]> http://www.fondoq.org Vision: That all low-income Dominicans obtain the education and skills<br /> they need to be gainfully employed <br /><br />Mission: To provide grants and scholarships to low income Dominicans for<br /> educational/training opportunities in the Dominican Republic (DR) leading to<br /> employment opportunities <br /><br />Goal: To provide a minimum of US$3,000 in grant and scholarship funding<br /> each quarter of each year, for a total of US$12,000 per year en http://www.fondoq.org/node/view/258 <p><strong>PEACE CORPS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GALA</strong></p><p><em>March 11, 2010</em></p><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt">►</span></em><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">Looking ahead to the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic.</span></em></p><p /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">►Celebrating Fondo Q’s scholarship program for low income Dominicans and Friends of the DR’s Community Challege Fund and Program Support Fund.</span></em></p><p /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">►Honoring two of our most distinguished alumni, Senator Chris Dodd and Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams.</span></em></p><p /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">►Featuring remarks by Kevin Quigley, President, National Peace Corps Association and Honorable Harris L. Wofford.</span></em></p><p /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></em></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Thursday, March 11, 6 – 8 pm </span></em></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></em><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Stewart Mott House , 122 Maryland Ave., NE</span></em></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(<em>located between the Hart Senate Office Building and the Supreme Court – parking at Union Station – between Metro stops at Union Station and Capitol South</em>) </span></em></p><p /><p /><p style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">$55.00 per person.</span></em></p><p /><p><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ">Please <a href="/files/public/PEACE_CORPS_RECEPTION_AT_THE_MOTT_HOUSE_March_11_2010_1-30-2010_version.pdf" target="_blank">REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE</a> no later than March 5.</span></b></em></p></span></em> Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:12:03 -0500 http://www.fondoq.org/node/view/2 <p><img align="right" alt="Chicos" src="/themes/xtemplate/default/images/kids1.jpg" complete="true" complete="true" />The Fondo Quisqueya Foundation (&quot;Fondo Q'&quot; or &quot;FQ&quot;), is a small (501(c) (3) non-profit that provides low income Dominicans in the Dominican Republic (&quot;DR&quot;) with scholarships and grants for educational and training purposes designed to assist them in bettering their lives and to help them attain personal development, skills, and advancement. Formed in 1987 by ex-Peace Corps Volunteers (&quot;PCVs&quot;) and staff who served in the DR, Fondo Q is supported by ex-PCVs and staff, and other friends of the DR, through donations and in-kind support. FQ has no paid staff.</p><hr /><p /><p>Become a FQ fan on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Falls-Church-VA/Fondo-Quisqueya/162499875335">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Falls-Church-VA/Fondo-Quisqueya/162499875335</a>.</p><p /><hr /><p /><p /><p><br />Click on names of the province below the map to see Grant Recipients from each region.</p><p>Too see a Google Map of the distribution of the some of the more reccent Grant Recipients, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=103099480791805674465.000480c6484102f90fe82&ll=18.989415,-70.713501&spn=2.300867,5.388794&z=8" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br /><br /><img alt="Mapa" src="/themes/xtemplate/default/images/dr_map_blue.png" complete="true" complete="true" /><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td>1.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/20">Azua </a><br />2.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/96">Baoruco</a><br />3.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/22">Barahona </a><br />4.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/40">Dajabón </a><br />5.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/97">Duarte</a><br />6.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/24">Elías Piña</a><br />7.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/98">El Seybo </a><br />8.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/25">Espaillat</a><br />9.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/26">Hato Mayor </a><br />10.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/27">Independencia</a><br />11.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/28">La Altagracia</a><br />12.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/99">La Romana </a><br />13.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/41">La Vega </a><br />14.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/100">María Trinidad Sánchez </a><br />15.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/29">Monseñor Nouel</a><br />16.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/30">Monte Cristi </a></td><td>17.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/106">Monte Plata </a><br />18.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/31">Pedernales </a><br />19.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/32">Peravia</a><br />20.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/33">Puerto Plata </a><br />21.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/34">Salcedo </a><br />22.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/101">Samaná </a><br />23.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/102">Sánchez Ramírez </a><br />24.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/35">San Cristóbal </a><br />25.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/103">San José de Ocoa </a><br />26.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/36">San Juan </a><br />27.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/37">San Pedro de Macorís </a><br />28.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/38">Santiago </a><br />29.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/39">Santiago Rodríguez </a><br />30.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/104">Santo Domingo </a><br />31.<a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/105">Valverde </a><br /><a href="/?q=taxonomy/page/or/23">DN. Distrito Nacional </a>(The City of Santo Domingo)</td></tr></tbody></table> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:30:52 -0500
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