Young Buck, 50 Cent Make Substantial Donations For Education
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Young Buck will donate $25,000 to the Nashville Alliance for Public Education to support Advance Via Individual Determination (AVID), a nationwide program aimed at helping aspiring college students.
"The Nashville Alliance for Public Education is proud to accept this gift from The G-Unity Foundation to benefit a program which brings out the best in students and helps close the achievement gap for low income and disadvantaged youth," said Kay Simmons, Co-Executive Director of the Nashville Alliance for Public Education. “This gift represents a statement from G-Unit and Young Buck of the importance of education."
The G-Unity Foundation also donated a $100,000 grant to support the relief efforts surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
50’s donation is going to Teach for America’s Houston chapter. The national organization is comprised of recent college graduates that commit to teaching for two years in urban and rural schools.
Teach For America recently organized a charter school for students that were victims of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation.
“We are extremely grateful for the substantial gift from The G-Unity Foundation, Inc.," said Ann Best, Teach For America-Houston Executive Director. "This gift affords us the opportunity to do what we are compelled to do, respond in crisis. Our displaced New Orleans corps members are thrilled to have the opportunity to teach students who have evacuated from New Orleans.”
