State Farm Insurance Company presented a $35,000 check to Sonoma State University's AmeriCorps program, Sonoma SERVES, at the Cesar Chavez Health Fair in Santa Rosa on March 19.
The funds will be used to foster after-school service-learning projects for students in the Bellevue, Roseland and Wright elementary school districts. They support the COOL School program which provides service-learning opportunities to over 700 children in eight southwest Santa Rosa after-school programs.
With this funding, students will be able to develop important projects that make a difference in the community. Recently, students at Sheppard Elementary created a service-learning project in which they researched kidney disease and breast cancer, informed other students about these conditions, and collected donations to help support research and treatment facilities.
CAPTION: State Farm Insurance Company spokesperson Lonny Haskins (left) presented a donation to SSU's Vice Provost Katharyn Crabbe recently for Sonoma SERVES. Above are Haskins and Crabbe with two children from Roseland Elementary School.
