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Houston Ford Dealers Launch $100,000 in Scholarships

January 7, 2016 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

** Information provided by Ford. ** Apply today! Scholarship deadline is February 29, 2016 Ford Motor Company Fund, in collaboration with Houston-area Ford Dealers, recently launched the Ford Driving Dreams education initiative. Their contribution to the launch included a donation of 10,000 new books and $100,000 in scholarships available to high school seniors in the […]

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Audio Pick: Carlos Slim Foundation donates $2.6 Million to Baylor College of Medicine

October 8, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

In today’s audio pick we share a story that ran recently in Houston Public Media’s News 88.7 FM: “Mexico’s Carlo Slim Gives $2.6 Million to Baylor to Fight Parasite of Poverty.” In the story they report about a $2.6 million donation the Carlos Slim Foundation has given Baylor College of Medicine for research into a […]

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MECA Receives $20,000 in the P&G Orgullosa Project

July 31, 2013 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

A $20,ooo check was presented to MECA Houston (Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts) by the P&G Orgullosa Project on Monday, July 22, 2013 at the historical Dow School. Alice Valdez of MECA, Houston City Council Member Ed Gonzalez, District H, Emily Gesing from United Way of Greater Houston and MECA Board Members Art […]

Filed Under: Blog, Community, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: donations, MECA, nonprofits, P&G Orgullosa Project, Sandra Fernandez

Vote for MECA

May 29, 2013 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Best-known as MECA, the Multicultural Education and Counseling the Arts organization is a nonprofit “committed to the healthy development of underserved youth and adults through arts and cultural programming, academic excellence, support services and community building.” Among the many things they do are art education programs for high-need kids. MECA is currently competing with four […]

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