Neighborhood Service Council (NSC) is a private, non-profit corporation that cares for and encourages at-risk latchkey children in a multi-ethnic, low-income region of North Dallas (shown on the accompanying map).

The core activity of this remarkable organization is providing free after-school and summer cay camp programs for children whose parents are financially unable to provide regular day care for them. NSC's slogan is "Expanding Kids' Horizons," and rightfully so, as NSC not only keeps its kids safe but also leads them to significantly improved academic achievement, for which it has won local and state awards. For its children, NSC furthermore opens the doors of public libraries, swimming pools, gymnasiums, tennis courts and cultural facilities that normally would be beyond the range of these kids. NSC is proud of its results, which are embodied in the hundreds of its children who have gone on to complete high school and college, and on to find good jobs in the work force.

In addition, throughout its 20-year history NSC has been a driving force for community improvements, for example the following: