The Pedrozzi Foundation recently awarded $443,500 in scholarships to 115 local scholars. Since 2008, the Pedrozzi Foundation has awarded $4.44 million to 1,226 Livermore students. Of the 2019 Pedrozzi Scholars, seventeen percent will be the first in their family to attend college. These scholars will be attending community college, undergraduate, graduate, and trade schools in [...]
The Boomerang Program will include workshops at the Switch. (Photo credit: Brandon Cardwell) Graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen and sophomores are encouraged to apply to the Boomerang Program. The Boomerang Program is an 8-week paid internship program from June 17 - August 9. Students work approximately 15-20 hours per week. In addition [...]
Recently, the Pedrozzi Young Scholars attended a Science on Saturday lecture presented by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Science on Saturdays is a series of free science lectures for middle and high school students. The topic the Pedrozzi Young Scholars attended was "Seed, Soil and Spread: 3D bioprinted model for metastatic brain tumors" with speaker Dr. [...]
The Pedrozzi Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies, community college and vocational training. Applications are accessed from the Pedrozzi website – Pedrozzi.org – and are due March 1, 2019. The Foundation expects to award over 100 scholarships in May 2019. Current Livermore Schools seniors and all past Livermore Valley Joint Unified School [...]
The Pedrozzi Young Scholars and their families were invited to a St. Mary's College of California tour to get a glimpse of the college experience. The Scholars enjoyed walking around the campus and seeing the beautiful grounds of St. Mary's College, surrounded by the hills of Moraga. The Scholars were led on their tour by [...]
Local businessman Mario Pedrozzi left the community with one of its greatest assets: funds to provide for higher education for Livermore students. Since the first year of distributing scholarships in 2008, the Pedrozzi Foundation has been working hard to carry out the will of Mario and support our local students. The Pedrozzi Foundation celebrated an [...]
The Pedrozzi Foundation is hosting a workshop to help students and families complete and submit the FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application. Wednesday - Dec. 5, 2018 5:00 - 8:00 PM - REGISTER HERE Granada High School Library 400 Wall Street, Livermore, CA Workshop is free and open to all Tri-Valley high school seniors and [...]
The Pedrozzi Foundation partnered with the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) to fund the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) seminar on September 22nd and 29th in Livermore. Over 60 parents and guardians of Livermore students attended the no-cost 2-day seminar. Topics included supporting students' academic success, how to navigate the school [...]
Mark your calendar for the Tri-Valley NonProfit Alliance Stronger Together Festival on Sunday, September 16. This is a great opportunity to connect with local nonprofit organizations. The Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation will be at the event hosting a book drive for Marylin Avenue Elementary School. Stop by the event to drop off new and used books (in excellent condition) for [...]
Benjamin Smith is a 2016 Pedrozzi Scholar. Benjamin is a thoughtful, hardworking student at Willamette University in Oregon. For the past two summers, Benjamin has returned to Livermore to coach Granada High School's football team and to work as the Pedrozzi Foundation student intern. During his time as the student intern, Benjamin worked on a [...]
Pedrozzi Scholars Jaine Tabrett and Shannon Meyer work for tech start-up Nyentek. In partnership with The Switch, Las Positas College, and Innovation Tri-Valley, the Pedrozzi Foundation has brought Scholars and local start-up companies together. This project is known as the Boomerang Program because it seeks to return bright students studying throughout the state [...]
Photo Credit: Brandon Cardwell Livermore native and coveted international speaker, Alex Hunter spoke to Pedrozzi Scholars as a part of "Pedrozzi Night" at The Switch, an incubator and coworking space for startups, entrepreneurs, tech developers and creatives in downtown Livermore. This evening allowed students to explore The Switch space, as well as hear from a [...]
Mark your calendar for several fantastic evenings in June, July, August and September for the popular Music in the Orchard Concert Series returning for the fifth year to the Purple Orchid Wine Country Resort & Spa. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and relax under the olive trees of Livermore's finest resort at 4549 Cross Road. [...]
Photo Credit: Carrie Martin, LLNL Astronaut and former engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Jose Hernandez spoke to Pedrozzi Young Scholars at Marylin Avenue School to explain his journey from migrant farm worker to man in space. Jose began his presentation by giving the young students the license to dream big, one [...]
Front Row (From L to R): PYS Priel Wolfe, Samantha Romero, Katherine Robles, Alessandra Puentes, Vanessa Perez, Flore Jimenez, Yoselin Delgado, Angelina Cruz, Kimberly Cano. Back Row (From L to R): Carolyn Seigfried (Pedrozzi Foundation Executive Director), Maggie Tufts (Pedrozzi Young Scholar Coordinator), and Denise Nathanson (principal of Marylin Ave. School). The 2018 [...]
2018 Pedrozzi Scholars, family members, and friends came together to celebrate their achievements at the annual Recognition Event. Congratulations once again to all scholars on your tremendous accomplishments! View all [...]
To mark the beginning of the second decade of scholarships, the Pedrozzi Foundation recently awarded $412,000 in scholarships to 114 local scholars. Since 2008, the Pedrozzi Foundation has awarded $4 million to 1,100 Livermore students. Of the 2018 Pedrozzi Scholars, seventeen percent will be the first in their family to attend college. These scholars will [...]
The City of Livermore will be naming an internal street in the new inter-generational affordable housing community development at Chestnut Square. "Pedrozzi Common" will run right through the location where Mario Pedrozzi's home once stood. Pedrozzi Foundation board members were on hand to participate in the ground-breaking of this new development and to celebrate [...]
Livermore residents Bryan Balazs and Lori Souza have generously donated $100,000 to the Pedrozzi Foundation to endow a scholarship. “One of the important things we've learned from the work of the Pedrozzi Foundation is that community college students often struggle to complete their educational goals to earn a degree or complete their certificate or transfer [...]
The February 26th edition of The Independent praised Mario Pedrozzi's Gift of Education: "Mario Pedrozzi, a Swiss immigrant who from humble beginnings achieved financial success, gave the Livermore community a wonderful gift. Upon his death, he left almost all of his assets to the community to establish the Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation. The Foundation website [...]
