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February 5, 2008
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Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection receives grant from Central New York Community Foundation
Syracuse, NY-February 5, 2008- The Central New York Community Foundation has awarded Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection a $31,626 grant from the Charles F. Brannock and Walter A. Thayer Funds.
“We're thrilled about the grant,” said Wayne O’Connor, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection-Syracuse executive director.
According to O’Connor, the grant monies will be used to support the hiring of a youth advocate who will work with students in the Syracuse City School District.
About
Hillside Work-Scholarship
Connection
Hillside
Work-Scholarship Connection, founded in 1987 by Robert and Danny Wegman, is an
affiliate of Hillside Family of Agencies. Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection
helps urban youth stay in high school by providing academic support, part-time
employment experience, and professional mentors (youth advocates) who help their
students to develop good habits, achieve academic success, and become
responsible young people at home, at work, and in their community.
Hillside Family of Agencies (www.hillside.com) is a family and children services organization that provides child welfare, mental health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education, and developmental disabilities services across central and western New York. Hillside Family of Agencies is comprised of affiliates Crestwood Children's Center, Crestwood Children's Foundation, Hillside Children's Center, Hillside Children's Foundation, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, and Snell Farm Children's Center.
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