After-School All-Stars (ASAS) is a national non-profit organization that partners with schools across the United States to expand the learning day for low-income children.
It provides free after-school programs to over 118,000 students at school sites, summer camps, and more recently also community centers, public housing, and shelters in 78 cities across the country.
[1] In 1991, ASAS founder Arnold Schwarzenegger was invited to serve as Executive Commissioner of the Inner City Games (ICG) by Daniel Hernandez of the Hollenbeck Youth Center.
ICG was a citywide health and fitness program designed to help at-risk youth develop self-esteem and a sense of personal value.
[3][4] Together they championed a national effort found through the Inner-City Games Foundation established in 1995 [5] Students involved with ASAS do not have to pay any fees.