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Cap & Gown 10th Anniversary Celebration
SAVE THE DATE
Cap & Gown 10th Anniversary Celebration
May 30, 2012
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
First Graduate will host its annual Cap & Gown fundraising event to celebrate students and their achievements on the evening of May 30, 2012 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. This year marks the 10th anniversary of when First Graduate's programming began.
Entertainment, food & beverage, auction, media/promotional sponsorships and more will be available. To learn about how you or your company can get involved, please contact Terri Forman at 415-561-3469 or via email.
Vote for First Graduate as One of San Francisco's Top Charities!
First Graduate is in 7X7 Magazine's Favorite San Francisco Charities contest and we need your help to win. Vote today, and help us win the grand prize of $10,000. Six runners up will each receive $2,000. Voting ends on November 15th.
The White House Recognizes First Graduate College Senior as a “Champion of Change” (Agente de Cambio)
Making Change, One Child at a Time
Yvette Ramirez, a First Graduate Senior at Harvard University, was just recognized as a “Champion of Change” (Agente de Cambio) - a part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative (whitehouse.gov/champions).
First Graduate Students Featured in GOOD!
Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year
Over the next few weeks, thousands of students will head off to college for freshman year. Given the dismal statistics on high school graduation rates, setting foot on campus is a special accomplishment for students whose parents didn't attend college.
First Graduate awarded "Best Graduation Guidance"
First Graduate received the "Best Graduation Guidance" award in the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay competition for 2011.
First Graduate's Inaugural Class Testimonial Video included on Philanthropy.com
![[First Graduate Celebrates Inaugural Class of College Graduates]](http://www.firstgraduate.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumb/article/first-graduates-inaugural-class-testimonial-video-included-philanthropycom/firstgraduate7078-cg-thumb.jpg "[First Graduate Celebrates Inaugural Class of College Graduates]")
First Graduate was included in an article on Philanthropy.com about the "Four Ways Non Profits Can Use Video to Create Change" on May 26, 2011.
The article features the First Graduate FG1 video with Daisy, Lourdes, Jodie and Alex’s testimonials about what it means to be the first in their families to graduate from college.
Read the full article, or watch the testimonials at http://bit.ly/iX1iCq.
High School Seniors Select Their Colleges
We are proud to announce that our high school seniors will graduate this spring and enroll in colleges and universities nationwide, from the University of San Francisco to Pepperdine University to Harvard University.
Make History with Us!
Join students, parents, staff, board members and a growing number of community and corporate champions like 7x7, San Francisco Business Times, Union Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dodge & Cox, Morrison & Foerster Foundation, Gordon & Rees, LLP as we toast the first college graduates in First Graduate's history and honor Chief Foundation Officer at Gap Inc., Bobbi Silten, on Friday, May 6, 2011 at San Francisco City Hall.
It is not too late to celebrate!
The Social Network
To be successful in school and beyond, students need to build social skills as well as academics. At First Graduate, we help our high school students develop their whole selves with a monthly program called Mosaic.
Whole Foods Features First Graduate!
To support our students, First Graduate relies on the generosity of donors in the community, such as Whole Foods Market, Franklin.
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