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Your organization can provide an
HDSF High School Internship for
as little as $576.
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Join us for our next
Mentoring Workshop on January 10, 2009 at 1:30pm.
More information. |
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Save the Date for
Island of Dreams
on February
26, 2009. |
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Login to your hdsfstudent.org
e-mail account. |
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HDSF to Suspend 3-on-3
Tournament
in 2009.
Read more. |
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Senator Barack Obama at the 8th Annual Hoop Dreams
Scholarship Fund Congressional Reception on May 22, 2006
at The United States Capitol.
"The
future promise of any nation
can best be measured by the
present
prospects
of its youth."
-- John
F. Kennedy
"Everybody
can be great because everybody can serve. You only
need a heart full of
grace, a soul
generated by love."
--
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Click
here to read
what Washington Capitals Owner and HDSF supporter Ted Leonis has to say about
the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund.
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HDSF
News Room
For additional information
contact Lester Davis, HDSF Director of
Communications
ldavis@hoopdreams.org
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Click
here to
download the HDSF Marketing Packet. |
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View our HDSF Video. |
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Click
here to see
November 2006 HDSF interview with Tony Hill
on Comcast NEWSMAKERS. |
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Click
here to check out
the article by Melanie Kaplan, "For 'Hoop Dreams'
scholars, quitting is the only unavailable option"
in the November 16, 2006 edition of the Christian Science Monitor. |
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Click
here to view
the ABC NewsNow "All Together Now" segment
about HDSF that aired nationwide
on October 10, 2006. |
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Read about HDSF in the September issue of
Smart
CEO. |
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Click
here to view
a
highlight video of our
11th Annual HDSF 3-on-3 Charity
Basketball Tournament and Community Festival. |
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Click
here to see a special 12 minute
HDSF
Congressional Reception video. |
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Click
here to see
our recent interview with Tony Hill on Comcast Local
Edition. |
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Click
here
to read about Arthur Agee and
"Hoop Dreams" the documentary. |
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Check out these TV news video segments
from past years
about HDSF:
Comcast
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CNN Headline NEWS
Fox -
CNN -
Nightline -
NBC4. |
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Click
here to read about
HDSF in the May 25th issue of Executive Biz. |
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Click
here to see Comcast highlights
of the May 11th HDSF Congressional Reception. |
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HDSF 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
and Community Festival in the News
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Washington Examiner
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Special thanks to all our funders, supporters, and
friends for your continued dedication and assistance in helping Hoop
Dreams "Empower the
Pursuit of Dreams."
Check out our
highlights from our 10th Anniversary Gala in 2007.
Thank you
to the team at Gearshift Productions for their fantastic editing and
video production!
Unlike traditional mentorship, our Empowerment Program benefits both
student and adult. During the beginning of each school year we pair
about 80 teenagers with college-educated mentors. These adults help
guide them through the sometimes overwhelming college application
process.
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"Every generation
inherits a world it never made,
and as it does so, it automatically becomes the trustee
for those who come after."
- Robert F. Kennedy
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During this Holiday Season we would like to
thank you for your support during 2008. As we prepare to enter a
New Year and continue our work with students from Washington, D.C.
public high schools, please consider continuing your commitment to
academic excellence and career opportunities! Click
here to make a difference.
Are we about
basketball? No.
Are we about
sport scholarships? Nope
What ARE we
about? We are about DREAMS.
Real dreams. Dreams of a better education, an enriched life, and a
stronger community. Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund (HDSF) recognized
a need to ensure students, who have worked hard amidst social,
economic, and racial disparities, get the opportunity to excel in
college and in the workforce. Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund works
to create relationships, build networks and provide resources
that:
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empower and support underserved DC public high
school students and HDSF alumni to find their best pathways to
post-secondary education, a career and an enriched life;
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build bridges of understanding and collaboration
between diverse communities in the metropolitan Washington DC
region; and |
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promote an on-going commitment to community
responsibility and a lasting spirit among students, volunteers,
supporters, and all involved.
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Since 1996, HDSF has helped nearly 1,000 students
to college through the combination of our year-long college &
career prep programs and the awarding of over 1,805 new and
renewal academic college scholarships. HDSF works to empower DC
public high school youth, so they can find their best pathways to
college, career, and life success. Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund
offers students a unique opportunity to develop relationships with
local professionals, receive academic scholarships, build
networks, and access resources that will help enrich lives. Most
of these students are the first in their family to attend college
and come from very challenging social and economic circumstances.
But more than "getting kids into college" - HDSF prepares students
for life. Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund is about Building Bridges
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fashion
forward.
HDSF would like to thank all of our friends,
supporters, sponsors and volunteers who helped make
the charity Fashion Forward event, which was presented
by Absolute Addiction and iKY Clothing, a success. On
Friday, November 21, 2008 more than 300 people packed
Shadow Room for Fashion Forward. The event, which was
sponsored by EES, Strauss Radio Strategies, Inc., and
Greater Washington Fashion Chamber of Commerce, helped
to raise money to support
HDSF's Empowerment Program.
Click
here to watch HDSF on Channel 9.
Former US Congressman C. Thomas
McMillen (center) joined Susie Kay and the HDSF staff
at the Fashion Forward event presented by Absolute
Addiction and IKY Clothing on Friday, November 21st.
Click
here for
additional photos of fashion Forward.
Senator John Kerry at the 8th Annual Hoop
Dreams Scholarship Fund Congressional Reception on May 11th
in The United States Capitol Building.
HDSF would like to
congratulate our friend and supporter Mr. Ebong Eka for the
successful launch of his new fashion clothing line, Mi
Chiamo Eka. On August 25, 2008, Mi Chiamo Eka made its
fashion debut on the runway at K Street Lounge. A portion of
the proceeds from Mr. Eka's clothing launch fundraiser
benefited HDSF. Thank you to everyone who attended and
supported our dear friend Ebong and his new line!. And thank
you for supporting the
Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund.
The work HDSF does with our students does not
end after they graduate from high school. We continue to
remain a presence in the lives of our students as they enter
college, the workforce and beyond.
Adonal Foyle of the Golden State Warriors, Susie Kay and
Lawrence Moten of the Maryland Nighthawks at the 11th
Annual Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund 3-on-3 Basketball
Tournament and Community Festival
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Click
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on VOA - a trusted source of global news since 1942.
On December 9, 2008 HDSF was featured on VOA.
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Join us on Thursday, February 26th at
Harry's Tap Room
in Arlington for Island of Dreams. Tickets are $75 per
person and includes all food and beverages. The event
will also include a Silent Auction and live
entertainment. Tickets will be available online soon.
100% of the proceeds from the event benefits HDSF.
Senator John McCain at the 8th Annual Hoop Dreams
Scholarship Fund Congressional Reception on May 22,
2006. The event was held inside the Mansfield Room of
The United States Capitol.
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Top
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(HDSF Founding Sponsor) |
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AOL |
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Government of the
District of Columbia |
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The Coca-Cola Company |
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Campus Direct |
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Comcast Cable |
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DC Children and Youth
Investment Trust Corporation |
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Fight For Children |
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Freddie Mac Foundation |
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Friedman Billings Ramsey |
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Emanuel J. Friedman |
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Global Giving |
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Hogan and Hartson LLP |
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The Leonsis Foundation |
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Bruce
& Karen Levenson |
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McGettigan Foundation |
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The Princeton Review |
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Paul and Virginia Singh
Foundation |
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Scion
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Susie's Silent Friends
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Councilman
Jack Evans presented
HDSF with a $500,000 grant from the Government of the
District of Columbia to support programs and
scholarships. Pictured above are HDSF students and
mentors, with Susie Kay, Cynthia Dinkins, and Councilman
Jack Evans.
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Eric and Marianne Billings Foundation |
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The Herb Block Foundation |
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The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation |
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Capital One |
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Choice Hotels International Foundation |
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Citigroup Foundation |
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Capital Alumni
Network (CAN) |
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Cvent, Inc. |
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Demetri Diavatis |
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The
Samuel R. Dweck Foundation |
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DWG,
Doing Well & Good |
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The
Mark David Ein Foundation |
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Ernst & Young |
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Raul
J. Fernandez |
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Ann
and Tom Friedman |
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Philip L. Graham Fund |
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CBS
Radio |
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KPMG,
LLP/KPMG Washington Foundation |
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Paul,
Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP |
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Phyllis
McClure |
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The Morningstar Foundation |
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Edwin and Penelope Peskowitz |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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The
Sallie Mae Fund |
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United Way of the National Capital Area/United Way
Community Service Fund |
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Tien
and Beverly Wong Foundation |
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Susie Kay and Ted Leonsis at the
Executive Leaders Series breakfast on May 31st,
presented by ExecutiveBiz.
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HDSF has helped send over
800 DC public high school students to college since
1996. This week HDSF awarded academic college
scholarships at graduation ceremonies at its five
partner DC schools. Pictured here are some of the HDSF students, their mentors and members of the
HDSF staff at HD Woodson graduation the week of June
12, 2006. |
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