So did a plan to send millions of dollars to programs for needy families.
It has also been recognized for sending a large number of female students to graduate programs in the sciences.
The Fresh Air Fund also sends children to programs at summer camps.
Invitations are sometimes sent to individual programs, though most tournaments give out open invitations for any school to accept.
"He was sent to programs that had nothing to do with his disease."
More and more parents of troubled teenagers are following the same course and sending their children to special programs - no matter the cost.
Often, the parental decision to send children to programs like this reflects a last-resort approach.
Students from Staten Island would be sent to programs closest to them.
After the session, the participants sentenced only 5 of the 23 offenders to prison and sent all nonviolent offenders to alternative programs.
Each union participating in the fund could use some of the money to send its members' children to day-care programs, after-school programs or summer camps.
