ALA Honors Community Organizers

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ALAN TAM
News Editor

The Alhambra Latino Association’s (ALA) annual Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner and Dance will be held on May 20.
Headed by teachers, administrators and parents, ALA is an organization that encourages the educational growth of students in the San Gabriel Valley.
The event is meant to present scholarships to one student from each high school within the district. One senior from each of Alhambra Unified School Districts’s Century, Mark Keppel, San Gabriel, Independence and Alhambra High Schools will receive a five-hundred dollar grant from the association.
In addition to helping graduating, college-bound students, there will also be a ceremony in honor of Alhambra Unified School District’s community coordinators, including Alhambra High School’s Josephine Chen and Nelly Chong.
“We feel honored to be recognized as a group,” Chen said.
When ALA announced the decision in February, it was decided that all of the district’s coordinators were to be awarded.
“It would be unjust not [to] include all of them,” said ALA President Rosy Aguilar. “The community organizers have helped translate at assemblies and phone messages. This group does so much for the schools and the parents.”
ALA will prepare a buffet containing an assortment of Latino dishes. Steve Valdez “Two Dogs” Band and saxophonist Javier Vergara will provide live music. Joe Rodriguez will be the master of ceremonies at the event.
The money raised from the ALA Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner and Dance will go towards next year’s round of grants. ALA hopes to double the award scholarship given to deserving seniors.
Tickets can be purchased for $40 each and are ordered through fliers distributed to teachers. The flier can also be found online at www.alhambralatinoassociation.com.