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YPC seeks scholarship donations
2010-04-07
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Youth Pride Center ( YPC ) —which helps LGBTQ young adults and teenagers of color—is seeking donations to help its students who are attending college or about to enroll.
Individual scholarship donations of $15 or organizational/business scholarships of $100 will be presented to youths in the donors' names at the Renae Ogletree LGBTQ Youth of Color Scholarship Breakfast. The event will take place Saturday, April 17, at 11:45 a.m. at Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. Illinois State Rep. LaShawn Ford will speak on the theme "United We Stand...Together We Can."
Scholarship donations can be made payable to: Youth Pride Center, 1525 E. 55th, Suite 312, Chicago, Ill., 60615. |
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