Category: CSF in the News
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Spotlight on CSF Supporter Mike McGuiness
On Sunday, March 18th, Young Leaders Board member Mike McGuiness will be racing in the United Airlines NYC Half marathon for the Children’s Scholarship Fund. Mike is one of five Young Leaders Board members raising awareness and scholarship funding for CSF and we could not be more grateful for their support! Please check out and support or share…
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CSF Family Spotlighted in New Hampshire Governor’s State of the State Address
CSF New Hampshire Alumnus Angel Encarnacion and his mother, Shalimar, were honored as special guests of Governor Chris Sununu at his State of the State address this morning. The governor told Angel and Shalimar’s story as he discussed the importance of giving parents choice and flexibility in their children’s education, leading to a standing ovation:…
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CSF Joins Lively School Choice Week Celebration in NH
This week in Manchester, CSF was proud to mark National School Choice Week at a lively celebration that brought together several hundred people who braved freezing rain and icy roads! Families, students and representatives of schools and enrichment programs of all types gathered to hear remarks from Governor Chris Sununu and education advocate and charter…
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CSF President Darla Romfo’s op-ed on federal tax credit appears in The Hill
Today, The Hill published an op-ed by CSF President Darla M. Romfo titled, “Tax-credit scholarships: America’s chance for a 50-state education win.” We rightfully talk a great deal about income inequality in this country, as well as the need to improve education, particularly among low-income children. Bridging the income gap starts with providing a solid…
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CSF Celebrates School Choice Week in New Hampshire
Yesterday, CSF celebrated National School Choice Week in New Hampshire with a coalition of educational organizations, schools, and families. The group of about 200 heard from special guest Governor Chris Sununu, who spoke about the need for parents to have educational options for their children and how his own family has experienced public and private schools, as well…
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CSF Mom Camille Talks Scholarships and Tax Credits in Albany
CSF Mom Camille Hastick-Ortiz traveled to Albany this week with a group from Macademy School of Science and Technology in Brooklyn to meet with legislators and discuss the Education Scholarship Tax Credit legislation currently under consideration in Albany. Camille’s son, Daniel, is a CSF Scholar in Kindergarten at Macademy, and loves school so much he…
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CSF Families Support Education Tax Credit in Albany
This Tuesday, a group of CSF Scholars, parents, and alumni travelled to Albany with CSF President Darla Romfo to support the Education Scholarship Tax Credit, which would empower many more New York families with scholarships. The group, including CSF alum and College of Saint Rose sophomore Kimberly Walch, CSF parents Soula Adam and Sara Libeyeme, and Sara’s children, Farida…
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POLITICO New York Features CSF in Tax Credit Coverage
This Tuesday, POLITICO New York featured CSF in a piece by Keshia Clukey about the proposed education tax credit discussed at a joint budget hearing in Albany that day. CSF President Darla M. Romfo testified at the hearing with a group including CSF families and alumni, school administrators, and Derrell Bradford, Executive Director of the…
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Albany Times Union Publishes CSF President’s Letter Supporting Proposed Education Tax Credit
The Albany Times Union has published a letter to the editor from CSF President Darla M. Romfo supporting the proposed Education Tax Credit, which was recently passed by the New York Senate and included in Governor Cuomo’s budget. In her letter, written in response to an editorial in the paper, Ms. Romfo argued that the…
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CSF in Today’s Wall Street Journal
Today’s Wall Street Journal opinion page examines “Zuckerberg’s $100 Million Lesson,” arguing, “The Facebook CEO would have been better off funding scholarships….” The piece affirms what we already know first-hand about these contributions: scholarships have “the potential to alter the lives not only of individual students, but entire communities.” With regard to CSF, the op-ed noted:…
