{"id":269938,"date":"2025-02-27T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-mazda-foundation-usa-inc-awards-grants-to-focus-on-hunger-relief-stem-and-workforce-development-in-underserved-communities-across-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:20:01","slug":"mazda-foundation-usa-inc-otorga-subvenciones-para-centrase-en-la-lucha-contra-el-hambre-la-educacion-enfocada-en-ctim-y-el-desarrollo-de-la-fuerza-laboral-en-las-comunidades-desfavorecidas-en-los","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mazda-foundation-usa-inc-otorga-subvenciones-para-centrase-en-la-lucha-contra-el-hambre-la-educacion-enfocada-en-ctim-y-el-desarrollo-de-la-fuerza-laboral-en-las-comunidades-desfavorecidas-en-los\/","title":{"rendered":"MAZDA FOUNDATION (USA), INC. AWARDS GRANTS TO FOCUS ON HUNGER RELIEF, STEM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 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\">$510,000<\/span> expand geographic footprint of the Mazda Foundation&#8217;s work in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 26, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year, reinforcing 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 has awarded over <span class=\"xn-money\">$510,000<\/span> to organizations across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5c42left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg5c42left\" 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 grants we&#8217;re announcing today reaffirm our commitment to the highly successful partnerships we&#8217;ve built over the past five years,&#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;Many of these partnerships offer valuable opportunities for Mazda employees to volunteer their time and share their creativity and expertise with the next generation \u2013 a core value of our company.&#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>. Funding for programs will continue this year in <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>, and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Huntsville, AL<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore, MD<\/span>, areas. New for 2025, the Mazda Foundation and its partners will launch programs around <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston, TX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s awards will bring STEM education and workforce development programs to underserved young adults in high school and beyond. Additionally, the Mazda Foundation continues its work to bolster food security in <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County, CA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Awards include the following:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b><u>Food Security<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b>\u00a0funding for <b><i>Second Harvest Food Bank<\/i><\/b> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Irvine, CA<\/span>), marking the 20<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive year of support.<\/li>\n<li><b><u>Education<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b>\u00a0funding 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 9 schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>, and the launch of 16 additional programs over the next two years in <span class=\"xn-location\">Greater Chicago<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Greater Huntsville, AL<\/span>; 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>); and funding for two years of <b><i>AVID <\/i><\/b>programming in five schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Brooklyn, N.Y.<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Harris County, TX.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><u>Workforce Development<\/u><\/b><b>:<\/b>\u00a0funding for the fourth 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.<br \/><\/b>As the corporate foundation of Mazda North American Operations (MNAO), the Mazda Foundation has donated more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$16 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=4370665-1&amp;h=2035777471&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=4370665-1&amp;h=3810676068&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 class=\"prntac\"><i>Grants totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$510,000<\/span> expand geographic footprint of the Mazda Foundation&#8217;s work in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 26, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Board of Trustees of the Mazda Foundation (<span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>) Inc., has awarded funding for seven programs this year, reinforcing the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269938","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=269938"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269949,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269938\/revisions\/269949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}