Matadors Brave New Travelers Scholarship Fund Opens to Donations

Jennifer Lee, a single of a 11 recipients of a Brave New Travelers Scholarship in 2009.

Two years ago, Matador launched a Brave New Travelers Scholarship Fund in partnership with Coro, a non-profit, youth care development program.

Students who embrace scholarships have been high school sophomores as good as juniors from low-income neighborhoods as good as underneath resourced public schools who have demonstrated tremendous resiliency as good as initiative in Coros 6-month experiential care program. The students embrace training as good as resources to have a difference locally, becoming changemakers in their schools as good as neighborhoods.

As a non-profit, however, Coro lacks a resources to yield a students a opportunity to knowledge a world outside of their communities as good as gain tellurian perspectives that have been essential to in effect leadership.

Last year, due in vast partial to generous donations from a Matador community, we lifted over $10,000 US to send students upon life-changing summer trips abroad. Upon their return, any tyro was required to write a transport reflection, as good as give at least a single presentation at their high school or in their village in an bid to share what they experienced with others.

Each tyro expressed that a outing had literally changed a arena of his or her life. Weve published their transport reflections upon a transport websites Youth Travel Scholarship page. Visit a page to meet a scholarship recipients as good as read about a impact transport had upon these immature peoples lives.

Other ways we can help:

Write a post upon your blog about your own first transport experience. Mention a scholarship as good as encourage readers to have a donation.

Tweet about a scholarship.

Share this article upon Facebook.

We have been anticipating to yield a same opportunities to students! this su mmer as good as have been reaching out once again for await from a Matador village as good as others to see if we can strech a idea of $10,000 by Jan 1st.

We accept contributions in any amount, as good as each concession brings us closer to a goal. Even if we cant have a donation, though, we can go to a students transport reflections as good as leave a comment. Comments from writers as good as travelers like we meant so most to a students.

There have been two easy ways to donate:

1. Go to a Youth Travel Scholarship Page to get some-more report about a fundraiser as good as when youre ready, click a Donate button, that will take we to a secure PayPal interface.

2. Write a check to Coro Exploring Leadership as good as mail it to The Youth Travel Scholarship Fund, Coro Center for Civic Leadership, 601 Montgomery St. Suite 800, San Francisco, CA, 94111.

All donations have been tax-deductible.

Thank we for your support.

Community Connection:

Remember your own first transport experience? Tell us about it in a comments.


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