Grants Emphasize Leadership Skills
Seven county organizations have received grants to develop leaders in the Latino community.
The Ventura County Community Federation’s Destino 2000: Hispanic Legacy Fund awarded a total of $20,000 at a ceremony this week.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 12, 1998 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday December 12, 1998 Ventura County Edition Metro Part B Page 4 Zones Desk 1 inches; 21 words Type of Material: Correction
County foundation--An article Dec. 4 misidentified a local nonprofit organization. The correct name is the Ventura County Community Foundation.
This year’s round of grants focused on programs that develop leadership skills in people up to age 30, especially programs that address self-esteem and empowerment, mentoring and scholarships.
The Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard received $2,000 for a homework and tutoring program, and the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Paula/Fillmore-Piru received $2,000 for developing leadership skills. The federation gave $4,000 to City Impact for high-risk Latina youth in Oxnard.
To send youth referred from the county probation department to a four-day retreat, El Concilio del Condado de Ventura received $4,000. The same amount was awarded to Future Leaders of America for a six-day conference to train ninth-graders in leadership and goal-setting.
Two Latino individuals will be able to attend a nine-month leadership program thanks to a grant of $1,500 to the Ventura County Leadership Academy, and Ventura Youth Employment Services received $2,500 to hire two bilingual youths for office work.
The Destino 2000 fund was established by the community federation in 1996 to build a permanent endowment that would focus on the needs of the county’s Latino community.
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