KeyBank Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant To Make the Road To Support ESOL Classes for Low-Income Immigrants in Westchester
KeyBank Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant To Make the Road To Support ESOL Classes for Low-Income Immigrants in Westchester
TARRYTOWN, NY / ACCESSWIRE / February 7, 2024 / KeyBank announces a two-year, $100,000 community impact grant made through KeyBank Foundation to Make The Road New York, the largest participatory immigrant organization in New York. The grant will help sustain the organization's Westchester Adult Education Project, which educates low-income immigrant adults in Westchester with English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Civics classes. With KeyBank's funding, the program will be able to serve at least 40 ESOL students each year, helping them improve their communication skills to better integrate into the community and live more economically stable and healthier lives.
紐約州塔裏敦/ACCESSWIRE/2024年2月7日/KeyBank宣佈通過KeyBank基金會向紐約最大的參與式移民組織Make The Road New York提供爲期兩年、價值10萬美元的社區影響力補助金。這筆贈款將有助於維持該組織的威徹斯特成人教育項目，該項目爲威徹斯特的低收入移民成年人提供英語教育（ESOL）和公民課程。在KeyBank的資助下，該計劃每年將能夠爲至少40名ESOL學生提供服務，幫助他們提高溝通技巧，以更好地融入社區，過上更經濟穩定和更健康的生活。
Students served by the Westchester Adult Education Project are from Mexico, Guatemala and across Central and South America, many working in low-wage jobs with lack of access to healthcare and experiencing housing instability. ESOL classes support students to learn English so they can advocate for their rights at work, interact with healthcare providers, help their children with schooling, and more. Civics classes support eligible students to prepare for their citizenship exams. KeyBank's funds will be used for program implementation including personnel.
威徹斯特成人教育項目所服務的學生來自墨西哥、危地馬拉以及中美洲和南美洲，許多人從事低工資工作，缺乏醫療保健機會，住房不穩定。ESOL 課程支持學生學習英語，這樣他們就可以在工作中倡導自己的權利，與醫療保健提供者互動，幫助孩子上學等等。公民課程支持符合條件的學生爲入籍考試做準備。KeyBank的資金將用於包括人員在內的計劃實施。
Westchester Adult Education Project student Edna Contreras is very grateful for KeyBank's support. "The (ESOL) classes have helped me improve my communication skills and now I am able to have a fluent conversation with my doctor, at work with my boss, and with the teachers at my son's school," she said. "A new grant from the KeyBank Foundation will enable these classes to continue to help dozens more immigrants in Westchester learn English, get better jobs, and navigate life in New York."
威徹斯特成人教育項目的學生埃德娜·孔特雷拉斯非常感謝KeyBank的支持。她說：“（ESOL）課程幫助我提高了溝通技巧，現在我能夠與我的醫生、工作中的老闆以及我兒子學校的老師進行流利的交談。”“KeyBank基金會的新撥款將使這些課程能夠繼續幫助威徹斯特的數十名移民學習英語，找到更好的工作，並駕馭紐約的生活。”
Make The Road New York annually serves 30,000 immigrants from across the Hudson Valley, Long Island and New York City. Their centers are neighborhood hubs providing educational programs, as well as wraparound services such as immigration legal services, computer and financial literacy, employment training and job placement, health insurance and benefits enrollment, and more.
Make The Road New York 每年爲來自哈德遜河谷、長島和紐約市的 30,000 名移民提供服務。他們的中心是社區中心，提供教育項目以及全方位服務，例如移民法律服務、計算機和金融知識、就業培訓和就業安置、健康保險和福利登記等。
"KeyBank believes in doing our part to improve the lives of disadvantaged populations in our neighborhoods through education, workforce development, and community investment," said KeyBank Market President John Manginelli. "As a company recognized for our strong Diversity, Equity and Inclusion culture, we welcome people of all cultures to our community and are proud to help support their successful assimilation."
KeyBank市場總裁約翰·曼吉內利表示：“KeyBank相信儘自己的一份力量，通過教育、勞動力發展和社區投資來改善我們社區弱勢群體的生活。”“作爲一家因其強大的多元化、公平和包容性文化而獲得認可的公司，我們歡迎所有文化背景的人加入我們的社區，並很自豪能夠幫助他們成功融入我們的社區。”
KeyBank's grant to Make The Road New York is part of the bank's $40 billion community investments plan focused on economic access and equity to communities across the country. The scope of the plan includes investments and lending in affordable housing, home lending, small business lending, green initiatives, and transformative philanthropy targeted toward workforce development, education, and safe, vital neighborhoods for underserved communities and populations.
KeyBank向Make The Road New York提供的撥款是該銀行400億美元社區投資計劃的一部分，該計劃側重於全國各地社區的經濟准入和公平性。該計劃的範圍包括對經濟適用房、住房貸款、小企業貸款、綠色倡議和變革性慈善事業的投資和貸款，旨在爲服務不足的社區和人口提供勞動力發展、教育以及安全、重要的社區。
About Make The Road
關於 Make The Road
Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice. We do this through four key strategies: community organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and the provision of legal and survival services. We serve 30,000 New Yorkers a year from our vibrant community centers in Brooklyn, Long Island, Queens, Staten Island, and Westchester.
Make the Road New York（MRNY）增強了移民和工人階級社區實現尊嚴和正義的力量。我們通過四項關鍵戰略來做到這一點：社區組織、政策創新、變革性教育以及提供法律和生存服務。我們每年通過位於布魯克林、長島、皇后區、史坦頓島和威徹斯特的充滿活力的社區中心爲30,000名紐約人提供服務。
About KeyCorp/KeyBank
關於 Keycorp/KeyBan
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $188 billion at December 31, 2023. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,200 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit KeyBank is Member FDIC
KeyCorp的歷史可以追溯到將近200年前的紐約奧爾巴尼。Key總部位於俄亥俄州克利夫蘭，是美國最大的銀行類金融服務公司之一，截至2023年12月31日，其資產約爲1880億美元。Key通過由大約1,000個分支機構和大約1,200臺自動櫃員機組成的網絡，以KeyBank全國協會的名義向15個州的個人和企業提供存款、貸款、現金管理和投資服務。Key還以KeyBanc Capital Markets的商品名向美國選定行業的中間市場公司提供廣泛的複雜的企業和投資銀行產品，例如併購建議、公共和私人債務和股權、銀團和衍生品。欲了解更多信息，請訪問 KeyBank 是聯邦存款保險公司成員
About KeyBank Foundation:
關於 KeyBank 基金會:
KeyBank Foundation serves to fulfill KeyBank's purpose to help clients and communities thrive, and its mission is to support organizations and programs that prepare people for thriving futures. The Foundation's mission is advanced through three funding priorities - neighbors, education, and workforce - and through community service. To provide meaningful philanthropy that transforms lives, KeyBank Foundation listens carefully to understand the unique characteristics and needs of its communities and then backs solutions with targeted philanthropic investments. KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation, funded by KeyCorp.
KeyBank 基金會旨在實現KeyBank幫助客戶和社區蓬勃發展的宗旨，其使命是支持使人們爲繁榮的未來做好準備的組織和計劃。基金會的使命通過三個資助優先事項——鄰居、教育和勞動力——以及社區服務來推進。爲了提供有意義的慈善事業，改變生活，KeyBank Foundation仔細傾聽其社區的獨特特徵和需求，然後通過有針對性的慈善投資來支持解決方案。KeyBank 基金會是一個非營利性慈善基金會，由 KeyCorp 資助。
CONTACT: Karen Crane. Regional Communications Manager | 203-789-2752 | Karen_crane@keybank.com
聯繫人：凱倫·克蘭。區域傳播經理 | 203-789-2752 | Karen_crane@keybank.com
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Spokesperson: KeyBank
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發言人：KeyBank
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