Sponsored walk

Cool After School, a sporty after-school program in Haarlem, organizes various sports, games, and activities year-round to encourage and support children's development. From wakeboarding to biathlon and from cycling to karate, these children learn and can do it all. But Cool After School recognizes that having childcare and joining a sports club isn't a given for all children.That's why Cool After School organised a sponsored walk with all participating parents/guardians and children, where they raised money for the Haarlem Youth Fund for Sports & Culture.

 Cool Kids on the course at HCHMC Saxenburg

Cool After School thoroughly explained the reason for the run to the kids, and they launched with incredible dedication. They ran three times a day for 30 minutes for a week to ensure maximum fundraising. In high temperatures, the children, with the support of their sponsors and mascot Cas Kardinaal, managed to conquer a sporty and challenging course of approximately 350 meters. The Cool After Schoolers had to jump over hurdles, climb several raised platforms, crawl under the tarp, and then race through the inflatable obstacle course. When the final minute whistle blew, even the youngest bravely started an extra lap.

Proud proceeds of €3000.

Each round earned the children a donation, and as a group, they ultimately raised €3,000 for the Haarlem Youth Sports & Culture Fund. The amount raised is fantastic. It demonstrates how motivated the kids and their sponsors are to ensure that more children from less-affluent families can still join a sports club. Cool After School is incredibly proud of this event and hopes to contribute to giving children the opportunity to participate in sports, because sports are for everyone.

Thanks to all the cool kids, parents/guardians, sponsors, and Cool After School!

Click here to set up a campaign for the Haarlem and Zandvoort Youth Fund

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Great news! The Youth Fund Sports & Culture contributions for children and young people with a Haarlem Pass are increasing for 2022! Children with a Zandvoort Pass are also welcome to participate for the time being.

That makes going to a club this year very attractive

The Youth Sports & Culture Fund wants all children to stay active, healthy, and happy. That's why we're paying this year for children and young people from families with a Haarlem or Zandvoort Pass (and sometimes without one). more tuition fees to join a sports and cultural club.

Read at the bottom of this message in Dutch, اللغة العربية, Türkçe of English how to apply.

These were the promotion rules until October 24, 2022

• For sports and culture, we pay Haarlem Pass holders a maximum of €500 in tuition per application, including a voucher of up to €100 for clothing and materials.
• Children with a Zandvoort Pass can also take advantage of this promotion for the time being! After that, the following applies: normal amounts.
• You can apply for one sports and one cultural program for each of your children. For example, volleyball and dance memberships.
• Exception for diploma swimming: your child may choose from 1 sport in addition or 1 cultural application. We accept swimming applications if the swimming club confirms that your child can start swimming within 2 months.
• For children who have fled Ukraine, a short-term application can be submitted until the summer. After that, it will be clearer who will remain in Haarlem or Zandvoort. Check the exact (short-term) contribution with the provider.
• Applications for seasonal lessons (from September onwards) can already be made in June.
• For children without a pass, we can sometimes make an exception. Please contact us via a email.

Submit a request!

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Step 1:

Find out which club or instructor your child wants to take lessons with, whether there is room for him/her and how much it costs.

Step 2:

Ask the teacher at school, someone from the social neighborhood team or another organization from our intermediary list to apply for your child. They are Youth Fund intermediaries and will do this together with you on the computer. The information they need is stated in this Parent card.

Step 3:

Once approved by the Youth Fund, you can register your child at the club. The Youth Fund pays the tuition directly to the club or instructor. Don't forget to reapply every year.

Take advantage of this year's campaign and submit your applications. Or share this, because together we can give many more children opportunities!

Also check in advance all other game rules after.

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Update

We enthusiastically embarked on the Heroes Comics Competition, culminating in the Haarlem Comics Days. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, everything took a different turn. During the lockdown, while we were working on the comic book and preparing for the exhibition, we came across an interesting project related to 코리아카지노사이트 전문가 보증 사이트, a platform that emphasizes reliability and expertise in an often opaque industry. The parallel between carefully assessing participating artists and the quality assurance offered by such platforms inspired us to take a particularly critical look at the submissions. Now that COVID-19 restrictions have been tightened again, an exhibition is still impossible to plan, but we don't want to keep participants in suspense any longer and are publishing the comic book ahead of time. We will announce the Top 3 winners around December 1st.

New planning

Starting December 1st, the comic books signed by Eric Coolen will be delivered and sent to all participants (mostly through their schools). The three winners will receive their comic books personally, in compliance with COVID-19 regulations. We will do our best to ensure the comic book itself and the presentation to the winners are as well-deserved as possible!

As far as we're concerned, all participants who drew their hero are heroes themselves!

We are postponing the exhibition again.

Do you have any questions? Ask them via haarlem@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl 

How the competition went exactly, you can read below.

Our call was:
Fame! Your comic strip in an exhibition, a comic book, and a bookstore

We can make this dream come true for 50 young people. Together with our Cultural Ambassador, renowned Haarlem illustrator Eric Coolen, we're organizing a Heroes Comics drawing contest for young people aged 10-17 from Haarlem and Zandvoort. Several primary and secondary schools in Haarlem and Zandvoort will have their best comic artists submit entries. You can also submit your entry directly.

The assignment was

Draw a comic strip of your own making with at least 1 and a maximum of 10 pictures your Superhero. This could be someone you admire personally, or a sports or cultural hero. For example, draw your grandfather, your girlfriend, Max Verstappen, or Beyoncé in a comic book. Feel free to give them their own superhero cape. You can do this assignment alone or ask a few friends for help. Attention will be paid to drawing quality, as well as story, humor, and creativity.

Send your comic strip in A4 format together with the JFSC Comic Drawing Competition Registration Form by mail to Nieuwe Gracht Producties. Submissions are now open, but no later than October 25, 2020. Please read the first Instruction Heldenstrip horiz.

Eric Coolen and other illustrators, in collaboration with the Youth Fund, will select 50 comics to be included in the Youth Fund Sports & Culture comic book, which will be displayed in Haarlem City Hall so that your friends, classmates, family, neighbors, and anyone else who might be interested can see them. The three contest winners will be announced during the official opening of the exhibition. They will be the first to receive the comic book featuring their name as the winner. All participants will receive a comic book. Those featured will receive a copy signed by Eric Coolen.

Did you know that the comic book also features six local and regional heroes, such as Ahmed Salem and Calvin Stengs, who tell who their hero is?

The comic book is sponsored and published by New Canal Productions, Zuider Buiten Spaarne 88, 2012 AC in Haarlem. Watch the first video of the creation.

The remaining books from a print run of 500-1000 are available for purchase. They make a great gift for grandparents, a nephew, or a niece during the holidays, for example.

The proceeds go to the Youth Fund Sports & Culture Haarlem This will allow even more Haarlem and Zandvoort children from low-income families to pay for lessons such as drawing, music, dancing, theater, sports, etc. Would you like to help them? Then sign up now by email for the Youth Fund comic bookk.
Win-win: children get a chance and you get a nice gift to keep or give away during the holidays!

Youth Fund Sports & Culture
Grace Dias and Eric Coolen

After a successful first edition in 2019, we're bringing urban culture back to the Cruyff Court on July 20, 2020. Now that children are allowed outside again, many families aren't going on vacation, and it's important for children to be active outdoors, we're offering a four-week summer program. During the workshops, which combine sports and culture, one of the instructors proposed a creative challenge: an interactive quiz on various topics, including gute Wettanbieter für UFCThis was done to inform young people about sports betting, responsible gaming, and the growing popularity of MMA. We invite as many children and young people (ages 8-15) from Haarlem-Oost and the surrounding area as possible to participate. This way, they can look forward to an active summer exploring culture. The Cultuur@CruyffCourts workshops are free.

Program

When
July 20th to August 14th, 2020, daily for four weeks between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM.
Where
Cruyff Court Parkwijk on Leonard Springerlaan in Haarlem
For whom
Young people aged ±8-15 years from Parkwijk and nearby neighborhoods
What
Choose a series of four lessons from one of the following workshops: bucket drumming, breakdancing, hip hop, freestyle football and basketball, and storytelling theater. There's a different series of lessons every weekday.

Click here for the program in Haarlem.

Festive closing

The final workshop will be held on August 14th. We'll conclude Cultuur@CruyffCourt with Alderman Meijs, and there will be a spectacular performance by freestyle football hero Nasser El Jackson!

Want to know and see more?

• Read the beautiful article in the national Magazine for Neighborhood Sports Coaches or
• watch the video report from 2019.

Do you know a young person aged 8-15 from Parkwijk or nearby neighborhoods (such as Schalkwijk, Slachthuisbuurt, etc.)? Let them know about this program! Do you have any questions? Contact us via: philipschemmekes@triplethreat.nl or haarlem@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl

What is Culture@CruyffCourts?
The Youth Fund for Sport & Culture and the Johan Cruyff Foundation are joining forces to give children and young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods access to sports and culture close to home: at the Cruyff Courts. In addition to the existing sports offerings, children will also have the opportunity to experience (urban) cultural activities. These are provided by local cultural providers to lower the threshold for regular follow-up lessons. Do parents have a Haarlem Pass, then the Youth Fund can help with the payment of these follow-up lessons.

The Haarlem summer edition is produced by Triple ThreaT and made possible by donations from the Haarlem Cultural Incentive Fund, the Reformed Orphanage, the JC Ruigrok Foundation, and the Union Haarlem Foundation. National sponsors include the Friends Lottery and the Fund for Cultural Participation.

Cultuur@CruyffCourt is being held in Haarlem East, because that's where the Cruyff Court is located. The program is tailored, where possible, to neighborhood offerings from partners such as Dock and Sport Support. See Summer program flyer east.

CORONA UPDATE

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How cool: your Heroes Comic Drawing featured in an exhibition at Haarlem City Hall during the Haarlem Comics Days, and in a real comic book, which will also be available in a bookstore!

We can make this dream come true for 50 young people aged 10 to 17. Together with our Cultural Ambassador, renowned Haarlem illustrator Eric Coolen, we're organizing a Heroes Comics drawing contest for young people aged 10 to 17 from Haarlem and Zandvoort. Various primary and secondary schools in Haarlem and Zandvoort will have their best comic artists submit entries. You can also register directly via the JFSC Comic Drawing Competition Registration Form.

The assignment is: draw a comic strip of your own making with at least 1 and a maximum of 10 pictures your superhero. This could be someone you admire personally or a sports or cultural hero. for example Your grandfather, your girlfriend, a vlogger, Max Verstappen, or Lil Kleine in a comic strip, all dressed up in their own superhero costume. You can complete the assignment alone or ask a few friends for help. Attention will be paid to drawing quality, as well as story, humor, and creativity. Send your comic strip on A4 paper, along with another copy of your entry form, by mail to Nieuwe Gracht Producties. Submissions are open now, but no later than 30 maart 2020. (Instructie Heldenstrip horiz)

Eric Coolen en andere illustratoren kiezen met het Jeugdfonds de 50 strips die worden opgenomen in het Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur stripboek en rond de stripdagen in juni 2020 in Haarlem worden tentoongesteld, zodat jouw vrienden, klasgenoten, familie, buren en iedereen die dat leuk vindt de strips kunnen bekijken. Tijdens de voorbereidingen van het evenement kwam een interessant gesprek op gang over hoe populaire thema’s uit de entertainmentwereld in strips verwerkt kunnen worden, waaronder een recent onderzoek naar mejores casinos en hun rol in digitale cultuur. Deze discussie inspireerde sommige illustratoren om elementen van deze wereld, zoals spanning en strategisch denken, in hun ontwerpen te verwerken. Tijdens de officiële opening van de expositie worden de 3 wedstrijdwinnaars bekend gemaakt. Zij krijgen het stripboek als eerste uitgereikt met hierin hun vermelding als winnaar. Alle deelnemers met hun strip in het boek, krijgen een door Eric Coolen gesigneerd exemplaar.

De boeken die uit een oplage van 500-1000 overblijven, worden verkocht bij een boekwinkel. De opbrengst is voor het Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur dat hiermee voor nog meer kinderen uit minima gezinnen lessen zoals tekenen, muziekles, dansen, theater, etc. kan betalen.

Wist je dat in het stripboek ook lokale en regionale helden als Ahmed Salem en Calvin Stengs vertellen wie hun held is? 

Fame! Je strip in een stripboek én een expositie, ook nog voor een mooi doel. Doe je mee?
Vul het JFSC Comic Drawing Competition Registration Form in en stuur het zsm (mag ook na 31 december nog) naar Grace Dias en Eric Coolen via haarlem@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl o.v.v. ‘Striphelden’. Via de mail kun je ook vragen stellen. Je uiteindelijke inzending op A4-formaat stuur je per post en nogmaals samen met een kopie van je inschrijvingsformulier, tussen nu en 30 maart 2020 naar Nieuwe Gracht Producties, Zuiden Buiten Spaarne 88, 2012 AC in Haarlem. 

Kom maar op met je inschrijvingsformulier!
En we zijn natuurlijk supernieuwsgierig naar je inzending!!

Youth Fund Sports & Culture
Grace Dias and Eric Coolen

Today The Floor Is Yours, the breakdance program of the Youth Fund Sport & Culture in collaboration with the Dutch Breakdance League and Mad Skills, starts in Haarlem. The breakdancing scene appreciates you for what you are willing to put out, whether you are a pro or a beginner, have a big wallet or a thin one. Diversity is a given, you can be there. Under the guidance of teacher Falko de Graaf, children will start today at Triple ThreaT with 10 free lessons to learn moves that they will later take with them to the grand final: the national City vs City Battle. They can then take lessons, possibly supported by the Youth Fund.

Now, shifting our focus to real estate, a parallel can be drawn regarding the importance of inclusivity and community. Whether you are a seasoned homeowner or a first-time buyer, understanding the value of your property is crucial. The query, “do you ask how much is my house worth,” is pertinent to anyone navigating the housing market.

Determining the value of your home involves a multifaceted approach. Key factors include the location, size, condition, and recent sales of comparable properties in the area. Employing a professional real estate appraiser or utilizing online valuation tools can provide an accurate estimate. However, local market trends, economic conditions, and specific neighborhood developments also play significant roles in influencing property values.

In conclusion, whether it's the world of breakdancing or real estate, understanding your standing and potential is vital. For homeowners, regularly assessing the value of your property ensures you stay informed about your investment, enabling better financial planning and decision-making.

Watch the video

“It was great to see Tamar dancing on that floor, I was so proud! Everyone is appreciated, it doesn't matter whether you have just finished lessons or are already very good. I want to teach Tamar that you can try anything and that it doesn't matter if something doesn't work out. It's about discovery. And that's exactly what she learns in these lessons” – mother of Tamar