Much of her work supports children living at Anna’s House, a homeless shelter for families, where she has arranged mentors, holiday gifts, and field trips to professional football games. Since 2015, she has run Camp Happy at the shelter, a free, four-week summer camp that engages more than 100 children in art, nature, and STEM activities. Each camper is paired with one of 50 junior camp.
The First 48 showed many positive sides of being a homicide detective but gave little information about what the actual job itself was like. Seeing dead bodies didn’t seem so bad to me but as I thought about it I asked myself if this is really what I wanted my everyday life to be like, the only thing i was concerned about was interrogating criminals to solve the case but the fact of seeing.
The Dream Deferred Essay Contest was an annual contest that comes from a 1951 Langston Hughes poem: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? Just as the poem helped propel the civil rights movement in the U.S., today it can inspire your dream deferred for the Middle East. The contest has two parts: one for Middle Eastern youth and one for American youth.
The acceptance I felt in Germany extended beyond that living room. I came to the country on a three week exchange with ten other students from my school. We each stayed with host families and attended the Wildermuth Gymnasium, which was surprisingly accommodating to a gaggle of loud American teenagers. The teachers were friendly and welcoming.
DREAM Act Scholarship Award Winners Despite receiving great applications from impressive students around the country, we are tasked with awarding one outstanding young individual, who deserves to be recognized for their hard work and perseverance and their commitment to education despite any adversity faced as a child of hard-working immigrants in America.
Our Bridging the Dream Scholarship helps students build a better future. It also brings employees together to fundraise for the scholarships. From 5Ks to silent auctions, we love helping students go after their dreams. Congratulations to our 2019 scholarship winners! These students have big goals—for college, and beyond. They want to make a.
For the past five years, Reginald has served as a liaison, helping the peer group with their service and activities. Since then, Reginald’s dream to an advocate for people working to change their lives, came true. In 2016, he applied to and was hired by the City of Houston, joining the CommunityRe-Entry Network Program team as a full-time.