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Film Mentor Returns to India to Help King Finish his Film
March 22, 2009
BYkids Film Mentor, Dirk Simon, returns to India to continue helping Namgyal, the exiled King of Tibet, tell his incredible story. Namgyal narrates MY...
Notes from the Field: HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
March 16, 2009
I am writing this somewhere over the Atlantic, as I fly the first leg of my journey to Maputo. This will be my first blogging experience, one that I a...
Alcides Soares Narrates His Own Film BYkids: Mozambique
February 16, 2009
New Board Chair and Film Mentor Neal Baer arranges to have Alcides Soares spend three weeks studying English before his voice-over work in the Henry M...
Junior Committee Begins Planning for 2009 Benefit
February 16, 2009
The BYkids Junior Committee, led by 18-year-old Committee Chair Sophie Bressler, begins planning for the second BYkids annual benefit to be held at th...
The BYkids Story Presented As A Case Study at MIT
January 16, 2009
Top web designers from Razorfish chose BYkids as the nonprofit venture to feature in an "Experiencing Design" course taught to undergraduates at MIT. ...
First Major Foundation Grant from Ford Foundation
September 29, 2008
BYkids receives its first major foundation grant for $101,000 from the Ford Foundation. A significant gesture of confidence from this prestigious fou...
Top Editor Starts on First Film
June 10, 2008
BYkids: MOZAMBIQUE (the first film being done by 16-year-old Alcides Soares, who was orphaned by AIDS last year) starts editing through the generosity...
Benefit is Smashing Success
May 10, 2008
Sophie Bressler, a Chappaqua 17-year-old with a passion for BYkids, organizes an amazing fundraiser on May 10 that raises over $50,000. Held at the Ti...
Star-Studded Night at the National Academy of Television
May 10, 2008
BYkids makes history at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/NY, where BYkids presents its program to a group of Academy members. Our...
The Women’s International Film and Television Showcase Supports BYkids
April 10, 2008
The Women’s International Film and Television Showcase (December 4-7, 2008 in Hollywood) supports BYkids with some of the proceeds from their upco...