Foundation: Community News
Read about the impact the LBCC Foundation and our donors are having in the community.
To read about the LBCC Foundation’s Funding Our Future campaign, click here.
To read about the successes of LBCC Alumni, click here.
Community and Business Partners Sponsor LBCC’s State of the College
President's Circle Sponsorships
We are thrilled to put the spotlight on our sponsors whose continued support of LBCC allowed the College to hold its first-ever virtual State of the College address. Click here to watch the replay of this historic event. If you would like to support the College by joining the President’s Circle, please click here.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Community Members Give Back
Bill and Frances Keys
This month, we sat down with Bill and Frances Keys over Zoom to discuss their recent donation of their CARES Act stimulus checks and why they continue to support Long Beach City College.
The Impact of Grants
A recent article from Inside Higher Ed highlighted just how dire things have grown for many community college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, Long Beach City College provided hot breakfasts for 1,800 students over 10 events. In contrast, the LBCC Basic Needs Office’s Grab N Go grocery pickup events have been providing food support to over 1,800 people every two weeks (approximately 400 students and members of their household) since the campus closed in March 2020.
County Grant Helps Vikings
CARES for Food Security
Earlier this month, the Long Beach City College Foundation was selected by the California Community Foundation to receive $275,000 from their CARES for Food Security fund.
Chromebooks & Hotspots Given to LBCC Students
LBCC Foundation helps provide technology to students with donations
Long Beach City College (LBCC) distributed 100 Chromebooks and 50 hotspots to students on Friday, October 9, thanks to a donation to the LBCC Foundation.
The Long Beach Community Foundation, human I-T and the LBCC Foundation partnered together to provide the technology, while LBCC’s Student Services area matched the recipients and arranged for the drive-up distribution at the Liberal Arts Campus.
Laptops Gifted to 100 Incoming LBCC Students
The Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion (LBCEI) presented Long Beach City College (LBCC) a donation of 100 Chromebook laptop computers for LBCC students on Mon., June 22 as part of the citywide #InThisTogetherLB pandemic emergency response campaign.
Together, LBCEI and LBCC distributed the 100 Chromebooks during an event at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library to incoming LBCC students who live in North Long Beach.
LBCC & Foundation Receive Grant to Assist Students in Unpaid Internships
Grants allows more low-income students to accept internships that provide work experience
The Long Beach City College (LBCC) Foundation and LBCC Workforce Development department recently received a $650,000 grant and scholarship endowment for students to receive stipends while placed in unpaid internships.
More than 60 percent of LBCC students are working part-time between 10 and 30 hours a week to help pay for tuition, books, and materials. Additionally, many internships are not paid, which makes it financially infeasible for students. This situation makes it challenging for many LBCC students to commit to an internship and becomes an equity issue.