{"id":142574,"date":"2023-02-02T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-mazda-foundation-usa-inc-awards-grants-to-alleviate-hunger-and-create-education-and-workforce-opportunities-in-underserved-communities-across-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:10:16","slug":"mazda-foundation-usa-inc-otorga-subvenciones-para-aliviar-el-hambre-y-crear-oportunidades-educativas-y-laborales-en-comunidades-desatendidas-de-los-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mazda-foundation-usa-inc-otorga-subvenciones-para-aliviar-el-hambre-y-crear-oportunidades-educativas-y-laborales-en-comunidades-desatendidas-de-los-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"MAZDA FOUNDATION (USA), INC. AWARDS GRANTS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND CREATE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Grants totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$475,000<\/span> awarded to support organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 2, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year as it deepens partnerships with organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> to help address food insecurity and some of its many root causes, particularly equitable access to education and job opportunities. In total, the Mazda Foundation awarded over <span class=\"xn-money\">$475,000<\/span> to seven organizations through its yearly grant giving process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2c46left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2c46left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 366px;\" title=\"Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at www.mazdausamedia.com.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/53154\/mazda_north_american_operations_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at www.mazdausamedia.com.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Mazda Foundation&#8217;s partnerships now serve expanded populations across several major metropolitan areas throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, with funding concentrated in <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span> and the greater <span class=\"xn-location\">Huntsville, AL<\/span>, area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The awards we&#8217;re announcing today will help us deepen and, in some cases, grow the work that we do in communities across the country,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Tamara Mlynarczyk<\/span>, manager of public affairs for Mazda North American Operations and president of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>), Inc. &#8220;We are very proud of the partnerships we&#8217;ve built over the last several years that help us deliver food security and educational and workforce opportunities to people. We hope that with these awards we can continue to make a direct impact on even more Americans as they navigate the unique challenges these last few years have presented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s awards seek to extend STEM education and workforce opportunities to underserved young adults in high school and beyond. Awards include funding for the second year of the culinary training program at Bracken&#8217;s Kitchen (<span class=\"xn-location\">Garden Grove, CA<\/span>); funding for a holistic educational and job mentoring program established by College Track L.A. (<span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>), funding for dozens of additional students to compete in a factory automation competition for high school and community college students developed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">Huntsville, AL<\/span>); funding for two more years of AVID programming in three schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Madison<\/span> City, AL; funding for the Full Circle automotive technician training program for formerly incarcerated individuals established by Vehicles for Change (<span class=\"xn-location\">Halethorpe, MD<\/span>); and funding for a two-year commitment to bring FUSE Studios&#8217; STEAM labs to 16 additional schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>. In addition to those programs, the Mazda Foundation provided a grant to Second Harvest Food Bank (<span class=\"xn-location\">Irvine, CA<\/span>), marking the 18<sup>th<\/sup> year of support for Second Harvest.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>), Inc.<br \/><\/b>As the corporate foundation of Mazda North American Operations (MNAO), the Mazda Foundation has donated more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$15.2 million<\/span> to children&#8217;s organizations, educational scholarships, food banks, environmental programs, and disaster relief efforts since 1992. To learn more about the Mazda Foundation, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3773015-1&amp;h=635985146&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazdafoundation.org%2F&amp;a=www.mazdafoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.mazdafoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3773015-1&amp;h=3214765601&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F53154%2Fmazda_north_american_operations_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F53154%2Fmazda_north_american_operations_logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/53154\/mazda_north_american_operations_logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Mazda Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Grants totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$475,000<\/span> awarded to support organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 2, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year as it deepens partnerships with organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> to help address food&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142574"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142594,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142574\/revisions\/142594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}