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Futures In Education
Students Win at Futures’ Golf Outing
The event raised over $300,000, providing scholarships to students attending Catholic grammar schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
Mariano Pitches In to Help Catholic Schools
Futures in Education and the Columbus Citizens Foundation co-hosted The Joe DiMaggio Award Dinner May 5 at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan. The dinner raised funds to assist with scholarships benefiting high school students in New York City.
Be An Angel: Scholarship Recipients and Benefactors Enjoy Time Together
Catholic school students had a chance to say “thank you” to their educational guardian angels when Futures in Education hosted its annual Angel Reception at the New York Hall of Science, Corona, April 7.
Futures in Education to Benefit From Joe DiMaggio Dinner
Futures in Education and The Columbus Citizens Foundation will partner to host The Joe DiMaggio Award Dinner on Thursday, May 5, at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan. The dinner will benefit the scholarship funds of two like-minded organizations focused on providing students with educational opportunities throughout New York City.
Lidia Opens Up Her Menus for the Popes
Lidia Bastianich, an Italian-born parishioner of St. Anastasia’s, Douglaston, who escaped with her family after her region in Italy was awarded to communist Yugoslavia and the Iron Curtain erected, said she got the request to cook for Pope Benedict XVI for his 2008 visit to the United States.
Futures in Education Raises $2.3 Million
At its annual Scholarship Fund Dinner, Futures in Education raised $2.3 million in scholarships for students of low-income families of Brooklyn and Queens, surpassing last year’s record.
‘Angels’ Provide Education Scholarships
Futures in Education hosted its annual golf outing, which raised over $300,000 for scholarships.
Aggressive Support From Diocese
For the past few years, the Diocese of Brooklyn has been working with the other Catholic dioceses in New York State, as well as Jewish and Protestant leaders, to build support for the Education Investment Tax Credit (A2551). Here are some of the diocese’s efforts thus far in 2015: • Futures in Education, the foundation […]
A Fair Return
Martin Cottingham, right, chairman of the Great Irish Fair, presents a check for Futures In Education to Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, vicar for development, and John Notaro, Futures In Education’s director of operations and programs. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Futures In Education provides scholarship assistance to students at Catholic schools in the Diocese […]