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Recruitment of Hoop Dreams Mentors for 2006-2007
Program Year Has Begun
The Hoop Dreams
College Prep Mentoring Program has begun recruitment for the
upcoming 2006-2007 school year. The mentoring calendar year begins
in September and continues throughout the school year. Currently we
are recruiting volunteers to become full time mentors, back up
mentors and logistical volunteers. If you would like detailed
descriptions of any of these roles or would like to apply to become
a mentor for the upcoming school year, please visit our website at
www.hoopdreams.org or contact Rachel Cleaver by phone at (202)
289-6478 or email rcleaver@hoopdreams.org.
Hoop Dreams Catches the Magic with Fundraising Night with the
Washington Mystics
 The Hoop Dreams
Scholarship Fund has teamed up with the Washington Mystics to "Catch
the Magic" and to raise funds for our college access programs. Join
the Hoop Dreams team on Tuesday, August 8 at 7:00pm at the Verizon
Center as the Washington Mystics take on the San Antonio Silver
Stars. Hoop Dreams supporters can buy tickets on the lower level for
$15 and $4 from each ticket will be donated to the Hoop Dreams
Scholarship Fund. There will be a post game reception at Clyde's
(next to the Verizon Center) for those who present their Hoop
Dreams/Mystics ticket. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mysticstix.com/hoopdreams.html. All other inquiries can be
directed to calling Matt Winkler at mwinkler@washcaps.com or
202.266.2340. Tell
everyone you know to buy tickets for this special game and to come
"Catch the Magic!"
Hoop Dreams Announces Date of 10th Anniversary Gala
Building on the
momentum Hoop Dreams has built over the past ten years, the
organization is planning to celebrate our past, present and future
with our first large scale fundraising dinner chaired by Ted and
Lynn Leonsis and Sheila Johnson on February 27, 2007 at the Ritz
Carlton located at 22nd and M streets in the city's exclusive West
End. Funding from the gala will help to ensure the stability and
growth of Hoop Dreams. For
information about the gala and sponsorship opportunities contact
Jackie Alafoginis, Jackie@websterconsulting.com.
Quiet Guys Can Do Great Things, Too
A Black Accountant's Success Story by Frank K. Ross
 Quiet
Guys Can Do Great Things, Too the autobiography of Hoop Dreams
Board Chair Frank K. Ross has just been released through Writing Our
World Press. In this eye opening work of nonfiction Frank shares his
experiences as a young professional, as an entrepreneur, and finally
as a partner in the corporate boardroom of KPMG. He recalls the hard
lessons that came with being "the first." Quiet Guys Can Do Great
Things, Too is a poignant immigrants story and a guide for those
seeking success in their personal and professional life.
Thanks to you, since 1996, HDSF has
helped send 800 DCPS students to college with the combination of
1,400 academic college scholarships and renewals, and a year long
college prep mentoring, SAT prep and internship program. Most of our
students are the first in their family to attend college. THANK YOU!
Hope you are enjoying your summer!
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