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GEMS Girls' Clubs is a non-denominational, non-profit, Christian organization that seeks to equip women and girls to live radically faithful lives for Christ. Clubs are established in churches and other Christian organizations and allow women to mentor girls as they develop a living, dynamic relationship with Jesus.
The organization is based in Harlem, New York City, [1] which is one of the most common places for trafficking and child exploitation. [citation needed] The work of GEMS is the subject of the 2007 documentary Very Young Girls. [2]
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Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy. Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) is an education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York City. Founded by Geoffrey Canada and led by its current CEO, Kwame Owusu-Kesse, HCZ pioneered the model of place-based, cradle-to-career services that empower young people and families from under-resourced backgrounds to achieve life-changing social and ...
The NCA was founded in 1948 by the "Grandfather" of cheerleading, Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer, a former member of the Spirit Squad at Southern Methodist University.The NCA, incorporated in 1948, is the first organization to hold cheer camps with the purpose of bringing cheerleaders together to learn new skills under qualified instructors and compete against other schools in dance, jumps ...
Typical of their coaching meets, in 1901 twenty-six coaches gathered in Hyde Park, New York and set off for an outing. [4] In 1917, the Coaching Club inaugurated the Coaching Club Handicap, a stakes race for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park. Today it is a Grade I race at Saratoga Race Course called the Coaching Club American Oaks. [5] [2]
The club also fielded a strong baseball club, also known as the Crescents. [5] [6] The club had an ice hockey team, the Brooklyn Crescents, in the American Amateur Hockey League in 1896–97 and between 1899–1917. The Crescent Athletic Club House, completed in Brooklyn Heights in 1906, is now known as The Bosworth Building of Saint Ann's ...
All members enjoy full use of the clubhouse facilities and its services. The Club includes a bar, The Big Red Tap & Grill, and a restaurant, The Cayuga Room. In addition, the club has four banquet/meeting rooms, a business center, 48 overnight guest rooms, and a library. Members may use the squash courts at the Yale Club of New York City.