USC campuses host GNC kickoff event

The Good Neighbors Campaign officially kicked off this year’s fundraising drive with dual celebrations on USC’s two main campuses.
The Good Neighbors Campaign officially kicked off this year’s fundraising drive with dual celebrations on USC’s two main campuses.
A fifth-grade homework assignment at 28th Street School dramatically changed Jonathan Ruiz’s life.
“Not having someone to turn to about academic questions was a struggle during my early educational career and meant that I had a lot of work to do on my own,” said Esther Mojica ’12, a first-generation college graduate.
The USC Good Neighbors Campaign surpassed its 2011 goal by raising $1.5 million last year – 100 percent of which will be used on partnership programs in the neighborhoods around the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
A new Web-based application system will make it easier to apply for the USC Neighborhood Outreach (UNO) grant. The deadline is Feb. 24.
Living Advantage Inc., a 2011 USC Neighborhood Outreach grant recipient, plans to make life easier for youth exiting the foster care system at Foshay Learning Center by implementing its Virtual Assistant Living and Educational program at the school.
The most dedicated supporters of USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign (GNC) enjoyed a night of Greek food, music and entertainment at the home of President C. L. Max Nikias and first lady Niki C. Nikias in San Marino on Oct. 6.
Now in its 18th year, the USC Good Neighbors Campaign kicked off Sept. 28 with a celebration at Alumni Park.
A record-number of USC staff and faculty donated more money than years past to ring up the most successful Good Neighbors Campaign to date.
Seven-year-old Nancy Robles isn’t yet sure what a tutor is, but she knows she has a reading buddy.
Ten thousand dollars can buy a lot of school supplies and storybooks.
As budgets are slashed and layoffs increase, business courses for high school students are not often a priority.
There have been more than a few celebrations for the 10th USC president in the past few months, with more to come. They have featured an appearance by Traveler the horse and the Trojan Marching Band. In addition, Los Angeles officials proclaimed, not just a day but a week in honor of Steven B. and Kathryn Sample.
The 2009 USC Good Neighbors Campaign, launched in October in tough recessionary times, exceeded its goal with a record $1.2 million given by USC faculty and staff.
“I am a product of the impoverished families that struggle every day,” said new lawyer Yuri Guardado as she gave heartfelt thanks to the USC Trojans who help fund the Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI).
Stay active and stay healthy – that important message has been delivered to hundreds of children as part of the Fit Families Program from the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.
USC Neighborhood Outreach awarded $850,000 to nearly 40 neighborhood programs at ceremonies on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses during the week of June 8.
Despite the troubled economy, the Trojan Family has made helping others a priority by reaching a record-breaking goal of $1.1 million for the 2008 USC Good Neighbors Campaign.
The University’s Good Neighbors Campaign will draw to close Oct. 31 with a strong turnout being crucial to reaching this year’s goal of $1.1 million.
Hope and change are being tossed around quite a bit this election season, but at USC those two words have important meanings throughout the year.
Faculty, staff, students ponder the importance of donating to the annual Good Neighbors Campaign.
On the eve of the 2008 USC Good Neighbors Campaign, leaders of the Keck School of Medicine called on staff and faculty to participate more fully in the program and to become more active in the University’s outreach efforts to the community.
Annual effort to improve the community through partnerships looks to raise more than last year.