We’ll be holding our next Open House on Thursday, September 2nd! Come over to the Mission Graduates main office at 3040 16th Street @ Mission on Thursday, September 2nd from 4:30pm-5:15pm

We’ll give you an overview of Mission Graduates, meet board and staff, and then walk half a block to Kid Power Park and our Tutoring Center to meet some of the youth we work with.

Hope to see you SEPTEMBER 2nd!

Join our 2^nd annual Food for Thought, an annual event that raises funds to benefit Mission Graduates. We are a nonprofit organization that increases the number of youth from San Francisco’s Mission District who are prepared for and complete a college education.

The concept of Food for Thought is simple:

o        Your restaurant, along with others from the Mission District, commit to contributing a portion of your sales on one night — Wednesday, November 10, 2010– to help pave the way to college for young people who live in your community.

o        Mission Graduates commits to promoting restaurants through an extensive promotional campaign and to filling seats and increasing revenue at your restaurant on November 10.

This event gives your restaurant increased media exposure; it increases sales on a Wednesday night, introduces your food to new customers, and is an easy way to demonstrate your commitment to youth in the Mission.

For for information, call or email Art at art@missiongraduates or 415.864.5205 x12.

Check out our new job opening: Director of Programs!

**8/27/2010 Update: 1st round interviews in process**

Who’s hungry?! Count me in.

We’re back on for Food for Thought 2010 on Wednesday, November 10th. This years event promises to be bigger and better than last year with more restaurants, more diverse options, great sponsors, and an amazing raffle!

Check out our list of our first 15 restaurants already on board:

Bar Bambino
Bissap Baobab
Destino
Front Porch
Little Baobab
Little Star Pizza
Maverick
Mission Beach Cafe
Panchita’s Restaurant #2
Pica Pica – FIRST NEW RESTAURANT!
Pisco Latin Lounge
Regalito Rosticeria
Specchio
Spork
Sun Rise Restaurant

If you’re interested in becoming a participating restaurant, sponsor, or volunteer ambassador please contact me at art@missiongraduates.org.

Bon Appetit

Mission Community Market launches Thursday, July 22nd 4-8pm. Check it out HERE.

We’re excited to announce that all 15 students of our second College Connect cohort are off to four-year universities. Ranging from Mills College in the East Bay to Colby Sawyer in New Hampshire and back to Cal Berkeley in the bay area our second cohort of students are off to great universities across the US. Not only are students starting to leave next month, but they’re leaving with generous scholarships and grants! Below is a list of college choices and a list of scholarships which were awarded!

College Decisions
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State University, Humboldt
San Francisco State University (4)
San Jose State University
UC Berkeley
UC Davis (2)
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz
Colby-Sawyer College
Mills College

Scholarships (in no particular order)
Meritus (4) $12,000
Education First $9,000
826 Valencia (2) $5,000 and $10,000
SF College Access Center (3) $6,000
Comcast $1,000
Maisin (3) $8,000
Save Me a Spot in College $500
Latin American Teachers Association $1,500
7 Tepees $500
ACE Mentor Program $1500
PG&E Asian Employees Association $2500
Incentive Award — Full-ride to UC Berkeley

Total Scholarships for Cohort 2 = $204,500

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We’ll be holding our next Open House on Thursday, August 5th! Come over to the Mission Graduates main office at 3040 16th Street @ Mission on Thursday, August 5th from 4:30pm-5:15pm

We’ll give you an overview of Mission Graduates, meet board and staff, and then walk half a block to Kid Power Park and our Tutoring Center to meet some of the youth we work with.

Hope to see you in a few weeks!