G League Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Vipers Raise VAMOS Funds

Published on January 6, 2009 under NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release


HIDALGO, TEXAS - The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that they raised $4,875 by auctioning off the game-worn New Orleans Hornets jerseys after Saturday night's home game against the Albuquerque Thunderbirds at Dodge Arena. The money will benefit the Valley Alliance of Mentors for Opportunities and Scholarships (VAMOS) fund.

"As the Vipers' share VAMOS' commitment to providing local young people with the opportunity to attend college, we are glad to have been able to assist them in this important work," said Vipers President and GM Brian Michael Cooper.

VAMOS was founded in 1996 in response to an urgent need to improve educational opportunities for Hispanics in the Rio Grande Valley. The mission of the organization is to assist Hispanic students of Hidalgo, Starr and Cameron County in completing a post-secondary education.

VAMOS awards four-year scholarships ranging from $8,000 to $20,000 to Hispanic high school seniors who are legal permanent residents of the aforementioned counties, rank in the top 25% of their high school graduating class, have plans to enroll full-time in a degree-seeking program at a four-year U.S. accredited institution for the upcoming year, and apply for Federal Financial Aid.

"VAMOS serves as an unprecedented opportunity for Hispanics in the Rio Grande Valley to secure resources and options that will prepare them and empower them to close the academic achievement gap. VAMOS reaches out to our youth at risk and provides them an opportunity. We witness an incredible vitality, desire, ambition and determination in the hearts and minds of Hispanics that live in our community. These are traits that make VAMOS strive to find more partnerships and opportunities that will reduce the barriers that impede successful educational attainment and disrupt the cycle of poverty. We are very grateful for the RGV Vipers and appreciate the support not only to VAMOS, but the community in general," said Heather Margain, the Executive Director of VAMOS.

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