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Contact Information: Shane Loy, Associate Executive Director, Y Safe 'n Sound, a Heritage YMCA Program 630.585.2347 Y Safe 'n Sound Program Celebrates LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL (Nationwide event sponsored by JCPenney Afterschool Fund) The Y Safe 'n Sound program run by the Heritage YMCA Group serving Aurora, Naperville and Oswego communities, is a before and after-school program with sites in over 35 elementary schools in Naperville and Aurora. Celebrating its 25th anniversary of service to the community this 2008-2009 academic year, the program currently has over 900 children participating in the combined morning and after-school program, and many receive fee assistance from the YMCA so that they can attend. The children have worked very hard to get ready for the week-long celebration of Lights on Afterschool, October 20-24th and are very excited about it. Lights on Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating after-school programs. The purpose is to bring attention to the need for high-quality after-school programs that provide a solution for working parents, where an environment for learning is created and respected, and it offers a safe and fun place for kids to go that is familiar to them. Locally, Welch, Kendall, Meadow Glens, Naper, and White Eagle Elementary schools will feature a host of fun activities for Y Safe 'n Sound program participants, their parents and siblings, school teachers and community leaders who are all encouraged to stop by and see first-hand how an after-school program that teaches the YMCA four core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, can so positively impact kids. If you would like to learn more about the Y Safe 'n Sound program or would like to visit any one of the schools hosting events this week, please contact Shane Loy via email or call 630.585.2347. For more information about the Afterschool Alliance, visit www.afterschoolalliance.org.