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Welcome to the
Saturday Scholars ProgramÔ Foundation’s website. I am delighted and
honored to chair the board of directors for the Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc. for two reasons.
I am delighted
because I have the opportunity to affiliate with a vision
and passion of a friend that is also true to me. The founder of
the Saturday Scholars program and its foundation, Mr. James Varney
Coleman,
strongly believes that
education is the gateway to success and helping someone get there is
the most impacting way. Mr. Coleman is against “Social Promotion” and
“Retention” of students. He believes that the only true way is to help
tutor, motivate and mentor students so they can succeed in their
academic quest. His mission is in alignment with the U.S.A. Department of Education & President George
W. Bush’s Gear Up…“No child left behind” and NAACP & NCLR
…“Success in school equal success in life.”
I am
honored to serve with such a national and diverse board, which is committed
to supporting Mr. Coleman in being a part of the solution to our
national educational mission to “Leave No Child Behind.”
You have heard the
clarion calls from two of our most outstanding leaders, Texas Governor
Rick Perry and President George W. Bush, inviting each of us to
volunteer our time as tutors and mentors to a child in order to make
sure that “No child in our educational system is left behind” because
“Success In School = Success In Life”; and to help build a better Texas
and a better America for generations yet to come.
On behalf of the
Board of Directors and the founder& CEO of The Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc.,
a 501©3 Publicly Funded
Organization,
we cordially invite you to be a part of
the solution, be a “Partner For Excellence In Education”
sponsor; a volunteer tutor & mentor or an individual donor or in-kind
donor.
Your sponsorship or
gift will enable The Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc to coordinate and provide the Saturday
Scholars
Program, a FREE bundled
program of tutoring, mentoring, nurturing, motivational and role
modeling, primarily to elementary and middle/junior high schools where:
·
50 or more percent of the
student population is African American, Asian or Hispanic
·
50 or more percent of the
student population is on a lunch program.
This is
not a startup program. With your sponsorship or gift, you are joining a
team that has been making a difference for over 11 years now. In
fact, Mr. James
V. Coleman was a winner of the “2000 Governor’s Volunteer Award” winner
in Texas. President George W. Bush (then Governor Bush) during an
appearance at the 2000 National Council of LaRAZA Convention in San
Diego, California, congratulated Mr. Coleman (back stage shortly before
departing for yet another campaign 2000 stop) for the award and added
that it was a very “Big Award.” Mr. Coleman often refers to this award
as a validation that he, his board of directors and thousands of
volunteers were doing the right thing for our country, our children and
our future. With your sponsorship, gifts or in kind donations, he has
vowed to continue.
Also, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in 2002
selected the Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program as one of its 12 model programs supporting its TGAP (Texans
Getting Academically Prepared) lofty goals. Mr. James V. Coleman,
Founder and CEO, has thus challenged the Board of Directors of the
Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc., to help raise the necessary funds in order to:
·
SUCCESSFULLY launch and
implement the Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program for generations to come
·
Raise over $100,000 for its
11th Annual Award Celebration on Saturday, April 26,
2003.
·
Expand this award-winning
program in Texas and throughout the United States to reach more needy
students.
·
Meet an immediate demand …
with TEA Video sent to all 7000 campuses in Texas, Mr. Coleman is
anticipating a 10% take, that’s 700 schools statewide that might want to
deploy the Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program on their respective school campuses.
We need your support in meeting this
demand.
·
Establish a National
Headquarter office in Dallas, Texas with a paid staff including the
Founder & CEO, an Executive Director, State Directors, Volunteer and
Campus Coordinators; in order to effectively manage our efforts and the
thousands of volunteers.
Involving more than 1500 volunteer
tutors and mentors and now in its 11th academic year, the Saturday Scholars
Program has
reached and impacted over 22,000
CHILDREN within the Dallas/Fort Worth and Tampa Florida metropolitan area. On April 26th
2003, we will celebrate 11 years of service to our children, our
communities and to Texas and our nation. Please join as us an event
sponsor or let discuss the greater opportunity of being “Partner For
Excellence In Education”.
What’s in it for
you? Your sponsorship and/or partnership will allow your brand to
generate awareness of your company as a good corporate citizen amongst
viable consumers, investors and employees. You may promote and present
the Saturday Scholars
Program to your employees, customers and investors as a volunteer
initiative you support and solicit their involvement in the communities
you serve. Additionally your gifts are tax deductible because the
Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 publicly funded organization.
Please
click here
to see the many sponsorship opportunities or call us today at metro
817-540-6753 to find out how your organization or company and the
Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc. can foster a partnership. Please make
your gift payable to The Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc.
and mail to:
The Saturday ScholarsÔ
Program Foundation, Inc.
12913 Chittamwood Trail
Euless, Texas 76040-7136
Remember,
Success in school equals success in life but WE CAN’T SPELL
S_CCESS WITHOUT “U”
Sincerely,
Dr. Gladys
Gossett Hankins
Chairperson, Board of Directors
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