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Career Opportunities • Mentoring & Motivational Programs • Entrepreneurialism • Investing • Capital-Building

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1. Make a tax-deductible donation to Pathways for Kids, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (C) (3) of the IRS Tax Code, Federal ID number 94-3313219.

You can go to our website: http://www.pathwaysforkids.org just click on DONATE.

2. Contribute real estate, antiques or jewelry to Pathways and write the contribution off at the fair market value.

3. Donate an old car. Go to: http://www.pathwaysforkids.

org - Click DONATE, then Click on DONATE AN OLD CAR.

4. Include a bequest in your Will or Trust to Pathways for Kids and reduce your Federal Estate Taxes.

5. Set up a Charitable Remainder Trust.

6. If you are an employee with the City and County of San Francisco you can donate to Pathways for Kids through your Local Independent Charities (LIC) payroll deduction program.

7. Help Pathways for Kids raise money by soliciting individuals, corporations and foundations. If you prefer to mail a check, please mail donations to:

Pathways for Kids Donations 331 Filbert Street San Francisco, CA 94133

We need your assistance. Please call: Grace Long (415) 986-5885

to Coach or Contribute!

Every donation of any sizeis greatly appreciated!

331 Filbert StreetSan Francisco, CA 94133

Seven Ways to SupportPathways for Kids Financially

The PATHFINDER StaffEditor

Ruth Taylor

WritersCassie Miller & Ruth Taylor

PhotographerPatricia Winston (PAW)

Pathways For Kids331 Filbert Street

San Francisco, California 94133Phone: 415.986.5885

Fax: 415.986.5893

Email: info@pathwaysforkids.orgWebsite: www.pathwaysforkids.org

Exhilarating, exciting, motivat-ing, educational are just a few appro-priate adjectives which describe the experiences Pathways for Students felt as they participated in a wonder-ful “Career Day” at the beautiful San Francisco Airport Marriott Water-front Hotel.

The setting and environment alone of the fabulous hotel were first time experiences and sights for many of our students. This would be a time not only to learn about career oppor-tunities, but also a time for our young people to see a mega hotel business in operation.

On Monday, March 12, 2012, 35 students and staff, transported by two vehicles provided by the Pathways for

What A Wonderful World of Opportunities!Pathways for Kids students spend a rewarding Career Day at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel

Kids Program, arrived at the Mar-

riott. Students and staff represented Independence High School and Flex Academy of the San Francisco Uni-fied School District. We gathered in the hotel lobby, and were escorted to the second floor for registration. Lor-raine Williamson, Human Resource Specialist and several co-workers greeted the students and directed them to a conference room.

Light refreshments were served and available for the entire session. Students were given registration packets that contained note pads, brochures, Marriott website informa-tion, evaluation forms and a passport.

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Pathways students pose for a photo shoot before arriving at the Marriott.

Pathways Corporate Partners Since Inception in 1998 - THANK YOU!

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Richard Zawitz • Rob Charyn Ron Hirsch • Susan Crockett Ted Levenson • Vincent Barr

David & Karen DoodTed & Sarah Donovan • Kevin Dwares

Kimberly and Sean TiernanMary Clarke • Sherwin Turner

Arthur WeissJeff Adachi • I-Chien Wu-Magidi

Theodore MazzeneGuillaume and Pudji Poncin

Rabbi Yosef Langer • Cameron SouthSuzanne Faulkner • Eric and Geri Yee

David Lorie • Jason HiltonAndrea and Matthew Hawley

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Corbett • Gannon TidwellCharles Mayer • Renee Miguel

Carla Armstrong • Mathilda DockRosalind Solon • Flex Schools

Mayrann Maggiori • David LucasRoland & Caryl Petersen

Lloyd & Sharyn Rich • Michael Mojabi

A Very Special Thank You to Our Partners!

Annette Hughes • Virginia MarshallKelly Yau • Eric Cuneo

Stephanie John • Jennifer TangMegan Miller • Lois Snell

Mari Uchida • Dana MerkerHillary Pearson • Christine Lee

Katy Johnson • Cliff BellMwanza Major • Michael Sanchez

Lynette Sweet • Mike WilkinsBob Franklin • Joshua Quigly

John P. Beaven • Abusheri E. OhwofasaLauren Bruening • Milet Lukey

Domingo Jarquin • Eason RamsonAlegra Harrison • Tina Nguyen

Yuri Dew • Mary BonifacioShabnaz Yousefia • Lucia Macias

In Memoriam

Ambassador Alfel W. (Ray) AthertonLoretta Basler • Minnie BermanCintra Ellis Carter • Ian Cary

Marc Dwares • Nathan DwaresMichael Cefalu • Daniel Cerel

Dorothy Forman • Dave GordonJulie Gutterman • Sam & Shirley Kalman

Bill Kimpton • Justice Stanley MoskAl Pollack • Robert Ross • Shirley Ross

Mildred L. Tate • Norman WechslerKim Boucher • Tom DuffyDon Fisher • Eileen Barros

Frank Winston • Turley Mings

US Bank • The GAP Foundation Mayor Gavin Newsom • Mayor Frank Jordan

Mayor Willie Brown • Supervisor Aaron Peskin Ray & Rosa Meyers • Rebecca BeesonArthur & Charlotte Zitrin FoundationIrwin Fisher Inc. General Contractors

Robert Shapiro • Andrew SouthGeorge & Judy Marcus • Amy & John Palmer

Donate for Charity • Andrew South Marv Ganz • John Chiatello

Mary Crocker Trust • Robert ShapiroMay & Stanley Smith TrustRichard & Victoria Zitrin

Norman Krug • Craig GordonDonald & Bonnie Dwares

Diane Wilsey • Tom & Lisa McKnewRonald & Sydney Bushman

Kiwanis Club of San FranciscoRobert & Linda Imber • David Dwares49ers Foundation • Chuck & Carol Ott

Gloria Smith • John WrightRichard Berman • Mason & Anne Flemming

Stanley & Langendorf FoundationCharter Oak Foundation • Jennie Horn

Debbie Johnson • Gary SalomonJay Jeffers • Myron Zimmerman

T. C. McMechen • Bernie & Ina WassermanJohn Harrington • Marc Dana Merker

Mary Lou Castellanos • Michael MilsteinCheryl Orr • David & Deborah Ballati

Doug & Robin Ross • Eric NeplokhGary & Katia Gelman • Herb & Sue YagerKenneth & Sherilyn Fisher • Linda KendallLarry Smith • Marc Vogel • Jeffrey Sachs

Michael Franzia • Norman EcersleyRD & Mary Hume Endowment

Ron Vernali • Rob MacCollReginald Cook • Richard CrockerRobert Shapiro • Robert SilvermanRoger Passal • San Francisco Giants

Steven Goldberg • Mary DeBoltHeffernan Group Foundation • Bill Criss

Susie & Skippy Weingeroff • Thomas KleinKaiser Permanente • Marc & Dana MerkerSalesforce Foundation • Robert Friese, Esq.

The Upjohn Fund of San FranciscoThe Wells Fargo Bank • Didier PerezTom & Robin Duffy • Diane WilseyTaube Foundation • Tiffany Titolo

Tom Frye • Mark DziewulskiErnie McNabb • Derek Nazarbegin

Bonita Jones Miller • Jonathan AxelradJudy and Paul Kessler • David Lucas

George Elliott • Rosalind SolonJohn Bergman • Nancy Harris

Michelle Bell • EO Hartzog • Tracy FerronJennifer Messina • Beth McDougal

John Glass • Gary OrensteinShareen Fanburg • Dianne & Alan Barkley

2003 Maryann Fair Family TrustStephen Pardys, M.D. • Andrew Martin

Kyle Lawson • Michael MilsteinChristopher Lane • Gail Dekreon

Tony Orser • Turley MingsWai Lin Liao • Wells Fargo Foundation

Anne Lawrence • Barbara KaufmanBrenda Cruz-Keith, Esq. • Bryan Silverstein

Charles D. Farber Memorial FoundationGayle Farber & Jeff Siegel

Clay & Helen WiensCraig & Maja Ramsey • Craig LiptonDanielle Steele • David & Karen Dold

Doug Cain • Elliott GrimshawErnest Bates • First Republic Bank

Forrest and Heidi PendletonFredric Freund • Gary Shemano

Intuitive Partners • Jamie & Heidi HowellJewish Community Endowment Fund

John & Lisa Pritzker • John LiftinJohn Urben • Judy & Paul KesslerKent Clay • Kevin & Anja Castner

Larry Israel • Lee SankowichLeon & Linda Klapper • Marco Barrueto

Marily Franzia • Mark ConroeMary Souza • Matt Peek

Matthew Eng • Melinda ElledgeMelvin & Angela Dagovitz

Nancy Todes Taylor • Nathan DwirlPacific Union Community Fund

Paul & Gayle Switzer • Phil DuttR. N. & Marily Bowles

Ralph Higgs • Richard HyderRichard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

Richard Cohen • Robert & Kiki WellsRoger Gershman • SF Fire FightersSandy McGready • Sheldon Low

Sterling Meyer • Taube Family FoundationTed Ammiro • The Fred Gellert FoundationThe Kimball Foundation • Theodore Brown

Theta Delta XI Gamma ChapterTim Shetz • Aykut Events

Claudine Cheng • Rhonda BennonBarbara & Ron Kaufman • Lan Le

Alexsis De Raadt-St. James • Allan SaghiAmerican Shared Hospital Services

Annett Bonnet • Astrid & Terence KeeneBeth Ann O’Hara • Betty Atherton

Beverly Eden • Bonita JonesBrian Goldberg • Bruce MillerCharles Mayer • Chris Simao

Claude & Louise Rosenberg • Nancy HarrisCraig Solomon • David Akov

David Bloom • Douglas KennedyDyann Tresenfeld • Edith Yeung

Ellen & Rick Grossman • Esther LemerGreater Bay BanCorp • Hal Dryan

Han Phan • Harry Andrews Helen Ross • James Burkhouse

Jay Enright • Angela FaberJennifer Alexander • Jim CastellanosJoseph Ciatti • Kenneth Guernsey

Land America • Laura & Osborne HowesLon & Jennifer Sorensen • Louis SilcoxLucasfilm Foundation • Mask of Marin

Michael Acabado • Mitch ShostakPennisula Bank of Commerce

Peter Maier • Rebecca Castaneda

The passport contained a destination order outlining five interchangeable brands —Ritz Carlton, Marriott Ho-tels & Resorts, Courtyard by Mar-riott, JW Marriott and Renaissance Hotels.

The General Manager welcomed the groups and gave a brief descrip-tion of the hotel. He described the core values practiced by all Marriott employees — good attitude, work hard and show initiative. He shared information about the President of the Marriott who started his employ-ment as a server at Long John Silvers.

Students learned just how large a business venture The Marriott is with its multitude of hotels through-out the world.

A video presentation was shown to the students prior to an introduc-tion of the panelists.

The presenters were: Genny Dix-on, DHR-The Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay; Lisa Krone, DHR-JW Marriott & Union Square Marri-ott; Bob Tate, DHR- SF Downtown Courtyard; Greg Kitchens, DHR- Re-naissance Lodge at Sonoma.

Anthes Charles from Bridges shared information about The Mar-riott and various employment oppor-tunities.

The program had a flight scenar-io with the students participating as passengers. At the conclusion of the

presentations, students were asked to refer to their passports and visit the booths, assigned to individual panel-ists. Students were directed to rotate to the next booth listed on their lists, every ten minutes until they visited every booth.

Each presenter located at a desig-nated booth gave a presentation and engaged in a Question and Answer ses-sion at the conclusion of each visit. Gifts were given to the students who answered the questions correctly.

Pathways students thoroughly enjoyed their experiences at The Marriott. They were able to learn about the variety and diversity of op-portunities available within the hotel industry, while experiencing the am-biance of a first class, luxurious hotel. This was truly an experience worthy enough to occupy a place in their di-ary of momentous memories!

Thank you management and staff of the San Francisco Marri-ott Waterfront Hotel for presenting an amazing learning experience for young people and our Pathways for Kids students!

Marriott “Career Day” Panelists

Students visit career booths.

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OFFICERSFounder and Chairman

Peter L. Dwares

President

Michael Fisher

ViCk President

Andrea Hawley

treasurer

Larry Smith

assistant treasurer

Michael Mojabi

seCretary

Randy Wittorp

direCtor oF Programs

Cassie Miller

BOARD OF DIRECTORSDick BermanMichael CapozzolaAli CepedaEllen CraigJudge Gail DekreonAswad HarrisToshie HayakawaBonita Jones MillerTamara KeithNorman KrugDave LucasTom McKnewDana MerkerMichael MilsteinHonorable Gavin C. NewsomSophie PattersonDaniel SharabiAndrew SouthSherwin TurnerCathy Zhang

Founder’s Corner

Peter Dwares, Founder & ChairmanPathways for Kids

and recipient of the prestigiousJefferson Award

Pathways for Kids continues with another successful year of exposing our students to situations, experienc-es, and opportunities that they prob-ably had no chance of encountering without the benefits of our outstand-ing Pathways for Kids program.

Those of you who know me know that business entrepreneurship highlights my belief that more of our young people need to know and learn that they can become successful business entrepreneurs, CEO’s, and business leaders. With the push to-wards exposing our young people to a diversity of business venues, we at Pathways for Kids believe that these young people will be able to set real-istic goals for their futures.

Through extensive and intensi-fied field trips to such businesses as US Bank, The Ritz Carlton, Google, Wells Fargo, Deloitte and Touche, San Francisco Film Society, KGO-TV, KPIX, KBLX, 49er Organization — just to name a few — our young people are exposed to and learn in-valuable strategies and business tools.

Your contribution of funds, an auto or real estate, will not only give you a Large Tax Deduction, but the satisfaction in knowing it is for a Great Cause. It will help your underserved San Francisco youth tremendously. Thank you for your generous support of Pathways!

Reflections & Thoughts by Our Pathways Students and SupportersJake Bliss

“I aspire to be an architect.”

Jesse raCines

“My goals are leaning towards fashion designer,artist or photographer.”

azaln BoCainterested

“I am interested in the field of sports; I might want to be an Athlete. I am alsointerested in becoming a Chef .

My dad owns an Italian Restaruant in San Francisco.”

alex trinh

“My career goal is to become a mechanic or photographer;I want to open up my own auto shop or a law office.

I am with Pathways to get experience.”

mario morales

“My goal is to graduate from high school. I got in trouble but was notconvicted, so my first goal is to get out of high school

and go to college or enlist in the military.

ChristoPher Weekly

(Independent & guest - Mrs Miller)“My scope a medical career — nursing field.

I aspire to help kids like me who have cancer.”

greg kiChens, Marriott HR“Be flexible! Learn from each chance you get. I went from legal

to the hotel industry because of my ability to be flexible.”

matt rogers - Google“Never too late to make a decision.”

daVe miller - Google“Lesson Learned: first time you see something, know it is supposed to be confusing,

sticking with it until it becomes clear makes the difference.”

Jessi - Google“Get involved; it’s most valuable.”

mark mC master - Google“Communication is so important...communicate!”

aaron raCine - Google “Understanding how to work with people, how to perceive leads to the impact you

will have. Team work, thinking quickly helps to find structure.”

anne Wang - Google“Create to make your own path!”

daVid CoPeland - Van Driver“I was happy to be able to take the kids to the career center on monday. The energy of the kids is amazing and fun to be around. I felt like a real school bus driver as

the kids sang all the songs on the radio from the back. I only wish I was able to catch some of the career event. You guys at Pathways are really doing a great thing.

I might even be interested in doing something to helpeven after the transportation is figured out.”

Career Goals, Aspirations, Pathways Program

We Love Our Pathways Students!

Bridgemont

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Our Field Trip Sponsors/Partners Giants Baseball Park - SBCIsraeli ConsulateDr. Andrew RosenblattSerena Software Co.Ritz Carlton HotelUS BankJuma Ventures - Main OfficeUPS - United Parcel ServiceGAP Clothing StoreSan Francisco Fire DepartmentHCA & Co.Illumina BiotechKGO, Channel 7 NewsKPIX – Channel 5Wells Fargo BankWells Fargo MuseumHSBC BAnk

Kaiser Permanente Medical CenterSan Francisco Public UtilitiesCommission OceansideWater Pollution Control PlantSan Francisco 49ers OrganizationSan Jose State UniversityCUESA - Center for Urban Educa-tion about Sustainable AgricultureDeloitte & ToucheGarden For The EnvironmentPort of OaklandSF Film SocietyStudents In BankingPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)BABA Educational Services “College & Career Tech Fair”GoogleSF Culinary AcademyMacy’sFairmont HotelWilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiJudge G. Dekreon Superior Court & City HallFirst Republic BankUS Bankruptcy CourtWaterbar RestaurantKMELTwitterThe San Francisco Airport MarriottCity College of San Francisco

Please Consider beinga Field Trip Sponsor

for our wonderfulPathways for Kids Students!

Google, Google & More Google!by Cassie Miller

Flex Academy High School, Bridgemont High School, Alma Heights High School, and City College of San Francisco students visited with the staff and management team of the fantastic search engine, Google.

Thirty students and eight adults were met by sponsor, Anne Wang and her co-workers. Students and teachers were greeted in the lobby and were then asked to sign pre-registration forms prepared by the Google staff. The students were also asked to sign a promissory form not to disclose any Google informa-tion observed during their visit.

The first presentation consisted of a panel of five Google employees:Anne Wang,

Intern, Accountant and Legal ManagerAaron Racine,Site ManagerJessie Leed,

Analytical Team MemberDave Millen,

Account ManagerMatt Rogers,

Sales Team ManagerThe panelists shared information regarding their personal interests and

professional growth which lead them to becoming Google employees. Follow-ing the presentations, the students were encouraged to ask questions:

What job did you want to have when you were in high school?Which of my high school or college classes will benefit me in the future?How did you decide what career to leap into?How do you feel about Google as an employee of Google?Each panelist responded to the students’ questions. Anne advised the stu-

dents to “Create your own path.”

Students listen to Google staff presentations. InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel

The Grand Peacock Court Ballroom1 Nob Hill San Francisco, California 94108

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Dinner Chair

Great Fun • Fantastic Food

Fabulous Silent Auction & Live Auction

Marvelous Entertainment

Exciting Costumes

Join Us!

Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

More Information Coming Soon!

Want to receive an invitation?Contact: Grace @ 415.986.5885

www.pathwaysforkids.org

SAVE THE DATE • SAVE THE DATE

14th Annual Gala Fundraiser

Friday November 9, 20126:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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Students enjoy an afternoon at Google engaging in panel discussions, small group discussions, demonstra-tions, career planning, exploring opportunities, interact-ing with staff and other students, and in general, learning about the options they have as young, viable individuals living in the 21st Century!

More Google Photos57 students attended this out-

standing field trip. 17 students from Flex Academy were escorted by their Academic Coach, Christine Tejuco; 25 students from Alma HEIGHTS High School, were escorted by their Assistant Principal Dawn Mulliken and their teacher; and 15 students from Bridgemont High School, were escorted by their teacher David Chacon.

The students engaged in con-versation regarding the film-making while they waited for Keith Zwolfer and his assistants to greet them and escort them to the theatre

Students were escorted to their assigned seats in the theatre and in-structions were given to them about appropriate behavior in the theatre.

Keith Zwolfer gave them a brief history of The San Francisco Film So-ciety/Youth Division. He described The S.F. Film Society as a City-wide program. Keith introduced ILM’s Digital Supervisor, Michael Sanders, who gave an outstanding presenta-tion on how ILM shoots, captures and implements Motion Capture data.

Michael explained the types of training needed for each person par-ticipating in the making of movies. Scenes from several popular movies were displayed and a description of all efforts of each staff member re-sponsible.

Immediately following the film-ing, microphones were circulated in the audience for the students to par-ticipate in a questions/answers ses-sion.

Pathways provided gift cards for the students to purchase lunch. Ev-eryone spoke extremely favorably of the field trip and is looking forward to future Pathways field trips.

Lights, Camera, Action!A Pathways Visit to the S. F. Film Society - Youth Division — by Cassie Miller

What a fantastic field tripfor our motivated students!

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Wells Fargo Vice President Makes Time for Pathways Studentsby Cassie Miller

Michael Sanchez, Vice President, California Community Develop-ment of Wells Fargo, arranged to visit Pathways for Kids students in their classroom prior to their visit to the bank.

He introduced the students to informational materials relating to the banking industry. Thirteen stu-dents from Independence Study High School were escorted to Wells Fargo by their academic teacher, Ms. Savard and their Principal, Robert Maas. Everyone reported to the secu-rity counter in the lobby. They were then escorted to a conference room on the Foreign Exchange Trade Floor. Once settled in the conference room, students and staff introduced them-selves.

The first presenter was the Senior Vice President, Troy French. He dis-cussed the value of currency in the United States and foreign countries. He advised the students to get a high school diploma; work hard; have a per-sonality; study math; stay in the mo-ment and push yourself through school.

Brenda Wright, Senior Vice Pres-ident, joined them and introductions were exchanged. Her advice to the students was to realize the importance of learning a foreign language; educa-tion is important; have a vision for yourself.

The third presenter was Rubin Pulido in Public Relations Commu-nications. His pathway to Wells Far-go was high school; college, and po-litical assignment. His advice to the students was become an action junky; deal with computers; know your facts; do the details; have confidence and de-velop organizational skills.

The fourth presenter was Susan Hinchman from the Marketing De-partment. Her advice to the students

was it is important to know what other people think of you; create your own brand; name 5 words or phrases that describe how you want to be perceived by others and name 3 that describe how you think people perceive you.

The fifth and final presenter was Albert Hwu who is a graduate student and employee. His advice to the students was to prepare to engage in world-wide conference calls; it is important to be multi-talented and research the pos-sibilities of internship for students at the high school level and college.

The staff provided wonderful presentations and offered invaluable quality time. The students certainly enjoyed the pizzas and beverages. This visit was a rewarding and fantastic field trip.

Ali Cepeda Helpingto Support Youth!

Money, Money, Money!

Ali Cepeda played professional baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Once his baseball career had ended, Ali began working with kids in sports and offering his baseball knowledge. Throughout the years, Ali has dedi-cated his time to athletes and young lives, guiding these young people in the right direction.

Last year Ali and his father Or-lando Cepeda, member of Baseballs Hall of Fame, started Cepeda Youth Development Inc. CYD was started to help youth across the country find their true passion and assist them in following their dreams. Installing a positive, healthy outlook of life, is our goal!

Our model is to represent the youth and support our young schol-ars in everyday life. Today we are joining forces with Pathways for Kids, and learning the true way to support kids on and off the field. “Mr. Peter Dwares has touched so many young lives with his programs, that we wanted to build a similar avenue that could help us enrich the lives of today’s youth and build hope in our young society.”

Pathways for Kids is extremely proud to work with Ali and find ways to have both programs work together for the benefit of our youth.

A small group of Pathways stu-dents attended a field trip to the HCA & Co. Accounting & Tax Firm. They were supervised by their Academic Coach, Sean St. Denny and accom-panied by the photographer, Patricia Winston. They were later joined by the principal of Flex Academy, Aswad Harris. The group met in the lobby of the Tower Building, and were es-corted to suite 2160 where they were introduced to the sponsors, CEO Hy-ancinth C. Ahuruonye, CPA and his assistant, Lincoln Chow.

Immediately upon their arrival, they were served lunch in the recep-tion area. The students introduced themselves and described their areas of interest.

Mr. Ahuruonye, a native of Nige-ria, started his practice in 1987. He attended Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama. He decided to leave Alabama, where he graduated from the university, and start his own business in San Francisco, California. His philosophy “Do not let anyone define who you are. You are the one to determine and control how to achieve your goal.”

He is the First African to be select-ed as the General National Treasurer of the Alpha Ultimate Chapter.

This sponsor encourages students to become interns and actually hires students who are enrolled in col-lege. His current full-time assistant, Lincoln Chow, has been employed at HCA & Co. for several years and is in his final stage of becoming a cer-tified accountant. Several students expressed an interest in becoming an intern and exchanged numbers with the CEO.

The sponsor motivated the stu-dents by assuring them not to give up hope if they are undecided about a future career. He was a senior in college with a major in journalism, when he enrolled in an elective class in accounting. He was fascinated and immediately changed his major to accounting. He advised the students to: Challenge teachers in the classroom; seek resources; develop mathematical and analytical skills and think outside of the box. Various accounting fields are: public accounting; in-house ac-counting; government accounting; banking and financial planning.

Pathways for Kids’ students en-joyed the lunch. This was a won-derfully well planned and organized field trip. Our thanks to the HCA & Co. staff for providing a superb Path-ways for Kids field trip.

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Wells Fargo PresentersPathways Students Enjoy An Exciting Visitto The San Francisco Fire Department!

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Photostell thestory!

Studentslearn all

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RadioIndustry &

PossibleCareers!

Dine for A Cause at luella

Benefiting thePathways for Kids Program

Join us on Tuesday, July 24th at luella in Russian Hill (1896 Hyde Street) for dinner! 15% of all sales from the evening will benefit Path-ways For Kids, supporting the youth of our community. Treat yourself to a delicious meal and the incredible feeling of giving back.

This wonderful event is spon-sored by Andrew Freeman & Co.

Get Fresh With Us!phone: 415-795-4222

fax:415-781-5800cell: 303-501-6705

101 Townsend Street # 303San Francisco, CA 94107

afandco.com/facebook.com/afandcotwitter.com/afco

Luella is recognizing community support with an annual promotion in which the restaurant will donate a portion of sales one day a month to a local youth charity. The dinner series kicked off on Monday February 27, 2012. Supporting the San Francisco youth resonates very closely with the luella staff, and all charities will involve the adolescent community. This is a long lasting relationship that we are looking forward to continuing down the road.

All Quiet in the Studio!Twelve students from Flex Academy were escorted to KMEL - Clear

Channel by their Academic Coach, Christine Tejuco. Everyone signed in with Mr. D, at the security counter. The students engaged in conversation regarding the radio station while they waited for LadyRAY to greet them. La-dyRAY joined them in the lobby and introductions were exchanged. Students were escorted to the studio area where LadyRAY gave them a brief history of KMEL. She described KMEL as a Nation-wide Corporation. KMEL has several channels in the building. She described radio as a theatre in the mind. Two producers managed the AM Newsroom.

The staff consisted of: reporters, producers, traffic monitors, program direc-tors, editors and maintenance staff. She explained how delayed time during programming allowed them to edit before broadcasting. They schedule the commercials for daily broadcasting. The station relies on commercials and endorsements for financial support. KMEL has a line-up of exclusives to be announced accordingly. The entire building is hooked up with speakers. Visit-ing artists are called drops.

Potential employees are advised to receive a degree in communications, serve as an intern, solicit interest from key people, create a resume and provide demon-strations. Several employment positions at the station are: street people, sales department, producers, directors, newscastors, broad casters social networkers and announcers. Most employees start as interns. Networking plays an essential role in securing a job. “Obtaining a job…It is not always what you know, but who you know.” What an informative and rewarding field trip!