{"id":49986,"date":"2019-10-10T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49986"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:07:30","slug":"acc-transforms-lives-with-2nd-annual-boots-bats-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/10\/acc-transforms-lives-with-2nd-annual-boots-bats-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC transforms lives with 2nd annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/11\/ACC_FY20_BootsBats_Social_TW_506x253.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49987\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/11\/ACC_FY20_BootsBats_Social_TW_506x253.png 506w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/11\/ACC_FY20_BootsBats_Social_TW_506x253-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/11\/ACC_FY20_BootsBats_Social_TW_506x253-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Presented by HEB, every dollar raised directly supports student scholarships<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Austin Community College (ACC) hosts the second annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala Saturday, November 2, to support student scholarships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, November 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> ACC Highland Campus, Building 4000 (6101 Highland Campus Dr.)<\/p>\n<p>Presented by HEB and hosted in partnership with ACC partners with renowned Southwest artist Amado Pe\u00f1a and his Art Has Heart Foundation (AHH), the gala features a live and silent auction with hundreds of works from Austin artists, including ACC students and faculty, and artists nationwide, live music, and a cocktail reception with hors d\u2019oeuvres designed and prepared by ACC Culinary Arts students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing when you talk to students you find out that it\u2019s the little things, small roadblocks, that really get in the way,\u201d says Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC president\/CEO. \u201cScholarships show students that somebody is invested in them personally, and they take it personally. This gala is one way we can work with our community to transform lives through education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural gala raised more than $160,000 for student scholarships. At ACC, it funded<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>31-$2,500 Boots &amp; Bats scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year<\/li>\n<li>Helped fund the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber endowment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMy scholarship gave me peace of mind. I\u2019m going to graduate with absolutely no debt,\u201d says Sophia Monetti, ACC Boots &amp; Bats scholarship recipient. \u201cI was so surprised when I found out that I was selected. I\u2019m the oldest of five kids, so I am responsible for paying for my own college. Not having that extra financial worry is incredible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I received my first scholarship it made a big difference. It made me believe that I could be successful and that people believed in what I was doing,\u201d says Amado Pe\u00f1a, AHH co-founder. \u201cIt was one of those things that just stayed with me. I told myself if I ever had the opportunity to give that back, this was one way of doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas Senator Kirk Watson and Dr. Aileen Bumphus, assistant vice president of the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence at UT-Austin, will serve as co-chairs for the 2019 gala.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and purchase tickets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/events\/boots-bats-gala\/\">austincc.edu\/bootsandbats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by HEB, every dollar raised directly supports student scholarships Austin Community College (ACC) hosts the second annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala Saturday, November 2, to support student scholarships.&nbsp; Date: Saturday, November 2 Time: 6 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/10\/acc-transforms-lives-with-2nd-annual-boots-bats-gala\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,18],"tags":[2160,2157,2178,3725,1187,100],"class_list":["post-49986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-art-has-heart-foundation","tag-boots-bats","tag-boots-bats-gala","tag-dr-aileen-bumphus","tag-kirk-watson","tag-scholarships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}