Friday, Aug. 26, hang out with Northern Illinois University alums Lino’s, long one of Rockford’s favorite restaurants, holds special events every Friday called “Fridays in the 14th Ward.” Friday, August 26, all proceeds from the event go to Rockford Promise and the NIU Rockford Alumni Club! This weekly party begins at 5:30 p.m. and features:…
Gabrielle Sims is relatively new to the professional world, but she already has built quite a resume around serving others. Just since 2020, she’s worked for Focus House in Rochelle as an adolescent treatment specialist, Winnebago County Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) as a supervisor and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois as a scholarship associate.…
ROCKFORD – Dickerson & Nieman, one of the Rock River Valley’s largest real estate companies, donated $10,000 to Rockford Promise. It is the second time Dickerson & Nieman has contributed to the Rockford Promise cause. The first gift was in 2019. The funding comes from donations from the organization’s more than 130 real estate professionals.…
June and July were big months as Rockford Promise ramps up its staffing to meet the rapidly growing number of Scholars going to Rockford University, Rock Valley College and Northern Illinois University. On June 29, Alondra Torres rejoined the team. Alondra is a 2016 Rockford Promise Scholar who graduated from Rockford University. In 2020-2021, Alondra joined our staff as a…
Promise Scholars have average GPA of 3.16 at RVC since 2016 Rockford, IL – Rockford Promise announced 21 new recipients of full-tuition scholarships to attend Rock Valley College (RVC) beginning in the fall of 2022. Rockford Promise is a location-based scholarship program transforming the lives of students, their families and neighborhoods by providing full-tuition scholarships…
The third annual FORE The Promise golf play day on June 23 showed remarkable growth in spite of the challenging economic environment of high gas prices and inflation. The event drew 116 golfers, up from 96 last year, and attracted 19 sponsors, including 10 new sponsors. Rockford Promise would like to give special thanks to…
JUNE 29, 2002: Rockford, IL – Rockford Promise is taking a major step toward its goal of becoming a fully-funded and fully-staffed Promise program. The organization is receiving a nearly $400,000 grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), which will significantly help meet the academic, personal, and emotional needs of its rapidly growing…
In April, Kaylene Groh was promoted from director of scholar support to interim executive director. Kaylene assumed the role from Dr. Tasha Davis, and is excited to continue the organization’s positive momentum deepening major partnerships with the City of Rockford, Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and Northern Illinois University. She’s committed to extending continued support…
ROCKFORD – A groundbreaking agreement between the City of Rockford, Northern Illinois University and Rockford Promise allowed 98 Rockford Public Schools graduates to attend NIU tuition free in 2021-2022. It was the first year of a multi-year commitment by the city of Rockford to donate $1.5 million to fund the scholarships. According to a report…
ROCKFORD – The Rockford School Board on Tuesday approved contributing $100,000 a year to Rockford Promise to help the organization support our rapidly expanding roster of students at Rock Valley College, Rockford University and Northern Illinois University. Since the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year, Rockford Promise has been raising funds to give full-tuition scholarships…
