Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH)
Since 1997, Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) is the first organization of its kind to combine the power of education with the grace and discipline of figure skating to help girls thrive and become strong leaders. Their mission is to help girls ages six-eighteen access educational, health and wellness services to reach their fullest potential, grow in confidence, leadership, and academic achievement.
- Year
- 2023
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will support a portion of classroom rental and ice time for their primary programming—I Can Excel (ICE) School-year Program.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2022
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will support a portion of classroom rental and ice time for their primary programming—I Can Excel (ICE) school-year program.
- Amount
- $8,000
- Year
- 2021
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will continue to support the ICE: I Can Excel Afterschool Program for Low-Income Girls of Color - providing an opportunity for girls to learn the challenging sport of figure skating while receiving individually tailored and challenging academic support.
- Amount
- $7,500
- Year
- 2020
- Purpose
- The CCS grant supports the I Can Excel Afterschool Program and Remote Learning Support. It will help girls transform their lives and grow in confidence, leadership, and academic achievement.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2019
- Purpose
- Enabled Figure Skating in Harlem to cover the costs of ice time for their Summer Dreams Camp, their spring and summer bridge program for students and their synchronized skating teams, and fall ice time. These programs impacted the lives of students by improving their academic and career success. Figure Skating in Harlem helped 92% of its students demonstrate increased STEM knowledge, helped 82% of their students improve their financial literacy, and saw 78% of students demonstrate improvement in Math or ELA scores based on Renaissance Learning standardized tests.
- Amount
- $7,500