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Casey Casey

Mandela Day 2025

ASAP Honored Nelson Mandela’s Birthday and Legacy at United Christian Church in Levittown on July 20th, 2025.

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Dolls Bring Delight!!!

Boys and girls develop fine motor skills, imagination, and empathy while playing with ASAP-supplied dolls clothed in beautiful outfits made by volunteers from churches and retirement communities.

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A Study Has Begun

Faculty and students from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Early Childhood Education are assessing the impact of the PEN/ASAP model. PEN’s staff of 23 coaches mentor daycare owners as they turn their settings into preschools.

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Transforming Lives through Play

This Valentine’s Day marks the fifth birthday of Adopt a South African Preschool (ASAP), a Yardley-based nonprofit which makes early childhood education accessible in disadvantaged South African communities.

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The SOAPLAY Bars Arrived!

The preschool coaches and school owners were delighted by the first bunch of SOAPLAY bars which arrived February 22, 2024.

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From Trailer to Resource Hub to Children Playing!

Here’s how ASAP transforms a donated double wide trailer into a resource center with beautiful murals on the outside, a stocked educational toy library and tables and chairs for weekly training sessions with preschool owners.

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“White skin, white skin!”

During my visit to ASAP-supported preschools in May, this little fellow was pointing to me with a curious smile.

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November 2022 Overview

Adopt a South African Preschool funds toy libraries at training centers, so that disadvantaged children have the foundation to succeed in school and in life.

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Office Max Rockstars

The South African team has assembled the first 25 Play and Learn Resource Kits to share with preschool caregivers in the Pretoria area.

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