Sandoval and UPS: providing jobs and education for minority students in the Chicago area  Pictured left to right: Caroline
Sosa-Solorio (student); Juana Cardoso (student); Jan Bailey (UPS Vice
President of Transportation); Senator Sandoval; Ebonie Harmon
(student); David Bambuch (student).
Senator Martin A. Sandoval
(D-Chicago), Chairman of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee,
joined UPS (United Parcel Service) executives during a student award
ceremony, while celebrating the seventh year of a partnership with
Chicagoland Regional College Program (CRCP) that provides jobs and
education to hundreds of youngsters in the metropolitan area. Initiated
in 2003, CRCP has been funded by state grants with matched funds from
UPS benefiting around 500 high school diverse students annually: 86%
minority and 45% female. Among the partner schools - Chicago State
University, Morton College and Olive-Harvey College.
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