Friends of Downtown to award scholarships to more than 50 students

KUSI Newsroom,
Posted:

KUSI Newsroom

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Friends of Downtown is a local non-profit that is showing their support for students at San Diego City College.

They will be presenting $750 scholarship checks to 50 deserving students.

The organization is committed to the enhancement of San Diego’s downtown community through scholarships, community service, education and networking. They have awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships since 2000, and have been the largest contributor of single scholarships to San Diego City College.

Christine Baker, President of Friends of Downtown, and Destiny Gallegos-Munoz, Political Science Student at San Diego City College, were in studio to tell us about it.

Friends of Downtown Scholarship Awards Luncheon:

  • Thursday, Nov. 14 from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
  • San Diego City College, MS-140

For more info: http://fodsd.org & http://sdcity.edu/

 

Categories: In Studio Guests, Local San Diego News