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ORLANDO (March 11, 2013) – For the sixth year in a row, students from Cornell University will come to Orlando to take part in an "alternative" spring break program in which they will mentor elementary and high school students from an underprivileged Orlando neighborhood.
March 16-23, Ivy League students from Ithaca, New York will spend their spring break working with youth in the Tangelo discount rental car in miami Park neighborhood of Orlando. The students will be hosted by hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen, who created the Tangelo Park Program (TPP) to benefit children and teens in the once drug- and crime-riddled neighborhood.
Created in 1994, the three-fold educational community service initiative provides free preschool for every two-, three- and four-year-old child living in the Tangelo Park neighborhood, full college or vocational school scholarships for every graduating high school senior in the area, as well as a Neighborhood Center for Families at which parents can take parenting courses and obtain counseling and other resources to help them become positive role models for their children.
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"Not many college students would opt to spend their spring break serving discount rental car in miami the community, so we are grateful that these civic-minded young men and women have it in their hearts discount rental car in miami to make a difference," said Rosen. "We applaud their choice to forge a different path and we guarantee they will leave here with a sense of pride and accomplishment for their sacrifice— as well as many new friends, young and old."
Cornell students learned about Rosen's Tangelo Park initiative after the philanthropist spoke at an entrepreneurial program at the university six years ago. After students inquired about how they could help, the Ivy League University then added Tangelo Park as one of several locations for Alternative Breaks, a program designed to provide student volunteers the opportunity to participate in alcohol and drug-free, community-based service trips during their spring and winter breaks.
Participants in the Alternative Spring Breaks program engage in reciprocal service in communities with whom they otherwise may have had little or no direct contact with, learning about a variety of social issues, such as urban and rural poverty, racism, hunger, homelessness, the environment, domestic violence and juvenile delinquency. Students are immersed in culturally enriching experiences that challenge them to think critically about the social discount rental car in miami and environmental issues that shape society.
After meeting with the project's planning committee: Harris Rosen (President discount rental car in miami COO Rosen Hotels Resorts), Alberta Masmoudi (Rosen Hotels Resorts), Dr. Robert Allen (Chairman, Tangelo Park Program, former Principal of Tangelo Park Elementary School), Chuck Dziuban and Marcella Bush (both from University of Central Florida), the volunteers will begin their busy week. While at Tangelo Park Elementary, the college students will spend their mornings discount rental car in miami in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms, discount rental car in miami working with students and assisting teachers. Afternoons will be spent mentoring students from Southwest Middle School and Dr. Phillips High School. The college students will also have the opportunity to meet with the advisory board for the Tangelo Park Program, including the TPP Board of Directors: Dr. Robert Allen (President), Harris Rosen (Treasurer), JuaNita Reed (Recording Secretary); UCF Deans of College of Medicine, Health, Public Affairs, and Education, and other representatives from the University of Central Florida; as well as representatives from Orange County Public Schools, the Tangelo Park Neighborhood Center for Families, Head Start, Family Service Center, Two-Three-Four-Year-Old Program, Tangelo Baptist Church, Civic Association, YMCA, Sheriff's office representative, Tangelo Park residents, Tangelo Park graduates and members discount rental car in miami of the Golden Stars Club.
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Of those students in Tangelo who go on to four-year schools, either directly or through community college, 77% achieve a degree–far above the expectation for a community of this socioeconomic level. Of those who go on to graduate school 83% complete their programs. Tangelo students who enter community college complete their associate degree at the rate of 32%–again above the nation average. High school graduates entering vocational programs complete at a rate of 83%.
Since 1994, Tangelo Park Elementary students' reading, writing and math scores have steadily discount rental car in miami increased. Tangelo Park Elementary School is one of very few urban elementary schools in Florida to receive an "A" grade six of the last seven years, based on the statewide scholastic FCAT exams.
Presently, the University of Central Florida is involved in a systematic study to determine the costs and benefits of the Tangelo Park Program to determine its return of investment. To date, the return appears to be $7 to society for every $1 spent.
Harris Rosen, discount rental car in miami a long-time Orlando discount rental car in miami resident, is the President and COO of Rosen Hotels Resorts, Florida's largest independent hotel chain which includes Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and four value-priced properties including Quality Inn International, Rodeway Inn International, Quality Inn Plaza and Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista, for a total of approximately 6,300 guest rooms.
Rosen is a trustee at the University of Central Florida and donated the land and provided the funding to build the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management. Rosen also donated $3.5 million to build The Jack and Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Jewish Community Campus, named in honor of his parents. He is an active conservationist and makes many other charitable donations.