{"id":48088,"date":"2016-09-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-orange-county-hispanic-education-endowment-fund-announces-23rd-anniversary-celebration-dinner\/"},"modified":"2016-09-20T17:45:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:45:02","slug":"el-fondo-de-dotacion-del-condado-de-orange-para-la-educacion-hispana-anuncia-cena-de-celebracion-del-23o-aniversario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-fondo-de-dotacion-del-condado-de-orange-para-la-educacion-hispana-anuncia-cena-de-celebracion-del-23o-aniversario\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund Announces 23rd Anniversary Celebration Dinner"},"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><span class=\"xn-location\">NEWPORT BEACH, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 20, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) is pleased to announce its 23rd Anniversary Celebration Dinner on <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, November 10<\/span>, 2016.\u00a0 <\/b>The event will take place at the Westin South Coast Plaza, located at 686 Anton Boulevard in Costa Mesa.\u00a0 The annual fundraiser is HEEF&#8217;s signature event to support its scholarship program for Hispanic youth in <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County<\/span>, and recognize outstanding individuals who positively impact the lives and education of Hispanic students.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to announcing the 2016 student scholarship recipients, this year&#8217;s HEEF Anniversary Celebration will include a memorial tribute to Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Francisco Lara<\/span>.\u00a0 Dr. Lara served at <span class=\"xn-org\">UCLA<\/span> and UCI for 35 years, in roles including UCI&#8217;s Emeritus Assistant Vice Chancellor, and Dean at UCLA.\u00a0 He was a founding member of HEEF, and an advocate for underserved Hispanic students seeking higher education.\u00a0 This year, HEEF will inaugurate the Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Visionary Leadership Award, as well as acknowledge these honorees:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Apple of Gold for Excellence in Education:<\/b>\u00a0 Nancy Dervis, Santa Ana Unified School District Educator for 35 years, Retired <\/li>\n<li><b>HEEF Scholar Alumnus Award:<\/b>\u00a0 S. Oliver L\u00f3pez N\u00e1jera, Ph.D. Biostatistics, <span class=\"xn-org\">Chapman University<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><b>Corporate Partner Award:<\/b>\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Villegas<\/span>, Vice President, Latin Affairs, The Coca Cola Company <\/li>\n<li><b>The Inaugural Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Visionary Leadership Award<\/b>: Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Silas H. Abrego<\/span>, CSU Board of Trustees, formerly serving in national capacities advocating for Latinos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Shelley Hoss<\/span>, president of the Orange County Community Foundation which stewards the HEEF endowment, says, &#8220;It is incredibly inspiring see HEEF&#8217;s growth and how it has evolved to meet the needs of deserving students. We congratulate HEEF on the difference they make in the lives of so many of <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County&#8217;s<\/span> most promising young people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund<br \/><\/b>HEEF was established at the Orange County Community Foundation in 1994. The focus of HEEF is to provide scholarships, mentoring, and support to Hispanic youth in <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County<\/span>, California.\u00a0 Funds are dedicated to students in early learning and pre-college stages, and on scholarships for those that are college bound.\u00a0 Since 1994, more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$2.5 million<\/span> has been awarded to thousands of students. \u00a0For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heef.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.heef.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<\/b> <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Beth Binger<\/span> <br \/>BCIpr <br \/>619-987-6658 <br \/><a href=\"mailto:beth.binger@BCIpr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">beth.binger@BCIpr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEWPORT BEACH, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 20, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) is pleased to announce its 23rd Anniversary Celebration Dinner on <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, November 10<\/span>, 2016.\u00a0 <\/b>The event will take place at the Westin South Coast Plaza, located at 686 Anton Boulevard in Costa Mesa.\u00a0 The annual fundraiser is HEEF&#8217;s signature event to support its scholarship program for Hispanic youth in &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48088","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=48088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}