At 9:00pm on a recent Wednesday, Shekena Dallis answered a phone call from a student she mentors as a Youth Advocate (YA) in the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection program. A call so late on a school night was unusual, and Dallis worried it might be bad news—but the...
Pamela Hunter, Assemblywoman for NY’s 128th District, joined a recent Hillside staff meeting in Syracuse to thank Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HW-SC) staff for all they do to make a difference for so many, including her family. Assemblywoman Hunter...
What do The Perfect Granola and Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection have in common? More than you might think. Michele Liddle has earned well-deserved national attention for creating a mission-driven product to help fix hunger. Her company, The Perfect Granola, is a...
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection Regional Director Wanda Cooper joined a team of inspiring professionals as panelists at the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Future Leaders event on Thursday, January 30. At the “How To Make a Difference on Non-Profit Boards”...
The New York State Business Council recently recognized Hillside with a Member Spotlight video that calls attention to leading New York State businesses, organizations or programs. We chose to put our “spotlight” on Hillside Work-Scholarship...