Acorn Equality Fund Breakfast

The UP Center of Champaign County is excited to provide an opportunity for youth to learn more about a downstate Illinois college scholarship from the Acorn Equality Fund. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at an increased risk of dropping out of high school due to the effects of stigma and discrimination. The UP Center hopes to prevent this negative outcome by providing youth with resources they can utilize after high school--especially those resources that are LGBTQ-affirming. The Acorn Equality Fund offers LGBTQ individuals, allies, and children of LGBTQ parents (at any academic level) the opportunity to apply for scholarships to help pay for school and school-related expenses (between $1,000 and $4,000 each, as much as $25,000 annually). They present these awards at their annual Family Breakfast and Fundraiser. This year the breakfast will take place on Saturday, December 3 in East Peoria.

The UP Center plans to sponsor a table of 10 (at $250) for youth (and a friend or family member if they choose) to attend, but we need your help! Please help send these youth to the breakfast where they can learn more about their scholarship opportunities (several of whom will be applying next year!). We need donations that will go directly toward funding the breakfast for the youth and their families. If you are interested, you can donate at the following levels:

$20 (provides 1 gas card for a family/group to attend)

$25 (pays for 1 youth to attend)

$50 (pays for 1 youth and a guest to attend)

Or at any amount you feel comfortable with.

Please help us encourage our local LGBTQ youth to finish high school and look toward the future by sponsoring this event in anyway. Email megan@unitingpride.orgwith any questions. Any youth interested in attending should contact megan@unitingpride.org.

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