Reaching for the Stars gets $5K donation

By The Stockton Record
January 05, 2009 6:00 AM

STOCKTON – The Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation received a $5,000 grant on Dec. 24 from Bank of the West.

The grant will go toward the foundation’s scholarship fund. The foundation hopes to award $10,000 to  University of the Pacific students interested in the math, science, or engineering study fields by fall. Students are selected based on their major, income, grades, and community service record.

Astronaut Jose Hernandez, a Stockton native and Pacific graduate, was chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to fly in a space mission this year. The Stockton-based foundation named after him promotes math, science and engineering among students, especially disadvantaged youths.

[From the Stockton Record]

~ by John Sterni on January 5, 2009.