Archive for December, 2009

Esperanza 2009 Inaugural Year Highlights

Happy New Year from the Esperanza Education Fund! Thanks to your generous support, we have had an amazing first year. Below is a letter reviewing what we accomplished in 2009 and previewing what we aim to achieve in 2010.

2009 Year in Review

As you read the letter, we hope you will consider making a year-end tax-deductible contribution — and help us to award $100,000 in scholarships next year — by clicking here.

Highlights of our inaugural year include:

  • January: Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) public charity.
  • March: Launched the capital region’s only college scholarship for immigrant students regardless of ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status.
  • May: Awarded $50,000 in college scholarships to six promising immigrant students.
  • August: Matched our scholars with mentors from the local community.
  • October: Secured a generous grant from the District of Columbia Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs to help start a new scholarship program for GED recipients.
  • December: Hosted a gala benefit concert at the Carnegie Institution with renowned pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe.

Best wishes for the new year,

The Esperanza Education Fund

December 29, 2009 · Filed under News

At the Carnegie with Elizabeth Joy Roe

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Elizabeth Joy Roe wowed us.  Starting with a hypnotic Bach / Siloti Prelude in B minor, and ending with Ravel’s explosive La Valse—and touching on Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and others in between—Elizabeth’s program was magnificent.

The ballroom of the Carnegie Institution was packed with an audience of 125 people.  We were joined by numerous attorneys, businesspeople, and other prominent guests, including His Excellency Luis Valdivieso, Ambassador of Peru.  After the concert, guests toasted champagne in the Carnegie’s marble rotunda to the music of the Peach String Quartet.  By the end of the evening, we were able to raise over $10,000 for new scholarships to be awarded to immigrant students this spring.

We are deeply thankful to those who made this event possible, especially our Patrons, the Peach String Quartet, and of course, Elizabeth Joy Roe.

More photos from the event, courtesy of eventosVIPpass.com, after the jump.

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December 23, 2009 · Filed under Events