All Stars Project INC.

The All Stars Project of New Jersey was launched in 1999 in Newark and now reaches more than

2,000 young people every year through two core programs: the All Stars Talent Show Network and the Development School for Youth. In 2010, the All Stars established a new initiative: UX, a university-like development institution for people of all ages. The All Stars has partnerships with 80 corporations throughout New Jersey and hundreds of corporate leaders, philanthropists and caring adults and families have come together with young people from New Jersey's poorest communities to grow the All Stars.

New Jersey All Stars Scott Flamm Center for Afterschool Development to Open in 2013

In December 2011, the All Stars Project signed a lease for 9,000 square feet of prime space at 33 Washington Street in the heart of downtown Newark to establish the New Jersey All Stars Center for Afterschool Development. Preeminent architect and All Stars Project national board member, Douglas Balder completed a cutting-edge design, and the project moved on to the next phase of construction planning and build out. When it opens in early 2013, the NJ All Stars Center will be an exciting new resource for Newark, and provide support for ongoing qualitative growth of the ASP's youth development programs in New Jersey. Click here to see the design and construction progress.

New Jersey Expansion Campaign

Under the leadership of the New Jersey Board, The All Stars of New Jersey's four-year $9.2 million expansion campaign began in 2010 with three goals: 1) qualitatively expand programming to reach many more young people; 2) open the NJ All Stars Center for Afterschool Development; and 3) establish university partnerships and the Institute for the Study of Play to advance academic study and training in afterschool development.

To date, more than $7 million has been raised, with the number of individual donors increasing to more than 550. The center is being named in honor of Scott Flamm in remembrance of his dedication to developing inner-city youth.

Institute for the Study of Play

The Institute for the Study of Play (ISP), a new ASP initiative to partner with academic institutions focusing on advancing the field of developmental afterschool and other innovative solutions to urban poverty and underdevelopment, will be headquartered at the NJ All Stars Center. Partnering with ASP's VP/Education Initiatives, Dr. Bonny Gildin, Montclair State University's School of Education and Human Services offered the country's first-ever course on innovations in afterschool, and students participated in fieldwork and semester-long internships with All Stars programs in Newark and New York City. The ISP will be formally launched soon after the 2013 opening of the NJ All Stars Center.