EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 59, NO. 07
Febr uar y 03, 2022
Making Hope Foundation, AM launch Margaret Hill Memorial Scholar ship
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MAKING HOPE HAPPEN FOUNDATION
The Making Hope Happen Foundation is launching a Margaret Hill Memorial Scholarship with a founding gift of $75,000 from AM, LLC. The scholarship is for graduates of San Andreas High School and this gift forms the beginning of an endowment that will provide the support in perpetuity. Pictured holding the check are Niki Dettman, Vice President of the Making Hope Happen Foundation Board of Directors (left), Erin Thames, Chief Operating Officer of AM LLC (right), and Godwin Orkeh, AM's Regional Director - School Health Program (SoCal) (3rd from right) with Dr. Hill’s family members.
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he Making Hope Happen Foundation is launching an endowed scholarship fund named in honor of the late Margaret Hill with a founding gift of $75,000 from AM, the
nation’s leading provider of K-12 (education) & community health solutions for COVID-19 mitigation. The very generous inaugural gift was presented at the San Bernardino City Unified School
District (SBCUSD) Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, January 18th. “Margaret Hill was the heart of this board and the soul of this District. She left us better people,
a better organization and a better community” said Niki Dettman, Vice President of the Making Hope Happen Foundation Board Scholarship, cont. on next pg.
Google invests in digital skills f or San Ber nardino Hispanic students
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On Monday, Jan. 24, San Bernardino Valley College, California State University, (San Bernardino), and three other Southern California colleges announced their participation in the Grow with Google Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) Career Readiness Program. The initiative will help Latino students at over 20 HSIs prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career workshops.
n Monday, Jan. 24, San Bernardino Valley College, California State University, (San Bernardino), California State University (Stanislaus), Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Mission College announced their participation in the Grow with Google Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) Career Readiness Program. The initiative will help Latino students at over 20 HSIs prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career workshops. Through Google’s $2 million investment in the Hispanic Association of Community Colleges and Universities (HACU), the program will train 200,000 Latino students by 2025. Google.org, Google’s philanthropy, will also provide $5 million dollars in grants to three Latino-serving workforce organizations—UnidosUS, the League Google, cont. on next pg.