{"id":265012,"date":"2024-02-16T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:01:00","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":"2024-02-16T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:20:02","slug":"mazda-foundation-usa-inc-concede-subvenciones-para-paliar-el-hambre-y-crear-oportunidades-educativas-y-laborales-en-comunidades-desfavorecidas-de-ee-uu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mazda-foundation-usa-inc-concede-subvenciones-para-paliar-el-hambre-y-crear-oportunidades-educativas-y-laborales-en-comunidades-desfavorecidas-de-ee-uu\/","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]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Grants totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$500,000<\/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. 15, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year, renewing the organization&#8217;s commitment to addressing 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\">$500,000<\/span> to organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg215eleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg215eleft\" 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>&#8220;The awards we&#8217;re announcing today will bring food security, STEM learning opportunities, and job skills to more people than we&#8217;ve ever served before,&#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, and thrilled to be able to deepen them in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mazda Foundation&#8217;s partnerships continue to serve increasing numbers of people 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>, the greater <span class=\"xn-location\">Huntsville, AL<\/span>, area, and the greater <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore, MD<\/span>, area.<\/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 the following:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b><u>Food Security<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b> funding for <b><i>Second Harvest Food Bank<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Irvine, CA<\/span>), marking the 19<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive year of support for Second Harvest.<\/li>\n<li><b><u>Education<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b> funding for a holistic educational and job mentoring program established by <b><i>College Track L.A.<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>); continued funding of <b><i>FUSE Studios&#8217;<\/i><\/b> STEM labs in 7 schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>, and the launch of 9 additional schools in 2024; funding for high school students to create robotics teams and participate in competitions developed by the <b><i>Robotics Education and Competition Foundation<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Huntsville, AL<\/span>); funding for another year of <b><i>AVID <\/i><\/b>programming in three schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Madison<\/span> City, AL.<\/li>\n<li><b><u>Workforce Development<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b> funding for the third year of the culinary training program at <b><i>Bracken&#8217;s Kitchen<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Garden Grove, CA<\/span>); funding for the Full Circle automotive technician training program for formerly incarcerated individuals established by <b><i>Vehicles for Change<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Halethorpe, MD<\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>), Inc.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As the corporate foundation of Mazda North American Operations (MNAO), the Mazda Foundation has donated more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$15.6 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=4093464-1&amp;h=3036536367&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazdafoundation.org&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=4093464-1&amp;h=4197101235&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 (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>), Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Grants totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$500,000<\/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. 15, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year, renewing the organization&#8217;s commitment to addressing food insecurity and some of its many root causes, particularly equitable access to education and job&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265012","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\/265012","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=265012"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265017,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265012\/revisions\/265017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}