{"id":61029,"date":"2018-05-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-vallarta-supermarkets-contributes-110000-to-local-education-organizations-to-support-higher-education-for-california-latino-students\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:02:14","slug":"supermercados-vallarta-contribuye-110000-a-organizaciones-educativas-locales-para-apoyar-la-educacion-superior-entre-los-estudiantes-latinos-de-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/supermercados-vallarta-contribuye-110000-a-organizaciones-educativas-locales-para-apoyar-la-educacion-superior-entre-los-estudiantes-latinos-de-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Vallarta Supermarkets Contributes $110,000 To Local Education Organizations To Support Higher Education For California Latino Students"},"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\">SYLMAR, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 1, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the nation&#8217;s largest Hispanic supermarket chains has announced it is contributing <span class=\"xn-money\">$110,000<\/span> to local education organizations to support Latino students seeking a university or college education in markets the company serves.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>With Vallarta Supermarkets&#8217; roots founded upon an immigrant family success story, the company values its customers and is proud to serve as a beacon for all, immigrant and non-immigrant, seeking quality grocery products and services. That beacon extends to our team members as well, many who like the founders, have strong immigrant roots and depend on their employment with Vallarta Supermarkets to provide for their families. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given our company&#8217;s immigrant roots, we recognize the importance of family, hard work and education. Consequently, we made a decision to contribute <span class=\"xn-money\">$110,000<\/span> toward scholarships for Latino students,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Castillo<\/span>, Marketing Director of Vallarta Supermarkets. &#8220;Many of our customers came to this country seeking the American Dream of a better life for themselves and their families.\u00a0 We want to help our customers obtain that dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vallarta Supermarkets will contribute a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$110,000<\/span> to the following organizations: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The Hispanic Education Foundation &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fresno Unified School District \u2013 <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Oxnard Community<\/span> College \u2013 <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>Youth Leaders Education Foundation &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hancock College &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-org\">Southwestern Community College<\/span> \u2013\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-org\">Antelope Valley College<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$15,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-org\">Victor Valley College<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>TELACU Education Foundation &#8211; <span class=\"xn-money\">$25,000<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We will be using multiple platforms to inform our customers of our scholarship contributions in local markets including: Vallarta Supermarket&#8217;s website, social media, and employee briefings,&#8221; Castillo continued. &#8220;We hope our customers will take advantage of this wonderful educational opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About Vallarta Supermarkets<\/b>: Since 1985, Vallarta Supermarkets has grown to a total of 50 stores throughout different counties in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Ventura<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Bernardino<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Kern<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Barbara<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Tulare<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span>). The Gonzalez family has adhered to their strong work ethic and has made it part of their company culture ensuring that all their team members, more than 8,000, strive for excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Castillo<\/span><br \/>(818) 966-6942<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Vallarta Supermarkets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SYLMAR, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 1, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the nation&#8217;s largest Hispanic supermarket chains has announced it is contributing <span class=\"xn-money\">$110,000<\/span> to local education organizations to support Latino students seeking a university or college education in markets the company serves.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>With Vallarta Supermarkets&#8217; roots founded upon an immigrant family success story, the company values its customers and is proud to serve as a&#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-61029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61029","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=61029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}