What did you worry about in high school? Was it your hair?
What boys you liked... and liked you back? Was it your grades, or getting into
a good college?
What if you had to worry about where you were going to sleep
that night? Or if there would be food on the dinner table for your family?
Not every kid gets to focus on school like we did. In fact,
three out of 10 kids in America never graduate high school.
Mona Dixon could have been one of those three kids. As
10-year-0ld living on the street, Mona could barely think about school because
she was constantly worrying about where she would sleep, if her family would be
safe, and where she would get her next meal.
Mona found the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and through
the Taco
Bell Graduate to Go program, she got the resources and help she needed to
succeed.
Today, Mona helps other kids overcome their challenges.
Graduate to Go Helps
Kids Stay in School and Succeed
The
Taco Bell Foundation for Teens serves more than 100,000 teens and awards
more than 350 grants and scholarships each year.
Through their Graduate to Go initiative, the Foundation
support includes the Graduate to Go Multi-Media Studios, Graduate to Go
Business Camp, and National Keystone leadership program at 1,600 Boys &
Girls Clubs nationwide.
Actor/Producer Mark Wahlberg, the Graduate to Go ambassador
for the third consecutive year, is helping the project, and will appear in a
national TV with Mona Dixon, who was helped by the Graduate to Go program
through her involvement with the Club.
Wahlberg also continues to support teens through his Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.
How You Can Help Kids Graduate to Go
Girls' Lunch Out is honored to work with the Taco Bell
Foundation for Teens and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation to help kids
graduate high school.
Please join us and help raise money and awareness for this
amazing cause!
When: Tuesday,
June 5th at 9pm EST
Hosts: Follow
@girlslunchout
Hashtag:
#GraduateToGo
Prizes: We will
be showering Twitter party attendees with gift cards!
Help spread the word and Tweet this message out:
Support @TacoBell and
@mark_wahlberg to help kids #GraduateToGo on 6/5 at 9pmET with @girlslunchout http://bit.ly/LOGLDb
Other ways you can get involved:
"Like" the custom-designed graduation caps created
by Boys & Girls Club teens that will be posted on the Taco Bell Facebook
page.
Share Mark Wahlberg's new TV commercial, featuring inspiring
teen, Mona Dixon.
For every tweet or retweet with the #GraduateToGo hashtag,
Taco Bell will donate $5 to the cause.
This giveaway is open
to U.S. residents only. Winners will be
chosen randomly from those that have RSVP'd and participate during the party.
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