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Currently, the education programs are being conducted within the City of Pittsburgh through partnerships with PNC Bank, The Pittsburgh Pirates, The City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority, Mercy Health System, and other regional partners. Current educational programming supported by the Foundation is primarily focused on after school reading, tutoring, and computer skills training. The Foundation is utilizing recreation centers throughout the city of Pittsburgh. Students are able to receive academic help as well as life skills training through both individualized and group learning settings.
The Josh Gibson Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation which was established in 1994. It is the goal of the Foundation to establish a history and learning center in Homestead, PA to reach out to the families and youth of the community on which Josh Gibson left his mark.
The Foundation partners with Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh to bring volunteer tutors to the recreation centers, where the volunteers facilitate reading remediation, subject area tutoring, and computer training. The educational programs are intended to run year round.
In addition to direct instruction, the Josh Gibson Foundation provides motivational programming. The goal of this is to show children at risk that there is a larger world outside of their community that is full of options for them. Motivational guest speakers are brought in from the community to talk with students about their futures, career options, and personal growth.
The success stories that the speakers tell the children show that they have options in life. The power behind this motivational programming derives from the fact that the speakers have come from the same communities as the children, and have faced the same decisions and questions that the students have. Above all, the speakers encourage education and responsibility as the means of improving oneself.
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