SAUSD Graduates Receive THINK Together Scholarships

Wednesday night, August 25th, was an evening of celebration for Valley High graduate, Andrew Cruz, and Century High graduate, Rosalia Flores. Both Santa Ana students from the Senior Class of 2010 were awarded THINK Together’s 1st Annual High School Programs Scholarship. Over the next two years, each winner will be awarded a total of $2,500 to help them as they progress through community college.

To qualify students had to be active participants in the THINK Together programs at their high school, have a cumulative GPA between 2.4 and 2.9 (a range where scholarships are rarely given), and complete a scholarship application which included a personal essay.

Andrew Cruz will be attending Goldenwest College in Huntington Beach this Fall; while Rosalia Flores will be attending Santa Ana College.

Scholarship winners Rosalia Flores and Andrew Cruz.

Valley High graduate, Andrew Cruz is congratulated by Valley High Site Coordinator, Gloria Alday.

From left to right: Jaime Struthers, Century Site Coordinator, Diane Hurtado, Century Academic Enrichment Coach, Rosalia Flores, Scholarship winner, and Misty Omar-Mendoza, Century Site Facilitator.

THINK Together to Play Ball with Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison Co. has named THINK Together as its official non-profit partner of the year!

Among other things, SCE has invited THINK Together to participate in a “3 game guarantee” co-ed softball tournament on Saturday, August 28th at the Big League Field of Dreams Complex, 2100 South Azusa Avenue, West Covina, CA 91792.

This 16 team tournament is designed as a FUNdraiser for THINK Together. And THINK Together will field a team to include:

Home Office – Mike Frobenius, Bill Fennessy, Roy Lee, CJ Gregorios, Tracy Bennett, Mia Castillo, Andre Evans, Tavo Cortes;

Ontario Office – Ed Carlson, Erica Alexander;

Colton Office –Isaac Buentello;

Santa Fe Springs Office – Cynthia Gutierrez, Kara Noble, Vren Garcia, Zach Norton-Martinez;

Santa Ana Office – Dmitri Rideout, Tracy Quick.

Spectators are welcome throughout the day! Admission is $5.00 and includes a $1.00 coupon at any of the concessions or restaurants.

All proceeds from the tournament and sales at the park will be donated to THINK Together.

SCHEDULE:

• Game 1
  9:00 am @ Yankee Stadium


• Game 2
  10:00 am @ Wrigley Field


• Game 3
  11:00 am @ Wrigley Field

Play Ball!

THINK Together Awards Scholarships to Two Azusa USD Graduates

At a ceremony held in Azusa this week, two local high school graduates from the Senior Class of 2010 received scholarships from THINK Together. The graduates, Gabriel Altuzarra from Azusa High School and Raquel Ponce from Gladstone High School, were recipients of this 1st Annual THINK Together High School Programs Scholarship. At each high school served by THINK Together, the nonprofit organization will award a $2,500 scholarship annually to one of their program’s participants.

This Fall Gabriel will be attending Citrus College in Azusa, and Raquel is working on her entry to the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles.

To qualify students had to be active participants in the THINK Together programs at their school, have a cumulative GPA between 2.4 and 2.9 (a range where scholarships are rarely given), and fill out a scholarship application which included a personal essay. The $2,500 scholarship represents the amount of money required to attend most 2-year community college programs.

Azusa High School, left to right: Principal J.S. Coke, AEC Joanne Oceguera, Site Facilitator Tiffany Johnson, Mom, Scholarship Recipient Gabriel Altuzarra, HS Director Bill Fennessy, Site Coordinator Aziza Davis

Gladstone High School, left to right: Site Facilitator Monique Cruces, Assistant Principal Keven Gayton, Scholarship Recipient Raquel Ponce, Mom, HS Director Bill Fennessy, Site Coordinator Orlando Lugo.

Mark Your Calendars for "Lights on Afterschool" Day - October 21, 2010

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

2010 Lights On Afterschool day organized nationally by the Afterschool Alliance is planned for Thursday, October 21, 2010. You can count on THINK Together hosting more than 225+ events to mark the day at schools across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and now San Diego Counties.

This Official LOA 2010 poster was created by Lavionna, from
the Harambee Afterschool Arts Program (Philadelphia, PA).

Afterschool Alliance: Official Lights On Afterschool Details

Project "Light Up" Launched in D.C.

See a complete slideshow of the photos taken by THINK Together's Summer Interns at the Bank of America Student Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. Their effort launches our 2010-11 Project "Light Up" effort.

click arrow below to view slideshow here

If you'd like to submit photos as part of our 2010-11 Project "Light Up" effort, you can obtain THINK Together's small squeezable yellow light bulbs by sending your name, address and quantity request to info@thinktogether.org

See other THINK Together photosets on Flickr

Project Light Up ... Bank of America Interns take THINK Together to D.C.

The three Bank of America's Student Leaders (Tim Littman, Jamie Pham & Kathy Phan) who are interning at THINK Together's home office this summer took THINK Together Light Bulbs along with them to a recent student leaders summit in D.C. and while they were there they launched a "Light Up" photo campaign taking pictures at recognizeable locations and with national leaders they met at the conference (as a point of reference, think Flat Stanley or O-H-I-O).

The pics below are a few examples. We'll post a full slideshow of their efforts to "Light Up" D.C. on Monday. If you want to participate in the Project "Light Up" campaign, contact Larry Tenney at THINK Together's home office and he'll see that you get a supply of light bulbs.