Next year, 21 of our students will be graduating from high school! These are the first group of students we enrolled in 2019 and all of them have expressed interest in continuing their education or training for a specific career. We have launched a new Higher Education Program to make it easy for sponsors to continue their support of their student to help with the costs of higher education. In addition, we are encouraging those individuals who are not able to sponsor a student over many years to make donations to our Higher Education Program so that we can match sponsor contributions with other donations. By the way, donations to our Higher Education Program would make a great holiday gift! You would be providing the gift of education to a deserving student from our community. Click here for more information about this new program.

Thanks to the leadership of Program Coordinator Debbie Ritchie and her committed team of volunteer English coaches, more than 20 of our students receive English tutoring online and in person. And beginning in February, we will resume our successful COBAY Conversation Classes for a few weeks. This program provides an opportunity for high school students to practice their English conversation with native English speakers in a small group setting. Program Coordinators Laurie Davis and Lynn Duffy will be looking for teachers during the month of January. If you are interested in volunteering just a few hours a month in February and early March, please send an email to info@progresoapoyo.org with your contact information.

Mark your calendars for March 2, 2024 and join your friends for our annual Progreso Home Tour. We have several interesting homes lined up this year that we know you will enjoy viewing. Advance tickets are required and will go on sale January 31, 2024.