ROCKFORD PROMISE
What if we could promise every graduate of Rockford Public School District 205 the encouragement, mentorship and financial support necessary to earn a college degree?
Every student would have a path to post-secondary education.
Potential residents would enthusiastically choose our community because of the opportunities for their kids.
Businesses would want to locate here because of the availability of a talented workforce.
That’s the vision of Rockford Promise, a non-profit 501(c)(3) location-based scholarship program modeled after promise programs around the nation.
RAISED TO DATE
ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS & SUPPORTERS
LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED
ACTIVE PROMISE SCHOLARS
FEATURED SCHOLARS
Kerrigan Turek
Aaron Saphanethong
O’Veyonce Jack
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It's FINALS WEEK! Best of luck to all of our Scholars!! All that hard work you've been putting in will pay off. Keep at it! 💪
In this season of thankfulness, we are so grateful to ALL of our donors who make full-tuition scholarships for increasing numbers of students possible! Whether $5 or $500, your grassroots belief and support of these Scholars is a powerful investment in their future and ours as a community. THANK YOU!!
Thank you sponsors!
Every Dollar Helps a Scholar! Our end of year giving campaign will help us make sure that every current Promise Scholar has the support they need to graduate from college. You can text the word Promise to 833-755-6550 to contribute.
2022 NIU/ROCKFORD PROMISE APPLICANTS:
Join the Office of Undergraduate Admissions this Thursday, November 18, at 6-7 PM for a Virtual NIU Overview presentation highlighting the Rockford Promise. Chat live with an admissions counselor and hear how NIU will prepare you for your future. Learn more about NIU's academic programs, admission process, scholarships, and the many campus resources available to you.
This session is for current RPS205 seniors and their parents/guardians who are interested in attending NIU through the Rockford Promise. The day of the presentation, registrants will receive a personalized link and directions on how to join the virtual overview in their email. To register, please visit: enroll.niu.edu/register/rockfordpromise
IN A SCHOLAR'S WORDS: “I was absolutely astonished. It (Rockford Promise scholarship) was such a blessing out of the sky because for me personally there was a lot of confusion on where I wanted to go, the direction that I wanted to head and what not, but Rockford Promise just came through and they provided me with something that I’m always gonna be forever grateful with,” Mendez said.
As a first generation college student, Mendez feels it’s important to support Rockford Promise so others get a similar opportunity.
“Especially for future generations it sets a path for them.”
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Hard Rock International donates to local organizations
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Rockford Promise and the International Women’s Baseball Center receive $25,000 in a gesture of thanks from Hard Rock International.Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of Rockford Promise!
“We’re not only committed to making this facility, and all of our facilities, a great place to work and a great place for our guests to play and enjoy, we’re also committed to our communities and making our communities a better place to live,” said Gino Iafrate, President of Hard Rock Rockford.
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Rockford organizations receive donations from Hard Rock
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Gamblers are not the only ones cashing in from Rockford’s temporary casino opening. Rockford Promise and the International Women’s Baseball Center were awa…Your main point is increasing the educational pool of workers to support regional economic growth, yet you limit the scholarships to Rockford residents in RPS 205 and not all being served through the District. How many outside communities supported Rockford's efforts not just for the Casino, but on many other projects and initiatives? A lot; many of these communities are served by RPS 205 yet their residents in RPS 205 are not eligible for the promise scholarships. Seems more like a broken promise. It will be beneficial to those who receive it, but for those other students who qualify except for residency are being left behind. Sad to see the regional efforts of surrounding communities have Rockford turn its back on them. Those communities which helped Rockford are having their residents penalized for being outsiders in the same classrooms rather than seeing regional support for all RPS 205 students.
WOW!!! Thank you, thank you to Dan Fischer, 815 Entertainment Group, Jon Lucas, Hard Rock Rockford, and the Hard Rock Heals Foundation for their AMAZING generosity this morning. Rockford Promise Board Members and staff were thrilled to receive a check in the amount of $25,000 towards our mission of increasing college degree attainment for RPS205 graduates. Thank you!!!
Congratulations!
Thank you Hard Rock Rockford for this $25k donation on ribbon cutting day! Our @RPS205 grads will greatly benefit. And thank you, as always, to @CityofRockford and @tmcrkfd for believing in the power of our young people to transform our city!
Kalamazoo Promise creates new program as a talent pipeline for local businesses.
Hiring and retaining Kalamazoo talent, the goal for Kalamazoo Promise's Higher Promise
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