I received this yesterday and thought I would share it with you all. Please call her directly if you are interested in sending some of your TRiO students. R. Marmolejo [log in to unmask] TRiO...it works! From: Megan Sette [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:17 PM To: Ricardo Marmolejo Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Hi Ricardo, I wanted to follow up with you regarding Close Up. I also left you a message earlier today. We may have a bit of student scholarship funding available for our June 20th programs. Let me know if you or anyone involved in CenCal might be interested. They can call me directly for more information. Many thanks again for your interest and I look forward to hopefully hearing from you in the near future! Megan Sette Close Up Foundation 800 CLOSE UP (256-7387) Ext. 645 703-706-3645 Direct 424-245-4361 LA Office 571-481-2613 Fax www.closeup.org <http://www.closeup.org/> ________________________________ From: Megan Sette Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:44 PM To: 'Ricardo Marmolejo' Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Ricardo, Great chatting last week! I would love to help you bring a handful of the College of the Sequoias Upward Bound students on the Close Up Program later this spring. I know you mentioned you work with roughly 58 students, mostly juniors, from Lindsay, Farmersville, Woodlake and Firebaugh? As you know, the Close Up Foundation facilitates structured week-long programs in Washington, DC which feature a hands-on, civic education curriculum, and a behind the scenes look at our government. We run the programs every week of the school year and could easily collaborate with you and the principals at each of the high schools to seek approval and find a week for you to participate that works with everyone. Principals easily see the value in this program. This is a life changing program that gives students the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become informed and active individuals. Our curriculum brings classroom lessons to life and helps students understand how important they are to their communities. Each year we welcome over 2,000 students from California, and almost 20,000 students from across the country. Along-side their peers and our instructional staff, we provide students with the chance to witness democracy in action, and the ability to become more involved citizens. High school students even have the chance to navigate Capitol Hill and meet with their members of Congress, not to mention, the potential to earn college credit through the University of Virginia. We additionally receive financial aid funding from Congress for students who qualify, as well as provide full fellowships for adults to attend along with participants. We would be willing to award your personal your Upward Bound program with some financial aid funding to subsidize the cost for students to participate. We will provide a full adult scholarship for you or an adult to attend with the students, provided you have a group of 8 students participating. In the meantime, speak with the students and your colleagues and let me know if you wish to proceed on this, and I can help you through the process. I look forward to hopefully making this happen for you and your students. Kind regards, Megan ________________________________ From: Ricardo Marmolejo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:21 AM To: Megan Sette Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Megan I'm available today at 2:00pm PST and yes, I can be reached at (559) 737-5401. Ricardo Marmolejo [log in to unmask] TRiO...it works! From: Megan Sette [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:14 PM To: Ricardo Marmolejo Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Ricardo, Thank you for keeping in touch regarding Close Up! I would love to help you formulate a group. How about we chat tomorrow? Is the number below the best place to reach you? And yes, in the meantime, please pass a long anyone's info who is interested! I truly appreciate it! Thanks for your help and I look forward to hopefully working with you! Cheers, Megan ________________________________ From: Ricardo Marmolejo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:36 PM To: Megan Sette Subject: FW: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC By the way, I have a few students that I would like to nominate. What would be the next step to take? Sincerely; Ricardo Marmolejo, Director TRiO/Upward Bound Math & Science College of the Sequoias 915 S. Mooney Blvd. Visalia, CA 93277 o: (559) 737-5401 c: (559) 355-4289 f: (559) 737-6144 e: [log in to unmask] TRiO...it works! From: Ricardo Marmolejo Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:24 AM To: 'Megan Sette' Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Good Morning Megan, After meeting with other TRiO personnel, they asked me to forward your contact information to them. I've done just that, let's hope some have the opportunity to get in contact with you and that we are able to send some of our TRiO students to D.C. Ricardo Marmolejo [log in to unmask] TRiO...it works! From: Megan Sette [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:00 PM To: Ricardo Marmolejo Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Ricardo, And I am thrilled to hear of your relationship to the Close Up program! I still have my group photo too, all these years later! Isn't amazing!? Many thanks for your offer to share the information. Please let the other coordinators know that we still have a bit of federal funding available to subsidize the student tuition for qualifying students interested in participating on a program this school year, any week, from now, until July 1st,2010. I also have a plethora of fundraising information as well, and happy to help through the whole process. Thank you again, and I look forward to chatting in the near future, and hopefully working together soon! Cheers, Megan Sette Regional Manager, West Coast Close Up Foundation 800 CLOSE UP (256-7387) Ext. 645 703-706-3645 Direct 424-245-4361 LA Office 571-481-2613 Fax www.closeup.org <http://www.closeup.org/> ________________________________ From: Ricardo Marmolejo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:08 PM To: Megan Sette Subject: RE: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Dear Ms. Sette, I am thrilled to have received this email and the possibility of giving our students the opportunity to visit our Nation's Capital. Thanks to Close Up, I had the opportunity to do just that in the summer of '94 and would love for some of my students to partake in such an amazing opportunity. Tomorrow I will be meeting with other TRiO personnel from the Central California and will share with them your email. Afterwards, I will relay their response and see how we can get our students involved. By the way, I still have the group picture we took in front of the Capitol. Sincerely; Ricardo Marmolejo, Director TRiO/Upward Bound Math & Science College of the Sequoias 915 S. Mooney Blvd. Visalia, CA 93277 o: (559) 737-5401 c: (559) 355-4289 f: (559) 737-6144 e: [log in to unmask] TRiO...it works! From: Megan Sette [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:24 PM To: Ricardo Marmolejo Subject: CENCAL TRIO Students and Close Up DC Dear Mr. Marmolejo, I am writing to determine if there might be a way for the Close Up Foundation to collaborate with you and other California TRIO programs in order to give students more opportunities and ways to expand on their college prep experiences. As you may know, the Close Up Foundation is the nation's largest nonprofit (501(c)(3)) citizenship education organization. Since its founding in 1970, Close Up continues to facilitate structured, week-long programs in Washington, DC which feature a hands-on, civic education curriculum, and a behind the scenes look at our government. Each year we welcome over 2,000 students from the state, and almost 20,000 students from across the country in grades 6-12. Along-side their peers and our instructional staff, we provide students with the chance to witness democracy in action. This is a valuable program that gives students the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become informed and active citizens. High school students even have the chance to navigate Capitol Hill and meet with their members of Congress, not to mention, the potential to earn college credit through the University of Virginia. Each year Close Up works closely with hundreds of schools, and several other TRIO programs throughout the United States and provides students with the chance to become more educated on the nation they live in, by welcoming them to our capital, and allowing them to interact with other young people from around the country. This is a wonderful and unique experience for the youth in your community. Additionally, Close Up also receives federal funding and offers a limited amount of financial assistance to each state to further help qualifying students have the ability to attend our DC programs. I would like to set up time to speak with you to explain our foundation's program and to explore how we might be able to work together on further engaging the youth of California. I plan to follow up with you next week via phone to discuss this in greater detail, and hopefully we can determine if there is potential to collaborate. Or please let me know who best to speak with regarding this matter. I can be reached via the contact information below. Many thanks for your consideration, and I eagerly look forward to hearing from you, and possibly working with you on further implementing the Close Up Program among local TRIO participants this school year. Sincerely, Megan Sette Regional Manager, West Coast Close Up Foundation 800 CLOSE UP (256-7387) Ext. 645 703-706-3645 Direct 424-245-4361 LA Office 571-481-2613 Fax www.closeup.org <http://www.closeup.org/>