Category: The CSF Family
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Resources for CSF families during Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is creating extra challenges and hardships for many families. CSF has been offering our scholarship families information through email about resources that may be helpful – including where to pick up free meals for students, guidance on unemployment benefits and paid leave, and educational and enrichment resources to supplement their child’s school’s…
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Meet CSF’s NYC Half Marathon Team!
UPDATE: Due to the rapidly developing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the NYC Half, scheduled for Sunday, March 15, was cancelled on March 10. We look forward to Team CSF’s participation in next year’s race and are grateful to our dedicated runners and all who have supported them in this endeavor. For the sixth year in…
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Young Leaders Board and President’s Council Host Alumni Career Night
CSF alumni gathered recently with Young Leaders Board and President’s Council members for advice on making the most of college and navigating career options. Panelists included two of our President’s Council members, Reco Charity, a lawyer at Paul, Weiss, and Jason Tejada, a VP at Morgan Stanley and a CSF alum, and two Young Leaders…
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CSF Celebrates School Choice Week with Miss Virginia Screening
To celebrate National School Choice Week this year, CSF hosted more than 120 people – scholarship families, school leaders, supporters, and friends – for a movie screening of Miss Virginia. The feature film tells the story of Virginia Walden Ford’s tireless effort to lead a parent movement that convinced Congress and President George W. Bush…
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CSF Donor Spotlight with Reco Charity
Reco Charity is a member of CSF’s President’s Council and an attorney at Paul Weiss in New York City. Originally from Richmond, he earned a full scholarship to Virginia Tech and went on to graduate from Georgetown University Law Center. In 2018, he established the Reco Charity Fund “to serve and support inner city and…
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CSF Alumna Goes Hollywood
By CSF Alumna Nicole Serrato My name is Nicole Serrato. I am a CSF alumna, and this past summer showed me that CSF is the gift that keeps on giving. I received a scholarship from CSF to attend private school for 7th-10th grades in Los Angeles. I can honestly say the education I received from…
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Miss Virginia movie opens today in theaters and online!
By CSF President Darla M. Romfo A new movie opening today tells a story very dear to CSF’s mission of expanding educational opportunities and our belief that parents are the first educators of their children. A group of CSF families and staff recently had the chance to screen the movie at its NYC…
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In His Own Words: CSF Alum Antoine Peralta Castro
by CSF Alumnus Antoine Peralta Castro I am the oldest of four children. My mom and dad have worked hard every day to give us a brighter future. They both came from Mexico and lived a hard life there. My parents didn’t go to school all the time. My dad had to work to…
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Truly Free
By CSF President Darla M. Romfo In October 2014, a young man made his way out of Cuba in a rickety boat in the dark of night with a few other brave souls. By sheer force of will and a bit of luck they crossed the Gulf of Mexico to Mexico and then…
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CSF’s 2019 Champions for Children Celebration Marks 21 Years
Last week, CSF was honored to recognize CSF Alumnus Jason Tejada, education reform advocate Derrell Bradford, and investor and philanthropist Arthur Rock as this year’s Champions for Children. The event marked 21 years since CSF’s founding, during which time 174,000 students have benefitted from scholarships funded by CSF and its partners. Kicking off…
