Community Connections

RHBA member Luis E. Ormaechea is a member of the Board of Directors of Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (LVR), a not-for-profit organization of trained volunteers dedicated to providing one-to-one or small group English tutoring to functionally illiterate adults and to others lacking English language skills, and to fostering literacy in the greater Rochester, NY area. LVR is … [Read more...] about Luis E. Ormaechea’s community work with the Literacy Volunteers of Rochester

Several RHBA members awarded scholarships to local Hispanic students during the Annual Gala and Hispanic Scholarship Recognition Awards organized by the Ibero-American Action League on June 11, 2011. RHBA members presenting scholarships are: Emeterio M. Otero, Ph.D., to student Nayarit Davila - East H.S. First Capital Payments, to students Mary Elizabeth Lugo - … [Read more...] about RHBA Members Award Scholarships to Hispanic Students

Antonio Vieira Guest Speaker at Children's School of Rochester Graduation BA Board Member and Treasurer Antonio Vieira was invited to be Guest Speaker and address 6th graders during their recent graduation at The Children's School of Rochester No. 15. A large number of students from The Children's School of Rochester are from immigrant families, and about half of them … [Read more...] about Antonio Vieira Guest Speaker at Children’s School of Rochester Graduation