mentoring
Dreamer Alumna Daisy Barrios: “My IHADLA Mentor Helped Shape the Woman I Am Today”
Daisy Barrios was in the first grade at Murchison Elementary School, in Boyle Heights when IHADLA first sponsored Program 14 and became part of her life. Thanks to a newly formed partnership, she was one of two IHADLA students who qualified for a scholarship to attend high school at Southwestern Academy, a private, coeducational college […]
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IHADLA Seniors Create THE DREAM SHOW!
Thank you to the amazing teaching staff and administration at Campbell Hall for allowing our IHADLA Inglewood Seniors to participate in this multi-week television workshop. For their final project, they produced an episode of a television talk-show. A special thank you to IHADLA Board members Darryl and Vanessa Frank for introducing our students to the […]
Read MoreVolunteer Los Angeles Opportunities
April is National Volunteer Month. What better way to give back to the Los Angeles community than to become involved with the I Have a Dream Foundation – Los Angeles (IHADLA)! We have a variety of volunteer opportunities with at-risk youth. There are different commitment levels if you are interested in becoming involved with the […]
Read MoreSHARE Inc. Supports Mentoring Program for Los Angeles At-Risk Youth
On February 3rd 2016, the SHARE 4 Children (SHARE Inc.) Board of Directors graciously granted the I Have a Dream Foundation – Los Angeles funds for our mentoring program at an exciting check presentation. Our CEO, Debra Fine, and development manager, Emily, received the check from the wonderful and giving women of SHARE. SHARE Inc. […]
Read MoreMentor and Volunteer Appreciation Cruise
I Have a Dream Foundation Los Angeles mentors, their mentees, program coordinators, staff, and volunteers enjoyed a day of appreciation with recognition for all. The mentees received certificates. The harbor cruise was created as a way to to say thank you for the time the mentors and volunteers have spent spent and for being the […]
Read MoreMentoring Works
We are so grateful to our mentors. A mentor makes a huge difference in the life of a child. Mentoring works! In this National Mentoring Month, we honor a few of our mentors. Paola for Her Mentor Rachel Griffin It was my 11th birthday when “I Have a Dream” introduced to me the person that […]
Read MoreMentoring and Tutoring with Original Dreamer
A girl was sitting in the auditorium of P.S. 121 at her sixth grade graduation when Mr. Eugene Lang came into her life and promised that he would help with tuition assistance for every “Dreamer” who made it to college. At that point, she was a struggling student wishing to do so much better in […]
Read More83 Elementary Students Win ‘Dream’ Scholarships
[Eighty-three children from Cleveland Elementary School in Northwest Pasadena were named Wednesday as “Dreamers” and won scholarships from the nonprofit I Have A Dream Foundation in Los Angeles.] Continue reading here. – Quoted from an article that appeared in the LA Times on January 23, 1992.
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