EmPowerment 21
Next Workshop:
OCTOBER 11, 2008
We are beginning our 3rd
year of helping teens.  
EP21 workshops WILL NOW
be conducted at Warren High
School this coming year, so
bring all the friends you
want!  We will meet in  the
WHS Auditorium at 9411 W.
Military Dr., San Antonio, TX
78251 from 9:00am to 10:30am
on the Second Saturday's
except in March during
Spring Break.  We'll meet on
Mar 21st instead of the
Second Saturday in March.
Come see what all the
excitement is about and
watch someone get a FREE
laptop on 11 Oct!  
What's New in EP21





































3. Next Workshop is on Sep 13, 2008 in the Warren High
School Auditorium from 9:00-10:30am.  Click here for
directions.

4. Need A Lift Resource Book - Audrey Ethridge shared this incredible book
with us at the November Workshop.  The cost to order the book is only $3.95.  
Don't be opposite of smart...ORDER the book today!  Visit www.needalift.org or
call 1-800-453-4466 to order your own copy.  It is full of useful information to
help teens get into college!

5. Click here to learn more about how you can register to attend an EP21
workshop or get monthly updates to help you get into and earn college
scholarships.

6. There are opportunities for you to earn several scholarships from multiple
$1,000 and $1,500 scholarships.  If you are lucky, you can be considered for a  
$20,000 scholarship.  Visit www.sactai.com for the application.

7. Awesome Workshops thru Apr 08 - What an awesome turnout guys.  Click
here to see the actual video footage and the associated PowerPoint
presentation.  I was very excited about the crowd and the excited faces.  You
guys are worth EVERY late night I spend helping you.  Keep showing up
EVERY month and don't forget to start your portfolio.   click here to see the
photos from the 8 Sep workshop!

8. Harvard Full-Paid Scholarship - parents in families with incomes of less
than $60,000 will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of their
children attending Harvard.  Click here for more details:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-finaid.html

9. Recommended Reading List - Per your request, below are my
recommended readings in order:
- 10 Things You Gotta Know About Paying for College by Brandon Rogers
- Compendium of Texas Colleges & Financial Aid Calendar by the Minnie
Stevens Piper Foundation
- Cash for College by Cynthia Ruiz McKee & Phillip C. McKee, Jr.
- How To Go To College Almost For Free by Ben Kaplan

10. Scholarship Guidebook is Ready for Review - THIS IS ONLY A DRAFT.  
PLEASE REVIEW IT AND MAKE COMMENTS.  If any of you have a problem or
concerns with this guidebook or the recommendations in it, please let me
know ASAP.  Click here to download it.
1.  Opportunities are emailed to me periodically.  I share
them all with you so you can decide early whether or not you
want to take advantage of them. Click here to see what
opportunities EP21 parents and teens are sharing with the
group!  I'll try to always put the newest entries up front.
2. EP21 has been selected for an award, so I'm going to
accept it on behalf of our teens.  When I get an award, WE
get an award.  Please let Kathy know if you can make it our
not and ask to sit at my table, if possible.  See the email
excerpt in link #3 above "UPDATE: Award Dinner".
FREE EP21 NEWSLETTERS
1. Teenformation Newsletter-Jan
2. Teenformation Newsletter-Apr
3. EP21 H.S. Timeline

(print them out & put on your refrigerator)
FREE LIBRARY
EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR by
Nippy Betz
(Next Mtg: Nov 8, 2008)
- Library Flyer
-Old  Library Registration Form
Scholarships are plentiful if you take time to find them!!!
Click here to see what scholarships I found in 1 HOUR!!!
EP21 is a NOW a member of the Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC)  under the United Way Organization's
Umbrella.  EP21 can receive tax write-off contributions
online or via CFC!  The EmPowerment 21 write-up is on page
7 of the 2008 Agency Brochure!   EP21's CFC donation
code is: 85976.  Talk to your employer or the United Way to
learn about how you can contribute through small monthly
Payroll deductions.  WHAT IS CFC???  Click the following link
to learn more about it: http://www.opm.gov/cfc/.