SUCCESS STORIES

COMPUTER DONATIONS

"The support of SDFF could not come at a better time, an early Christmas present that will help countless veterans in their search for meaningful employment and a life-sustaining wage. Your donation will more than double our available work stations and the higher speed capability will allow more clients to use the system each day."

Phil Landis, Chief Executive Officer
Veterans Village of San Diego

"San Diego Futures Foundation’s donation will be put to great use in presentations to various agencies/organizations/companies/families and mothers, to inform and educate them on pre-conception health, pre-natal care, premature birth and advances made to give every baby a healthy start in life."

Nancy A. Coate
Executive Director
March of Dimes
San Diego-Imperial Division

"SDFF’s donation will cut in half the implementation costs to four new schools in January 2009. I want to share my compliments with you concerning your staff. Everyone who I have worked with has been attentive, friendly and timely."

Bill Bailey
Executive Director
Bayfield Foundation
Music IQ Club

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

San Diego Futures Foundation manages an internship program for City Heights students at Hoover High School ‘s Academy Of Information Technology.

• SDFF Intern of the Year 2009 - Amanuel Weldemariam

Amanuel Weldemariam was selected as the SDFF- Hoover High School Academy of Information Technology 2009 Intern of the Year. Amanuel has an enormous interest in technology. “He wanted to learn as much as he could during the internship.” said Internship Instructor, Jerry Arenas. Amanuel was presented a HP laptop computer at Hoover High – AOIT year-end recognition ceremony in May. First runner up Intern of the Year was Steven Lee. Steven is also enthusiastic about technology and provided a lot of support to his class members. Steven was presented a Nikon Sure Shot digital camera.

SDFF trained 30 Hoover High School AOIT students this school year through the internship program. The 2008-2009 interns demonstrated an average learning gain of 31% and performed a total of 451 community services hours. Price Charities has generously funded the SDFF internship program since 2005. Their support has resulted in 458 students participating in the internship experience, 19,451 hours of community service performed at a value of $291,772.