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The
2003/2004 Mentoring Application is here! Click on
the Mentoring Tab above for more details!
The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund thanks
our friend
Arthur Agee
of the Hoop Dreams documentary
whose support of our organization is deeply appreciated!
For more about
Arthur and his Role Model Foundation visit:
<http://www.edgesportsintl.com/arthur.htm>
Preparing for the College Experience
With college notification
letters starting to roll in, the February 11th Hoop Dreams
Mentoring Session focused on helping our students choose
the college that is the best fit for them. Pictured
above are keynote speaker Manny Friedman, Chairman &
Co-CEO of Friedman, Billings & Ramsey, and an HDSF
sponsor and internship provider; Susie Kay, HDSF Founder
& President; and Jeffrey Paylor, a Hoop Dreams scholar
who is currently participating in the Mentoring and
Internship Programs. Jeffrey is serving his
internship at Friedman, Billings & Ramsey.
In addition to a motivational talk from the Manny
Friedman, the session broke into small groups to allow the
students to interview the mentors who had attended the
colleges they were interested in on the college
experience. Students not only gained personal
knowledge of the campuses they had applied to, but were
also rated on their interviewing skills gaining valuable
lessons for the job market. Mentors were asked to
wear their college sweatshirts to make the matching
process easier. Ms. Kay is a proud graduate of
American University.
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HERE FOR PHOTOS OF THE 2002-2003 HOOP DREAMS YEAR
Hoop
Dreams in the News
Hoop
Dreams Scholarship Fund Mentor and Board Member David
Ruffin has been named an "Unsung Hero" by local
television station, WB50. David was honored for his
work as a Hoop Dreams mentor and his long, distinguished
record of community service, including his work with the
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies and his
presidency of the Board of Directors of the DC Habitat for
Humanity. David has served as a Hoop Dreams mentor
since 1999 and each of his students has successfully
gained college admission and a viable financial aid
package. All will be the first in their family to
graduate from college. David is picture above with
his student from the Hoop Dreams Class of 2003, Kalin
Williams, who has already been accepted into her first
choice school, Hampton University.
See the WJLA
"Working Woman" segment:
The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Story.
Hoop Dreams Scholarship
Fund
800 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20001
202-414-4774
info@hoopdreams.org
