Mission Statement
Seeds for College is a university-affiliated and community-based foundation
with the goal of helping inner city minority children to successfully graduate
from high school and award them seed money to go to college.
College in the 21st century must be every child’s birthright and
the foundation’s goal is to increase every year the number of inner
city minority youth who finish High School successfully and go on to college.
Seeds for College was founded in 2005 and has educational and financial
goals for the future of inner-city youth. It has a hands-on pedagogical
structure that begins with recruiting a small group of students through
a summer workshop led by University of Rochester faculty and community
leaders. The workshop takes place at the North Street Community Center
in Rochester NY and is followed by a yearlong program staffed by volunteers,
students from the University of Rochester and community organizations.
The program includes a weekly meeting for tutoring and homework, creative
writing classes, and university campus visits and special programs such
the university’s pre-college academic programs for Middle and High
Schools students. All of these educational activities are designed
to help the teens stay in school and pave their way to plan for a college
education.
Seeds for College awards $100 a year for each student in the program
who does well in school. The award involves a partnership agreement
with the students: the students have to participate in the weekly program
and other organized activities and they need to commit to do well in each
school year. In return there would be seed money when they go to college.
Seeds for College donations are managed (at no cost) by the University
of Rochester. Donations are tax-exempt and 100% of each donation goes to
the students. Donations can be made to U of R Seeds for College and mailed
to:
Rose Marie Ferreri
Department of Anthropology
RC Box 270161 440 Lattimore Hall
University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y. 14627
Ayala Emmett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
and Founder
Seeds for College
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