May 02, 2024 | Big Day of Giving
Dedicated to closing the academic achievement gap in the sacramento region
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Closing the Gap is committed to helping local students prepare for their tomorrows. Unfortunately, the majority are graduating from high school unprepared. They are caught in the academic gap. The academic achievement gap is the fact that African American, Latino, Southeast Asian and low-income Whites are under-performing.
The reasons are many. But, there is no escaping the data, three out of four are finishing high school without having completed the coursework necessary to apply to college, no less be admitted. And while many advancements have been made through the efforts of educators, policy makers and non-profits, there still is an overwhelming number of students coming out of our high schools are not qualified to enter a four-year college or university. It is projected that over the next five to ten years, sixty percent of the jobs in high-growth fields now require or will require a four-year degree. Closing the Gap recognizes the need for bringing our students stronger and more abundant opportunities to achieve. And, so together with our partners we seek to continue our efforts to support programs seeking to do just that. Please join us in this endeavor. |
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Thank you to our sponsors throughout the Years
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Organizations
ABC 10 Above & Byond Cakes Ameriprise Financial, David Brown AT & T Cake Castle Bakery Cal Expo California Bank & Trust California Endowment Calmetrics Capital Unity Council CGI Children's Choice Pediatric Dental Coldwell Banker Comstock's Magazine CSUS College of Education Delegata Drexel University |
eRepublic Ettore's Bakery Flora Fresh Global Leadership Alliance Government Strategies HAH Associates Hernandez Strategy Group Icing on the Cupcake Inductive Automation Kingbird Farms Kiyo's Florist Konditorei Austrian Pastry Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard Let's Go MarkLogic M.H. Mohanna Development Mikuni |
Mojaddidi Law Mysherings New Faze Development NuStar Energy Project SAVE Raley's College Greens River City Bank Ron Davis Music Rudy Meyers Photography Sacramento Police Foundation School Innovation & Advocacy Serenity Dental Sharif Fine Jewelers Shaw / Yoder / Antwih SMUD University of Phoenix Wells Fargo |
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Individuals
Dr. Ayad Al-Qazzaz Drs. Rosalle & Metwalli Amer Douglas Blakkolb Larry Brooks Robert Calvin Sharon Chow Tatsuno Drake Mike Eaton Jon Fish Rick & Carol Fowler Sheri Hofer |
Charity Kenyon Steve Kessler Russel Lowery Ken Macias Kais Menoufy Cheryl Miles Jeanne Reeves Judith Ryan Bruce Saito Vanessa Sheared |
Sam & Fumi Shimada Dr. BJ Snowden Erika Sperbeck Fred Teichert Marielle Tsukamoto Timmi Uhlich Councilman Allen Warren CC Yin Allen & Lily Young |