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SHOW THEM THE MONEY Take Stock In Children Receives Final Grant Installment From AT&T T
ake Stock in Children, a Miami-based nonprofit organization with a 16-year history of providing scholarships, mentors and hope to students statewide, received the final installment of a $400,000 grant provided by AT&T during a Florida leadership conference in Tallahassee. The grant is part of AT&T’s fouryear commitment to support the Take Stock in Children’s Ultimate Choice program, which aims to ease the transition of low-income eighth-grade students in private school using the Step Up for Students Corporate Tax Credit scholarship. Through this commitment, a combination of services are provided to hundreds of students across Florida, including monitor-
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ing, intervention, mentoring, assistance with academic and personal development, career and educational counseling, and college scholarships. “AT&T’s community investments are driven by the goal of getting students
postsecondary and beyond.” The grant funding kicked off in 2008 under the umbrella of the AT&T Aspire Program, which focuses on confronting the high school dropout crisis. It’s a $100
“We applaud AT&T for making it possible for us to extend our services and assist more students beyond high school. This investment further demonstrates Take Stock in Children’s unparalleled success in graduating youth from high school and continuing their postsecondary education.” million initiative, making it one of the largest ever corporate commitments to high school retention and workforce readiness.
Take Stock in Children is an innovative organization with a proven track record of helping to close the achievement gap, and to increase high school graduation and college enrollment rates. It currently serves nearly 8,000 low-income and minority students in grades sixth through 12th annually throughout 60 counties in Florida. O
“We applaud AT&T for making it possible for us to extend our ser-
For more information, call 888-322-4673 or visit takestockinchildren.org.
– Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, president/CEO of Take Stock in Children
prepared to succeed in the future,” said Marshall Criser, III, president of AT&T Florida. “Take Stock in Children has a similar mission and that’s why we’re so pleased to support their efforts to help students advance successfully from middle school through
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vices and assist more students beyond high school,” said Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, president/CEO of Take Stock in Children. “This investment further demonstrates Take Stock in Children’s unparalleled success in graduating youth from high school and continuing their postsecondary education.”
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