{"id":42779,"date":"2015-09-24T20:04:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/mi-escuelita-launches-wingsfordreams-movement\/"},"modified":"2015-09-25T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T21:44:48","slug":"mi-escuelita-lanza-el-movimiento-wingsfordreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mi-escuelita-lanza-el-movimiento-wingsfordreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Mi Escuelita Launches #WingsForDreams Movement"},"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\/>\n<p\/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">DALLAS<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 24, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Cena de la Mariposa, the annual fundraising dinner benefiting the non-profit Mi Escuelita Preschool, kicked-off the organization&#8217;s fundraising season, breaking all previous records and raising more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$400,000<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270627<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270628<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270643<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>All funds raised will be used as scholarships for Mi Escuelita, which provides early-childhood education in English to non-English speaking children from low-income families throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>. &#8220;Each year, 95% of our graduating children qualify to transition directly to English speaking classrooms. This wouldn&#8217;t be possible without the gifts from our incredible supporting community,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Gayle Nave<\/span>, executive director of Mi Escuelita.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>At the event, the Mi Escuelita team unveiled their new fundraising campaign: #WingsForDreams. Developed by long-time partner ad agency Dieste Inc., it focuses on increasing people&#8217;s awareness about the Mi Escuelita mission, by allowing participants to thank mentors, professors, parents or friends who inspired them.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to participate: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Visit <i>WingsForDreams.com, <\/i><\/b>make the <span class=\"xn-money\">$1<\/span> online donation\u00a0 <br \/><b>Download<\/b>\u00a0your pre-outlined paper plane\u00a0 <br \/><b>Write<\/b>\u00a0on it the name of that person you want to thank for inspiring your dreams.\u00a0 <br \/><b>Record\u00a0<\/b>a creative video of yourself flying your plane.\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><b>Share<\/b>\u00a0your video on your preferred social media using #WingsForDreams, inviting someone else to join the movement.<\/p>\n<p><b>Monarch Award 2015.\u00a0 <br \/><\/b>This year Mi\u00a0Escuelita\u00a0recognized <span class=\"xn-person\">Tony Dieste<\/span>, a Hispanic entrepreneur and founder of Dieste Inc. with their highest honor award: the Monarch Award. Mr. Dieste is a long-time sponsor and supporter of Mi Escuelita, helping the entity to grow and serve over 600 children per year in <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>. &#8220;This is our way of thanking and congratulating our friend Tony on his commitment to education, Mi Escuelita and the <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Dallas<\/span>,&#8221; said Mrs. Nave. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Mi Escuelita Preschools <br \/><\/b>Mi Escuelita Preschool Inc. teaches English to children from all cultures and prepares them for academic success. A 501(c) (3) non-profit organization with five locations in Dallas, Texas, Mi Escuelita provides a unique service to low-income families with children considered to be &#8220;at-risk.&#8221; While remaining strongly dedicated to the preservation of each child&#8217;s cultural heritage, Mi Escuelita&#8217;s primary focus is to provide a safe, secure and nurturing environment where non-English speaking children of preschool age are taught the English language, pre-reading, literacy, and social skills necessary to have a successful experience in both school and life. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/miescuelita.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/miescuelita.org\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Betsy Orton\u00a0<\/span> <br \/>214- 244-5521\u00a0 <br \/><a href=\"mailto:borton@miescuelita.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">borton@miescuelita.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">DALLAS<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 24, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Cena de la Mariposa, the annual fundraising dinner benefiting the non-profit Mi Escuelita Preschool, kicked-off the organization&#8217;s fundraising season, breaking all previous records and raising more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$400,000<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150924\/270627<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0&lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion","category-titulares"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42779","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=42779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}