8th Annual Cocktails for Charity
Thanks to everyone who came out for our annual Cocktails for Charity happy hour on Thursday, April 5! We had over 150 attendees and raised over $2,500! Special thanks to the Gilded Lily for hosting us and for the beautiful venue. Check out the photos below, and we’ll see you next year!
9th Annual Aces for Apex Casino Night
9th Annual Aces for Apex Casino Night The Apex for Youth Associate Board invites you to our 9th Annual Aces for Apex Casino Night. Get decked out and join us for our largest event yet! Try your luck at exhilarating casino games or our High Roller Poker Tournament with a chance to win exciting raffle prizes, all […]
Volunteer Needs for Upcoming School Year
Apex for Youth is looking for more volunteers for the upcoming school year and/or semester. Help us spread the word! 2 Male Mentors Needed – Middle School Mentoring Mentor a middle school student to provide guidance and introduce him to new experiences twice a month on Saturday afternoons (seeking volunteers with prior youth or volunteer experience, and/or Mandarin […]
Feature: 2017 Gala Student Speaker
Meet our 2017 25th Anniversary Gala student speaker! Apex mentee Alexis Zhao, a current high school senior, spoke to nearly 800 guests at our gala on April 26. She shared her story and her experience with Apex. Alexis recently received a full ride to Franklin & Marshall through the Posse Foundation, nominated by Apex staff. […]
Krista Marie Yu and Jessica Cox Speak at After School
Apex students were very fortunate to have two special visitors this past April: Krista Marie Yu of ABC’s Dr. Ken and motivational speaker Jessica Cox, who spoke to our after school students at P.S. 184 Shuang Wen. Krista Marie Yu stars in the ABC drama Dr. Ken, playing star Ken Jeong’s daughter, Molly. Krista was […]
25th Anniversary Gala A Huge Success!
Thank you to the 800 guests who attended the 25th Anniversary Gala and helped raise more than $1.3 million, both all-time highs for Apex for Youth! Your support literally changes the lives of this city’s underserved Asian youth. We hope you were able to see how much you mean to Apex kids, and on behalf of the students, mentors and […]
Snow Tubing
On the first Saturday of March, Apex mentors and mentees gathered together at P.S 1 in Chinatown for a pizza lunch before taking the bus to our snow tubing event, located at Mount Peter in Warwick, NY. When we arrived at the site, everybody felt the extreme coldness on top of the mountain compared to the […]
Apex Panel: Asian American Trailblazers
On Tuesday, February 28, Apex for Youth and Deloitte hosted Charting New Paths: A Conversation with Asian American Trailblazers, a panel discussion with four inspiring entrepreneurs who have been at the forefront of their industries, blazing new paths. Moderated by longtime Apex mentor Nin-Hai Tseng, Senior Editor at Fortune, the discussion covered topics such as […]
Google’s “Be the Bridge” with apl.de.ap
Google’s Corporate Engineering Women’s group, Filipino Googler Network and Asian Googler Network hosted “Be the Bridge” for their 18th anniversary in October, in partnership with Apex for Youth and Peace Jam. “Be the Bridge” is a program to inspire youth and help equip them for the challenges and opportunities that may come in their future. […]
Going Outdoors
For our mentees, being a part of Apex means getting to try new things they may not otherwise have the opportunity for–like going outdoors. Every year, we take them to various spots in New York and the surrounding areas for activities like hiking, ice skating, ropes courses and snow tubing. These activities not only give […]
Holiday Party 2016
On December 17, 2016, Apex for Youth celebrated the end of the year by hosting its annual youth Holiday Party at P.S. 1 and at LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park in Brooklyn! Early in the morning, our volunteers, mentors and high school mentees transformed the cafeteria with wall decor and set up activity stations for our elementary school […]
Opening Day 2016
We kicked off the new school year for our Mentoring Program with our annual Opening Day, where many of our mentees and mentors from the Middle School Mentoring Program (MSMP) and High School Mentoring Program (HSMP) met for the first time. This year, we celebrated Opening day at Fink’s Country Farm in Long Island; because […]
Executive Director Quarterly Update
Dear Friends, This summer was an exciting time for Apex for Youth. We offered two 4-week summer programs for students in our School’s Out NYC after school programs. Our We Run As One summer basketball league with the Dynasty Project had 18 teams and over 200 players participate. We offered our first ever art & […]
Overnight College Tour 2016
From April 26 through 27, we took our mentees on our first overnight college tour through schools in Pennsylvania. Special thanks to staffer Jessica for applying for the grant and taking the mentees on her own! Read on below for a recap from one of the mentees who went on the trip. I came in […]
Career Day at Pentagram
On Friday August 12, 2016, Apex for Youth mentees attended a morning Career Day session at Pentagram, located in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. Pentagram is a company that designs and produces some of the world’s most well known brand logos (view their iconic projects here), and the company also created Apex for Youth’s new logo two […]
Alumni Career Panel at Refinery 29
On June 30, 2016, Apex for Youth hosted a career panel for former mentees with speakers from a wide range of industries including finance, journalism/fashion, technology, hotel/restaurant management and healthcare at Refinery29, located on 225 Broadway. Jian Dong, MD (Mt. Sinai Residence Physician and Graduate of NYU Medical School), John Zhang (Software Engineer – Google), […]
Closing Day 2016
Closing Day signifies the end of our mentoring program for the year, and is also the time of year when we officially bid adieu to our graduating seniors. This June, we brought more than 120 mentors, mentees and volunteers from both our Manhattan and Queens mentoring programs up to Nyack College in Nyack, NY to […]
Volunteer Appreciation + Senior Graduation Dinner 2016
We held our annual Volunteer Appreciation and Senior Graduation Dinner on Wednesday, June 8, to thank our volunteers for their dedication and service to our programs and youth, as well as bid adieu to our seniors. Last year marked our first year at Golden Unicorn; this year, we were able to have the entire floor […]
Self Defense Workshop with New York Asian Women’s Center
On March 26, 2016, five of our High School mentoring pairs and Apex staff member, Sascha VanWilliams, were invited by Yinan Xia from The Young Professionals Board of New York Asian Women’s Center to attend Defend with a Friend, a self-defense workshop designed to build awareness, preparedness, and readiness for any life-threatening situation that may […]
Mentoring Highlight: Battery Park Community Activism
Over 50 mentors and mentees from our middle school mentoring program helped plant bottle brush shrubs in Battery Park on Saturday, April 23rd. While most parks are publicly owned by the city, Battery Park is maintained by The Battery Conservancy, privately funded since 1994 when it was established. Mentors and mentees worked hand in hand with the […]