Children's Fund Presents a Check for $96,000 to Four Local Colleges
Four local colleges will receive endowment checks from Children's Fund to assist individuals who have gone through the foster care system. Students at San Bernardino Valley College, Crafton Hills College, Victor Valley College, and Chaffey College will benefit from the funds. The Bernard Osher Challenge Scholarship will then provide an additional $72,000 in matching funds to three of the colleges. The Foundation has in place an initiative that will provide up to $70 million in endowed funds to support scholarship programs dedicated to California’s Community College students. The foundation will match $2 to $1 every endowment received by California’s Community Colleges.
Representatives from Children's Fund, each of the four colleges, the County Board of Supervisors as well as the office of the Secretary of Education are expected to attend. Students who are eligible for the scholarship will speak on what this opportunity means to them.
The Children's Fund mission is to prevent child abuse in our community; to ensure that at-risk children who are abused, neglected, impoverished, or abandoned receive adequate food, shelter, clothing, medical care and education; and to provide equal opportunity for social development for these children.
For more information contact Heather LInt at 909-383-9770, email to hlint@hss.sbcounty.gov or visit childrensfundsbcounty.org.
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