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Thursday, December 8th, 2005[Jamie's Police Academy graduation, with Jonathan, mom, Taina, and dad. Click image for larger photo.] My baby brother turns 26 on Saturday, and yesterday was officially crowned a rising star of the NYPD at the 5th Precinct’s Awards Ceremony. He just finished his third year as a cop and received 6 commendations including: Cop of [...]
Another Miracle!
Saturday, November 12th, 2005In September, Generation Xcel hit the bottom of the financial barrel and received an $8,000 miracle just in time to get things rolling for the after-school year. That well dried up on Friday. I just received an email promising another $8,000 miracle this week! Join the Thanksgiving fun by making a tax-deductible, holiday gift to [...]
Michael the Great
Monday, November 7th, 2005Michael and Linda Mowery are generous supporters of Generation Xcel. He’s a word class New York photographer, she’s the Abounding Grace office manager, and together they’re a wonderful team and faithful friends. Mike frequently volunteers to photograph events for Generation Xcel, and last year he taught a 10-week photography class as well. Most recently, he [...]
This time last year
Monday, October 31st, 2005October 31, 2004, was the drop dead date our purported landlord gave us to move both Abounding Grace and Generation Xcel out of the building we occupy on 9 East 7th Street. They had served the 30-day Notice-of-Eviction on September 30, 2004, and demanded that we completely vacate the premises on or before Halloween. Meanwhile, [...]
Virtual Xcel
Friday, October 21st, 2005Back in 1999, we at Generation Xcel had a brainstorm that I believed would revolutionize youth outreach and cultural engagement. What if we took “By Youth For Youth†online? Could we translate the Xcel model for cyberspace and create a virtual community that would empower kids to be who they are and find their voice [...]
Speaking of the good million dollar athletes could do
Monday, October 17th, 2005Imagine if the New York Yankees players, as a team, contributed 1% of their $210 million payroll to a common cause this year, which King George matched on behalf of the Empire. $4.2 million’s nothing to sneeze at. Now imagine, hypothetically speaking, that Generation Xcel, was that cause. We could operate approximately 56 Xcel After [...]
City kids in the country …
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005… like chickens without their heads (not really). More pics here. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 10/11/2005 10:47:00 PM 0 comments
Please pray for Frank
Thursday, October 6th, 2005Frank is one of Generation Xcel’s interns from NYU. I just received an email from him that he was assaulted on the subway on the way to class today and needs to have surgery tomorrow to set his broken nose properly. I haven’t known Frank long  just a month or so  but he’s [...]
Thank you for praying
Thursday, October 6th, 2005Wow. The expressions of support and prayer in response to last week’s “We need a miracle†post, as well as some targeted emails, have been overwhelming (although uplifting might be a better descriptor). This post is a quick update to thank you all for the encouragement and prayers, and also share briefly some of the [...]
Wanted: rich heiress socialite who knows everybody and gets invited to all the fancy parties …
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005… (the kind who can get anybody on the phone within one or two phone calls) to adopt Generation Xcel as a “pet†cause and raise us a truckload of money. Does this sound cynical? Just trying to figure out why people who’ve never actually been in the hood or spent time working with the [...]
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