This year's gala was particularly special because HEAF celebrated 20 years of touching lives and helping our most promising public school students go to college. Gloria, who holds an Master of Education degree from Columbia University shared how HEAF helped to keep her focused and defy the odds. Sean, a pediatrician in Philadelphia, talked about the first day he walked out onto the Yale University campus and knew that his life would never be the same. Tanasha, a 3rd year student at Temple University's School of Law, told our guests that failure was never an option once HEAF got hold of you. With help from our incredible HEAF Board of Directors and our distinguished honorees Fareed Zakaria of CNN and Judith Aidoo of Caswell Capital Partners, HEAF raised over $600K to continue our high impact work in creating a surefire college pipeline to high-potential under served young people in New York City. Judith reminded everyone of what a key role education can play in changing the trajectory of a young person's life. Fareed reminded us that investing in HEAF was one guaranteed way of making sure that in the future America has the intellectual capital to solve complex social, environmental, and economic problems like the ones we've faced in the last year. If you're not already supporting HEAF, visit us at www.heaf.org to learn of a few good reasons you should.
Monday, October 5, 2009
HEAF 20th Anniversary Gala 2009
This year's gala was particularly special because HEAF celebrated 20 years of touching lives and helping our most promising public school students go to college. Gloria, who holds an Master of Education degree from Columbia University shared how HEAF helped to keep her focused and defy the odds. Sean, a pediatrician in Philadelphia, talked about the first day he walked out onto the Yale University campus and knew that his life would never be the same. Tanasha, a 3rd year student at Temple University's School of Law, told our guests that failure was never an option once HEAF got hold of you. With help from our incredible HEAF Board of Directors and our distinguished honorees Fareed Zakaria of CNN and Judith Aidoo of Caswell Capital Partners, HEAF raised over $600K to continue our high impact work in creating a surefire college pipeline to high-potential under served young people in New York City. Judith reminded everyone of what a key role education can play in changing the trajectory of a young person's life. Fareed reminded us that investing in HEAF was one guaranteed way of making sure that in the future America has the intellectual capital to solve complex social, environmental, and economic problems like the ones we've faced in the last year. If you're not already supporting HEAF, visit us at www.heaf.org to learn of a few good reasons you should.
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