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ALL OUT FOR CHANGE®
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1:1 Match up to $25,000, on Donations & Event Sponsorship through Sunday, June 11th
Funding Partners & Sponsorship Opportunities; Sponsorship Donations; Donations
​Our Goal in 2023 is to Provide Larger Awards for tuition gaps & supplemental
expenses to minimize student loan debt, the ScholarShipWreck effect.

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oin us June 11th for
Fun & Games, Music, Inspiration, Awards, Food & Beverages
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11am - 2:30pm · Sunday, June 11, 2023
Pre-and Post-Program Receptions: 11am - noon; 1:30 - 2:30pm
Noon- 1:30pm, Enjoy Our Program Celebrating Stories of Achievement & Excellence in Education

Come when you can & join in the fun

Outdoors - DC International School Grounds
(a
t The Parks at Walter Reed - Parking lot entrance off Aspen St NW)

 Expect a Fun, Memorable Sunday - For All Ages!

FUNDRAISING FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
Video: Jamie Sandel
Watch & Share Our 1-minute Video
WE’RE EXCITED TO celebrate the achievements of the DCI Class of 2023
​and our Supplemental Scholarship Award recipients from 2021-2023.
​Supplemental Support​
Veterinarian, Biologist/Researcher, Opera Singer, IT Professional are among their goals. The lives of students we support are vastly different from their wealthier peers. All Out for Change®, through donations toward our Supplemental Scholarship fund, helps financially disadvantaged, ambitious, college scholarship recipients with great potential ease their journey toward degrees, professions, and upward mobility for themselves and their families. ​

Supplemental Scholarship Awards are invaluable contributions to student success helping them with application fees and travel to visit schools; with quality laptops, iPads; and funds to cover the cost of college essentials, like transportation to college, $150 textbooks, clothes for interviews, and tuitions gaps; all to help them stay in school and avoid racking up student loan debt.

Supplemental Scholarship funds will be awarded for fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters: to the 2021 and 2022 DC International Charter School (DCI) graduates throughout college, and to a new cohort of 2023 DCI college bound scholarship recipients; and Anthony Anderson, who has benefited from awards since 2017 for undergrad application fees and travel to audition that led to 3 full-ride scholarship offers, and iPad that proved invaluable, grad school application fees and travel for auditions, and replacement laptop for his old one. For a quick overview of All Out for Change®, view our Executive Summary. 
Pre-and Post-Program Receptions
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About Sol: "He's toured the world with some of the biggest names in funk and blues...He's the fiery guitarist known as Sol, and his influences span the country, and the globe" - On Tap Magazine
Quench your thirst and hunger before the noon program begins and enjoy entertainment by Sol Roots Band. Play bocce ball and cornhole, sit with a caricature artist.  Meet and mingle with our guest performers, speakers,  All Out for Change® team members, DCI grads and our Scholarship Award recipients. Enjoy beverages including the best fresh juice in DC, Fight Juice;  BBQ and small plates provided by local restaurants. 
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Caricature Artist
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Play cornhole
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Play bocce
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Rocklands BBQ
BID ON AUCTION ITEMS:
 · 2-night DC Staycation,  Donohoe Hospitality. 
· Wine Tasting for 20, Total Wine & More.
Enjoy Our Program Celebrating Stories of Achievement & Excellence in Education
Honoring Cody Long of DC International School with The Angelo & Melvena Puglisi Award for Excellence in Education. The award pays  tribute to their commitment to academic achievement, education, and helping others as others helped both of them in their pursuit of careers and business success, their rise from poverty. View the Program.
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When Anthony crossed paths with Michael their exciting journey unfolded. Nine years ago, when Anthony asked his teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in DC to be his mentor, Michael reflected as he accepted the honor, “here’s a young man who has a very special talent.”  See and hear what Michael foresaw back then. With numerous supplemental scholarship awards since 2017, Anthony’s achievements and good fortune have multiplied, including a full scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory, a Today Show interview, and news coverage; and grad school at University of Maryland Opera Studio. As he once remarked, “it takes a village!”


​​"But the most miraculous part of my story is not me- it is the people who kept me from falling through the cracks, the people who saved my life."

Author & Guest Speaker,
Richard White


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​Our guest speaker, Richard Antoine White, has an amazing story of overcoming challenges,
climbing upward from extreme poverty (his page-turning read, I”m Possible can be purchased through our eye-opening stories page).  "Principal Tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic. Richard enjoys teaching at the University of New Mexico, where he is Associate Professor of tuba/euphonium, and Associate Director of the Spirit Marching Band.” University of New Mexico, Richard White.  Watch his documentary video
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When students cross paths with pivotal people and exceptional academic programs in the public school system, like DC International and Duke Ellington School of the Arts, they embark on exciting journeys, accomplishing things they never imagined. From the dark corner of our educational system’s inequities some fortunate youths’ lives take a sharp turn onto an expensive unfamiliar path for their families, toward higher education.  The tragic price they pay for their achievements of exceptional academic performance, partial college scholarship offers and financial aid packages take them on a perilous financially challenging journey.
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One DCI grad during her first year remarked in our survey (read more below): “…the reason I could not keep up with my classmates, was not because of my academics however because of money.  I am so grateful to have heard of this wonderful organization and want to thank you guys so much for the help and support.” We provide the support everyone of our supplemental scholarship students deserve throughout their years in college to keep their dreams on track: college degrees, professional goals, and upward mobility. They have achieved excellence and deserve to continue to do so without sinking in debt and dropping out. 
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When ambition meets good fortune, dreams emerge & their achievement.

Here's How You Can Make a Difference 
SOS - Support Our Scholars through our Supplemental Scholarship Fund. This quote from our student survey reveals a typical stumbling block:  Has there been a time when a tuition gap could have prevented your continued enrollment in your college and university? Would funds for tuition be helpful?  “Funds going towards my tuition would be extremely helpful to me in so many ways.One time my mom and I were late for my course fees and they threatened to drop my classes… they placed my account on hold again. Once I paid the tuition they asked for and they took me off of hold, the classes I needed to take for my major (Marine Biology) requirement were already taken and they are not offered every quarter, meaning I have to wait for my sophomore year to take them. It was a very humiliating time, because the reason I could not keep up with my classmates, was not because of my academics however because of money.  I am so grateful to have heard of this wonderful organization and want to thank you guys so much for the help and support.”
1:1 Match up to $25,000, on Donations & Event Sponsorship through Sunday, June 11th
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For Individuals and Families
DONATE - SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARS
​Donations of any size are welcome. Bring friends and family.
​Join our Student Debt Buster Circle:  $100+ Chisel · $250+ Hammer · $500+ Sledge Hammer · $1,000+ Jack Hammer
​$2,500+ Powercutter · $5,000+ Bulldozer · $10,000+ Wrecking Ball
 
Funding Partners & Sponsorship Opportunities for Organizations
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Coming on board as an Event Sponsor includes year-round visibility, depending on your level, as a 2023 Funding Partner.
Funding Partner - Sponsors, Onward & Upward levels:  Moon $25,000+ · Mercury  $10,000+ · Venus $5,000+ ·  Mars $2,500+  ·  Jupiter $1,000+ · Saturn $500+
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The sooner you submit the sponsor form, the sooner your recognition benefits begin. To schedule a time to discuss opportunities, email maryann: maryann@alloutforchange.org.
Funding Partner & Sponsor Package
Funding Partner & Sponsor Donations
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We believe that youth, regardless of family wealth, deserve an opportunity to achieve. All Out for Change® helps public high school students overcome disadvantages our educational system's inequities present. The organization raises funds to cultivate competitive college and scholarship candidates, and helps full and partial-scholarship recipients with the myriad of essentials their wealthier peers’ families can afford, such as laptops, transportation to and from college, clothes for job interviews, meals, dorm and school supplies, and scholarship tuition gaps that prevent registration if not paid. 

To learn more explore the website. Features include: ​5 interviews conducted by Anthony, filled with insightful illuminating conversation with students and young professionals; eye-opening conundrum stories, and the ​​inspiring success stories that emerge.
Introducing Supporters Going All Out for Change®,
propelling students toward success with less financial stress and less deb
t
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ONWARD & UPWARD CORPORATE SPONSORS

VENUS  
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A locally owned & independent pharmacy that offers personalized attention to your patient care.
JUPITER ​
​Jim Cocco, CPA, LLC​
Epic Consolidated Services LLC
Residential concierge, cleaning, and building support services within the greater DC community.
Infinity Design Solutions LLC
A DC-based full-service general contracting company specializing in repair and renovation of buildings and facilities in historic designated neighborhoods and the commercial-zoned CBD.
SATURN
Sandy Spring Bank
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 We are not about deals and transactions. We are about lifelong interactions and making a difference in the lives of our clients, employees and community.
Eagle Bank
We were founded on the realization that banks were largely failing their communities because they were simply not part of them. So with a desire to change that, we set a new standard for banking.​
 Georgetown Auto Service
Quality, personalized service on European, Asian, Domestic, Hybrid and some Electric vehicles; minor to major repairs by skilled mechanics.
Become a Funding Partner to add your company name here.    
STUDENT DEBT BUSTERS
 Leslie Barbour ·  Desmond Fitzgerald · Susan & Robert Baldassari · Samuel Jennings · Pamela Wood · Ann & Richard Fieldhouse · MaryAnn Puglisi · Angelo Puglisi · Verena Ruesch · April Springer · Brian Pollock · Steven LeBeau · Betty Weiss · Sevgi Koklu · Linda Sartori · Noreen Banks · Pat Biscoe · Sally Dunkelberger · Kramerbooks

Donations of $100 and up are recognized as a Student Debt Buster 
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Fight Juice · Macs on Demand · Residence Inn Dupont Circle ·  Total Wine & More ·  Donohoe Hospitality Services
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Spread the Word via Instagram,  Facebook and YouTube
Please help cultivate awareness of our students’ conundrums, our event, and need for support.
All Out for Change® raises awareness of less privileged high school students’ hurdles, supports high school graduates and college prep programs, and gives students more opportunities to pursue degrees, professions,
and upward mobility.


1431 21st St. NW · Suite 302  |  Washington, DC 20036  | 202-857-8384
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All Out for Change® is a registered 501(c)(3) charity: donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.


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