College Offers Opportunities for Life

 

COOL (College Offers Opportunities for Life) is a college readiness and life/academic preparedness program providing students from Central, G. W. Carver, and Booker T. Washington high schools higher education counseling, mentoring, life skills, ACT preparation, and assistance with the college admissions process.

 

Download the COOL application here


Eligibility

Clients must live in the 38126 zip code and/or attend Central, Carver, or Booker T. Washington high schools, have at least a 2.0 GPA with good attendance, provide two recommendation letters, and complete an interview.

Impact



Our partners

This program is funded by generous contributions from The Memphis Grizzlies, fred's Super Dollar, The Irvin Lansky Foundation, The Children's Foundation of Memphis, PeyBack Foundation, and The John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust.

 

  • Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011

  • MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year

  • 74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty

  • 86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs

  • In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone

  • MIFA was founded in 1968

  • Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009

  • MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities

  • Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees

  • Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year

  • In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school

  • MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

Contact us

Derek Henson

Program Manager

(901) 529-4556

dhenson@mifa.org


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