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The Double Discovery Center serves more than 1,000 students each year through its two youth education programs, Talent Search and Upward Bound.

Through the summer of 2005, 212 science teachers have participated in the Summer Research Program for Science Teachers. Teachers completing the program return to their classrooms with a renewed sense of purpose and an increased appreciation for the process of scientific discovery.

Through partnerships with more than one hundred community organizations and agencies, Community Impact serves more than 8,000 people each year, providing food, clothing, shelter, education, job training, and companionship for local residents.

Approximately 3,000 children receive comprehensive dental care each year through the Mobile Dental Center. It travels to 45 local day care and Head Start centers throughout Northern Manhattan.

The Center for Community Health and Education has provided eyeglasses to more than 3,200 students since the inception of the Child Sight Program in 1994.

More than 300 children attended the Riverbank Summer Camp in the summer of 2005.