relief

American Red Cross

Moore & Shawnee Tornado Relief Fund

DONATE BY TEXT

Text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the Red Cross
Text STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation to the Salvation Army
Text FOOD to 32333 to make a $10 donation to the Regional Food Bank

DONATE BY MAIL

Moore & Shawnee Tornado Relief Fund
c/o Tulsa Community Foundation
7030 S. Yale, Suite 600, Tulsa, OK 74136

DONATE BLOOD

Riverwind Casino: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday
Lucky Star Casino, Concho: 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday
Sugar Creek Casino: 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday
Fire Lake Bowling Center: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
Grand Casino: 1 to 6 p.m. Friday
Lucky Star Casino, Clinton: 1 to 6 p.m. Friday
Remington Park Racetrack & Casino: Noon to 5 p.m. Friday
Kickapoo Casino: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
Newcastle Casino: Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday

VOLUNTEER

Moore Recovers

American Red Cross – Volunteer

Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Summer Volunteers, Books and Food Donations Needed

casp — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:40:24 +0000

Science fun at Madison!

casp — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:55:37 +0000

Madison CASP got a special treat last week from some volunteers from AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) and Wishing Works!

Volunteers from these organizations prepared and brought some fun, chemistry oriented science projects for the kiddos to experiment with.

Thanks to these volunteers for making the day special for our Madison kids!

CASP Reaches 500 Meals!

casp — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:00:24 +0000

THANK YOU!

Thanks to the generous donations of individual community members and organizations such as the OU Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, CASP has been able to provide 500 meals to hungry children attending our programs since March.

Each meal that we put together includes a variety of foods that are easy for children to open and prepare. We do our best to put together meals that are healthy and non-perishable. (See below for an example meal that includes ravioli, raisins, pudding, fruit snacks and juice.)

CASP plans to continue providing meals through the end of the semester and hopes to provide meals during the summer as well. If you are interested in assisting with this effort, you may drop off donations at our administrative office at 1023 N. Flood Avenue, or contact us via email at info@caspinc.org for more information.

FOOD WISH LIST

Individual Servings: Shelf-stable milk, microwavable vegetable singles, 100% fruit juice.

Meals containing ravioli, raisins, pudding, fruit snacks and juice.

Putting together meals for the week!

Recognition of Kennedy Be Smart Club

casp — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:30:31 +0000

On March 29th, CASP Be Smart Club members presented “Awards of Excellence” to Be Smart Club Members at Kennedy Elementary. Funded in part by United Way of Norman, AmeriCorps Oklahoma, CASP and various grants from the state and city, the Be Smart Club operates a homework help club and tutoring program at Kennedy to help students achieve and perform to the best of their ability. We want to honor the hard work and dedication that these Kennedy students have put in this past year!

Here is our huge group of Be Smart Club Members! Each of these students either participates in Homework Club, one to one tutoring, or both. We love having them in the program!

Here are a few of our homework help volunteers and one to one tutors. Thanks to them for all of their hard work and care for the kids!

Spring Break Camp!

casp — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:11:17 +0000

CASP held a Day Camp for this past Spring Break. We enrolled around 25 students and had a blast hanging out and having fun! Programming included a variety of activities including free play, science, physical activity, arts and crafts, cooking club and much more, at the CASP office. The campers also had the opportunity to visit the Fred Jones Jr. Museum Art Museum and the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. Here are a few photos of the fun-filled week!

casp — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:28:10 +0000

Our greatest needs at this point are for “meal” items such as canned ravioli or mac and cheese.

We are also in need of shelf-stable milk and veggies in plastic cups.

However, we will accept any and all donations!

casp — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:13:31 +0000

* The Federal snack program does not allow us to give extra snack away.

** Staff always maintain discretion when giving food away to students.

Spring Volunteers Needed!

casp — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:00:22 +0000

ATTENTION: CASP After School Openings

casp — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:54:03 +0000

The Community After School Program has immediate openings available for children attending the following elementary schools:

Adams, Lakeview, Madison, Monroe, Truman and Wilson.*

Please contact the CASP office at 366-5970 ext. 500 for more information on enrollment availability at one of these programs or complete a Wait List Form and return to us via email to: info@caspinc.org to be placed on the CASP wait list for your child’s program.

*Truman Primary is full