Edge provides students in grades 9 through 12 with no cost access to two community-based After School Program that creates mentoring relationships between teens and caring adults. 

The program is offered Monday-Friday throughout the school year between 2:30-6 pm.  Students have access to innovative programming that promotes their personal development and prepares them for their future. The program’s four key elements are Healthy Living, Academic Success, Life Skills and Community Service.

EDGE@East is within walking distance of two high schools (Lakota East High School and Lakota East Freshman Campus, a combined 2800 students). EDGE@West is offered at MidPointe Library, an ideal location cross the street and within walking distance of Lakota West High School and Lakota Career Readiness Academy.  

Grants made in July:

Cincinnati Association for the Blind, $25,000.  Early Childhood and Youth Services Music Program, including the Annual Music Recital and partial support of two music specialists.

Cincinnati Opera, $25,000.  The Opera’s education and outreach features programs that impact more than 4,000 PreK-12 students annually at Music Hall, at school assemblies and in individual classrooms.

Cincinnati Recreation Commission, $25,000.  Outdoor Adventures for Youth and Teens is being includes the long-time, week-long Rivertrek program as well as recently added winter skiing/ snowboarding and outdoor camping activities.

EDGE Teen Centers (Axis Teen Centers), $35,000 ... see above.

Karen Carns Foundation, $30,000.  Coats for Kids provides about 1,500 winter coats, hats and pairs of gloves to young people in need while strengthening the bond between teachers and the students they have nominated to receive a coat.

Milestones $30,000.  The Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program teaches basic horsemanship skills and grooming to nurture emotional health and improve cognitive, physical and psychological function for young people with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome and other similar diagnoses.  

School House Symphony, $30,000.  Teaching Tomorrow’s Audience Today brings over 250 live musical performances by members of a six-person ensemble to about 80 schools and 20,000 children throughout Greater Cincinnati.  Fees are kept low through contributions and grants, and part of the Dater grant funds programs at underserved inner-city schools. 

U.C. Foundation - Economics Center for Education and Research, $25,000.   The Student Enterprise Program (StEP) provides more than 6,000 students with real-world applications of economics principles as they set up their own mini-economy in their classroom, save and invest their “school cash,” and create and sell goods and services at Market Madness.  

The Dater Foundation makes grants to non-profit organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area to carry out programs that benefit young people and focus in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.  Information about the grantmaking process and guidelines and links to an online grant application website are available at www.DaterFoundation.org.

The private foundation was established by fourth-generation Cincinnatian, businessman and philanthropist Charles Dater (1912-1993) to ensure that his resources would continue to fund worthwhile community programs after his death.  The foundation has made more than 3,700 grants totaling over $77 million since its inception in 1985.

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For additional information regarding this news release, contact Roger Ruhl (513/598-1141).

The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. is located at 700 Walnut Street, Suite 301, Cincinnati, OH 45202.