WILI was invited by the Pima & Santa Cruz School to Work Partnership to join
forces with Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) and the Red Cross of Southern
Arizona to train students in First Aid and Infant and Child CPR. WILI gave
scholarships to 32 girls from low income families in the TUSD to allow them to
receive the training and qualify for further employment with the Red Cross.
Holly Lachowicz, Coordinator of this effort from the Pima & Santa Cruz School
to Work Partnership, wrote that WILI "was instrumental in the success of this
program.
The Red Cross charged half of the regular fee for the training but
this was still a financial burden on some of the students." According to Holly,
the training will help the girls "with employment in other organizations that
require this knowledge for employment, such as daycares and schools." Finally,
in acknowledging WILI's small role in this project's success, Holly wrote that
WILI's "generosity and ability to understand the value of this experience for
the high school students was greatly appreciated." WILI hopes that this project
was just the first of many with this cohort of girls seeking careers in the
early childhood professions.
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