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Sonoma County-Based Junior College Receives Community Grant
Members of a Sonoma County women's giving circle recently presented the donation.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- Representatives from the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation and the Foundation's High School Equivalency (HEP) Program recently received a $5,000 community grant from a Sonoma County women’s giving circle.
Members of Impact 100 Redwood Circle presented the donation on Friday, Dec. 16.
The HEP Program helps migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and their immediate family members achieve high school equivalency certificates. HEP students can then gain improved employment, enroll in post-secondary education or enlist in military services.
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The Impact 100 Redwood Circle funds are to be used to support students beginning their first semester of college at Santa Rosa Junior College with book and parking vouchers.
Impact 100 empowers and enables local women to serve as philanthropic leaders by collectively funding significant grants that will make a lasting impact in our community.
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More information about the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation is available at https://foundation.santarosa.e...
More about Impact 100 can be found at http://impact100redwoodcircle....
Photo caption: Left to right -- Sarah Laggos, SRJC Foundation; Rosa Linda Bliss and Enedina Vera, HEP program; Debra Marzak and Judy Farrell, Impact 100 Redwood Circle; Catherine Prince, Beatriz Camargo, and Vanessa Saraza, HEP program; and Kate McClintock, SRJC Foundation.
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