East Side House Settlement
Winter Antiques Show Education FundFor more than fifty years the Winter Antiques Show has provided crucial financial support for East Side House Settlement, which offers a variety of social services and educational programs to those living in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, one of the poorest congressional districts in America.
Recognizing that education is the key to opportunity, East Side House—in partnership with New York City’s Department of Education—founded two new schools in the community: Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School and Bronx Haven High School.
The Winter Antiques Show Education Fund was established to provide college readiness and other programs for these students as they strive toward obtaining a high school diploma and a college education. The schools’ initial enrollment of seventy will soon reach seven hundred students, with impressive graduation and college acceptance rates.
About East Side House Settlement
At East Side House Settlement, we believe that education is the key which enables all people to create economic and civic opportunities for themselves, their families and their community.
 East Side House is a community resource in the South Bronx. Our focus is on critical developmental periods - early childhood and adolescence - and critical junctures - points at which people are determined to become economically independent. We enrich, supplement and enhance the public school system and place college within reach of motivated students. We provide services to families in order that other family members may pursue their educational goals. We provide technology and career readiness training to enable students to improve their economic status and lead more fulfilling lives.
All revenues from the Show's general admissions and the net proceeds from the preview parties and other events go to East Side House and contribute substantially to its private philanthropic budget. For more information about East Side House Settlement, please click: www.eastsidehouse.org.
Corning Museum of Glass's "You Design It/We Make It" class with students in East Side House programs featured on ABC news; sculptures exhibited at Winter Antiques Show: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=6593867  
Glass sculptures designed by Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School students Georlen Arzu and Katherine Perez (left) and Bronx Haven High School student Jonathan Malave (right) in a "You Design It/We Make It" class with Corning Museum of Glass master glassmaker Eric Goldschmidt. The sculptures were on view at the Park Avenue Armory during the 2009 Winter Antiques Show.
New York Times, January 6, 2009
For a Higher Score, No More Dropping Out
East Side House Settlement students with
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 2008
"George Washington" giving a tour of the Winter Antiques Show to
East Side House Settlement students, 2006
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