SVEF in the News: Empowerment Academy Takes Off

Thanks to the Sonoma Valley Sun for featuring the Empowerment Academy in a recent article. Reporter Anna Pier describes SVEF's innovative collaboration with the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance and the Teen Services program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, bringing after-school enrichment to the campus of Sonoma Valley High School.

"Launched last spring, the Academy is growing rapidly, and is on track to meet the goal of serving twenty percent of the students from both Sonoma Valley High and Creekside High this 2024-’25 school year," says the article, which goes on to quote SVEF executive director Sarah Carroll:

"'With Empowerment Academy, we’re leveling the playing field and opening access to opportunities for families who don’t have the time, money or transportation to source their own enrichment activities,' said Carroll. 'We’re literally meeting students where they are, helping them to thrive and empowering them to build strong futures.' "

Read the article for all the details, and please consider making a year-end gift so we can build on this important work.

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