Stanbridge College Sponsors Foster Youth Graduation at Orangewood

IRVINE, CA, June 19, 2011 (Press-News.org) Stanbridge College was pleased to be a supporter of the graduation ceremony of twenty eight students of the Orangewood Children's Foundation, an organization in Orange County, California that works to successfully transition emancipated foster youth, support children in foster care, strengthen at risk families and break the cycle of child abuse.

Stanbridge College supports a wide variety of community projects through its REACH program. REACH is a Service Learning initiative in which Stanbridge College students leverage their educational skills to help support their local Orange County and global communities. The Orangewood Children's Foundation graduation ceremony took place on June 3, 2011 at the Bridges Banquet Center in Irvine, California. Stanbridge College provided the high school graduates and over 50 guests with the post-ceremony dinner.

Yasith Weerasuriya, President of Stanbridge College stated, "We congratulate the graduates of Orangewood on this momentous occasion. We are honored to share in the celebration of their commencement and their personal achievement. The Orangewood Children's Foundation is a valuable part of Orange County, providing the resources for foster and at-risk children to succeed, in spite of their challenging pasts. These children have a much wider range of opportunity with Orangewood's guidance. We wish them all success in achieving their future goals."

"We are truly grateful for the support from Stanbridge College and applaud their concern for the challenges our foster youth face," said Orangewood C.E.O. Cal Winslow. "Stanbridge's sponsorship of our graduation ceremony shows our teens that there are organizations in the community that care about their success."

To learn more about Stanbridge College's REACH Beyond the Classroom, visit the Stanbridge College REACH program online.

About Stanbridge College

Irvine, California based Stanbridge College is a co-educational technical college with an annual enrollment of over 650 students. Founded in 1996, Stanbridge is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges, ACCSC, and offers Diploma, Associate and Bachelor of Science degree programs in Vocational Nursing, Occupational Therapy Assisting and Information Technology.

Stanbridge College has been recognized by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc as a 2010 America's Best Technical Colleges award recipient. Stanbridge is a 2008-2009 School of Excellence Award Recipient from the Accrediting Commission of Career schools & Colleges (ACCSC), and maintains one of the highest continuous pass rates on the NCLEX-PN National Nursing Board Exam in California since 2007 with a 96% cumulative pass rate. Stanbridge College has been named to the 2009 and 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. For more information, please visit http://www.stanbridge.edu or call (949)-794-9090.

About Orangewood Children's Foundation
Orangewood Children's Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1981. Its mission is to provide innovative services for abused and neglected children and at-risk families to end the cycle of child abuse one life at a time. Programs focus on the areas of education, supportive services, life-stage transition and child abuse prevention. In its 30 year history Orangewood has helped over 74,000 kids find their wings and soar. Beyond its programs, for thousands in the community Orangewood means "family," "opportunity" and "hope." Learn how you can help at http://www.orangewoodfoundation.org.