SportsHopes Spotlight: January 3, 2016

Aug 20, 2016 | Spotlight

SportsHopes welcomes new Student-Athlete Mentor, Ms. Garvey Buchongo, to our team. Garvey Buchongo is a hard-working, academic-focused and soft-spoken advocate for youth. In addition to being a senior and student-athlete at Hercules High School in Hercules, CA, she...

SportsHopes Spotlight: January 1, 2016

Aug 20, 2016 | Spotlight

SportsHopes welcomes a new member to our Board, Daniel Wright, a local community youth advocate who has referred numerous youth to SportsHopes for free college pathway assistance and who has himself assisted numerous youth on their pathways to college. Dan has also...

SportsHopes Fundraiser: December 19, 2015

Aug 20, 2016 | Fundraiser

Wonderful group of volunteers at our SportsHopes fundraiser held at a UC Berkeley Men’s Basketball game on 12.19.15. Donations in the name of the high school or community college Student-Athletes and/or their parents/guardians who volunteered this year will be...

SportsHopes Basics: December 10, 2015

Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

January 1 is an important date for those on the college pathway (2-year or 4-year colleges) as major financial aid applications start then. Recently I met with the Daniel family of Hayward, CA, to review finaid and related topics such as Work Study and...

SportsHopes Spotlight: December 5, 2015

Aug 20, 2016 | Spotlight

Upstanding young man, Donovan Kimball, shown here with his mom, Leah Kimball, is a new Student-Athlete Mentor for SportsHopes. Donovan is a 6’4″ 190 lbs. varsity football player (and basketball player) who has maintained good grades while at James Logan...