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 In June 1991, the third chapter of Say Yes to Education was established
in Cambridge, MA when Lesley University entered into a partnership with
the Say Yes to Education Foundation and the Cambridge public school
district.
69 students entering third grade at the Harrington Elementary School
comprised the new Say Yes group. The collaboration with Lesley
University provided the Cambridge Chapter with access to varied human
and institutional resources available through the University's broad
spectrum of programs.
Included were graduate and undergraduate student
services for tutoring and counseling, academic resources, and special
events. Lesley also designated Harrington a professional development
school with a Lesley faculty member assigned to work with Harrington on
an ongoing basis.
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 The Hartford Chapter of Say Yes to Education began in October 1990,
when 76 fifth grade students from the Annie Fisher Elementary School
visited the University of Hartford and received the same promise of
assistance that George Weiss had made to the Belmont students three
years earlier in Philadelphia. George Weiss, along with local sponsors
Mort and Irma Handel, and John Berman and his late wife Beverly,
pledged to pay post-secondary school tuition for every student in the
class. The University of Hartford gift was linked with what is now
called the Hartford Scholars Program, which provides half tuition at
the University of Hartford for Hartford public school graduates.
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 The New York Chapter of Say Yes was founded in 2004, launching with 372
students and over 500 siblings, making it the largest Chapter to date.
The Harlem Program operates in five schools located throughout Harlem:
P.S. 57, P.S. 83, P.S. 161, P.S. 180, and P.S. 182.
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