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Washington DC's Ward 7 Councilman
Vincent Gray and Mark Meadows from Capital One will be keynote
speakers at Hoop Dreams Monthly Mentoring Workshop this Saturday,
March 4th
Thank you Maxine Baker and Toni Williams of the Freddie Mac
Foundation for joining us at the February Mentoring Workshop.
Please
join us this Saturday, March 4th from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for our
Monthly Mentoring Workshop. Our guest speakers will be Vincent Gray
and Mark Meadows. Councilman Gray will kick-off the session speaking
at 1:00 pm.
District of Columbia Councilman
Vincent Gray has a solid reputation for being a champion for
youth and their families. Gray's career in the area of social
services for urban communities spans over 25 years. He was sworn-in
as a member of the Council on January 2, 2005. He is a member of the
Council's Committees on Health; Economic Development; Human
Services; and Education, Libraries and Recreation. Chairman Cropp
has also appointed him to Chair a Special Committee on Prevention of
Youth Violence.
Mr. Gray is the recipient of numerous
honors, awards, and citations, including the Mayor's Distinguished
Public Service Award and the United Way Outstanding Service to the
Community Award. He attended undergraduate and graduate school at
the George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Mark Meadows of Capitol One serves as
Human Resources Director - Client Consultant and provides human
resources consulting to senior management as the US Credit Card
business changes to a new core infrastructure. Prior to this
consulting role, Mr. Meadows was an Executive Recruiter, based in
the McLean, VA headquarters of Capital One. His clients included a
broad range of departments including corporate development,
strategy, finance and banking.
Meadows graduated from Bates College
in Lewiston, ME, with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He is
currently an Organization Development Master's degree candidate at
the American University in Washington, D.C.
Capital One is a longstanding
supporter of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, having offered both
financial resources and great volunteers to participate in financial
planning workshops for Hoop Dreams students. A huge thank you to
Capital One for their generous support.
The Mentoring Workshop will be held
at the Elliott School at The George Washington University - 1957 E
Street NW. Start time is 1:00 pm. Please join us to see our Hoop
Dreams students and mentors in action!
8th Annual Congressional Reception
to be held Thursday, May 11 in The United States Capitol
 Thursday,
May 11th Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, a longtime friend of Hoop
Dreams, and many of his distinguished colleagues from the House and
Senate, will host the 8th Annual Hoop Dreams Congressional Reception
sponsored by Morgan Stanley, Lockheed Martin and other event
sponsors to be announced in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol
Building, directly off of the Senate floor.
At this exciting annual event all of
the communities involved with Hoop Dreams are
represented, including current and former Hoop Dreams students,
Members of Congress, Hoop Dreams sponsors, volunteers, Board
Members, and others. The occasion allows students to see that they
can connect with the political world and its personalities. At the
same time, Members of Congress, Hill staff, business leaders, and
young professionals are reminded that Washington DC, like many other
urban cities still has a number of disadvantaged youth that do not
enjoy the resources and access they deserve and it is up to an
entire community to recommit themselves to advocating on their
behalf.
For more information regarding the
Congressional and event sponsorship please contact Clarence J.
Fluker at cjfluker@hoopdreams.org.
The Junkies team up with Maryland
Nighthawks and Hard Times Cafe to Support Hoop Dreams
During
halftime at the February 18th Maryland Nighthawks game, two of the
Junkies from 106.7/WJFK FM, John "Cakes" Auville and J.P. "JP" Flaim
shot 13 foul shots to raise $1,300 for the Hoop Dreams Scholarship
Fund. The money was a donation from Tom Doyle and the Maryland
Nighthawks.
The Junkies have also teamed up with
the Northern Virginia based Hard Times Cafe chain of restaurants to
promote and sell selected t-shirts during the month of March at all
Hard Times Cafe locations with proceeds benefiting the Hoop Dreams
Scholarship Fund. The Junkies will be promoting the shirts on their
morning radio show as well as doing two restaurant appearances. For
more information on The Junkies and appearances click
here, and for a listing
of Hard Times Cafe locations, click
here.
200 Hoop Dreams Renewal
Scholarship Applications Now Available
The 2006 Hoop Dreams Renewal
Scholarship Applications are now available. These are applications
for funding for the 2006-2007 school year for Hoop Dreams alum in
college who have received a Hoop Dreams scholarship in the past. The
application can be found
here.
Please contact Rachel Cleaver at 202.289.6478 or
rcleaver@hoopdreams.org with any further questions.
Thank You New Friends
The Hoop Dreams annual operating
budget, allowing us to serve students and mentors comes from many of
our community friends and partners. It is only with the support of
others that we can continue to empower and support DC public high
school students to find their best pathways to post secondary
education, career and enriched life. Every donor makes Hoop Dreams
and its programs stronger and more effective. Every contribution, of
every size toward our annual fundraising goal is meaningful. The
staff, Board of Directors and everyone involved is deeply grateful
to those who have supported Hoop Dreams over the years and as we
approach the middle of our fiscal year we are happy to recognize our
newest supporters since September 2006:
All Is One Foundation
Apptis, Inc.
Aronson & Company
Mary Barr
Robert Ball
Becker and Greaney Family Fund
Jonathan Blatten
Robert Biden
Jinesh Brahmbhatt
Chesapeake Government Relations
Clark-Winchcole Foundation
Rose & Robert Cohen
Coup De Foudre
DC Chamber of Commerce
DC Children & Youth Investment Trust Corporation
Paul Devincentz
Devry University
David Evans |
Douglas Development Corp
Douglas Escola
Gail Evans
Lisa & Craig Evans
EZ Auctioning
Fairchild Consultants
Fight Night
JP Flaim
Mary Ann Floto
Paul Garver
Lawrence Gilman
GMAC
Goldberg Foundation
Carmen Guzman Lowrey
Brenda Harvey
Insight, Inc.
Parkash Keswani
Kramer & Amado, P.C.
Roger Langsdorf
Norman Leppert
Sara Mark Lesk
Lundy & Shacter, PA
Emily Magal
Bruce & Rosemary Marshall |
Montgomery County Women's Bar Foundation
Morgan Franklin Corp
Cindy Morgan-Jaffe
Sean O'Hanlon
Opus East LLC
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
Laura Perkins
Rick Plotkin
Prince Chartiable Trust
The Raben Group
Deneen Richmond
Jared and Rebecca Sher
Strother, Duffy, Strother
Raymond Strother
SunTrust
Amit Thakkar and Nandini Patel
Matthew Thompson
Tiger Woods Foundation
Washington Area Concierge Association |
To view a complete list of our current donors at the $1,000 level
and above please click here. Thank you to everyone who offers their
time, talent and treasures to assist this organization in helping
young people fulfill their dreams.
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