California Hotel & Lodging Association Hospitality Foundation

Thank you to everyone who joined us for yesterday's virtual celebration and helped us honor the 62 amazing CHLA Hospitality Foundation scholarship award recipients.

Today is the day! There is still time to register and join us for today's celebration of our 2020 scholarship awards recipients! Join us at http://chlahf2020.hosted.events/.

Please consider supporting the foundation with a donation. It is an investment in our FUTURE HOSPITALITY LEADERS; providing job skills, financial independence, selfsufficiency, and the dignity and sense of accomplishment that we all crave. The Hospitality Foundation relies on annual support from industry leaders to maintain this lifechanging charitable effort. With your continued contributions, the profession is transforming the lives of young people here in school today and those that follow in our footsteps. https://chlafoundation.org/donate/

Our awards celebration is almost here! Join us next Thursday, October 29 for this virtual event honoring our 2020 Scholarship Award Recipients. Register at http://chlahf2020.hosted.events/

The California Hotel & Lodging Association Hospitality Foundation celebrates students who commit their educational careers to and excel in the study of hospitality and tourism. Unfortunately we cannot celebrate in person this year but we invite everyone to join us for a virtual celebration on Thursday, October 29th at 4:00pm. Register for this free celebration at http://chlahf2020.hosted.events.

Join us for a virtual celebration as we honor the 2020 CHLA Hospitality Foundation scholarship recipients. This free celebration will be held on October 29 at 4:00pm - register now at http://chlahf2020.hosted.events and consider donating to the foundation at chlafoundation.org/donate.

The California Hotel & Lodging Association Hospitality Foundation proudly announces the donation of $20,000 to its scholarship program from the Handlery Foundation, a gift that will support the education of the next generation of hospitality leaders.

I am honored to have been selected as a scholarship recipient. Thank you so much for the generous award! I am beyond appreciative to receive this scholarship. This coming fall will be my final year as a Hospitality and Tourism Major at San Diego State University. Within my major, I have chosen an emphasis in Restaurant Management and I am also pursuing a minor in Sustainability. Upon graduation, my career goals are to work with hotels, restaurants, and catering companies to ...make their services more environmentally conscious. Winning this scholarship means I’m given the support to work on my goals and make them a reality. Receiving this scholarship has lightened my financial burden and allows me to focus on school and take advantage of the wonderful opportunities available to me. I can’t wait to continue learning and bring what I can to the industry! Nicole Loseff, San Diego State University See more

Mackenzie Miravet, Cal State Northridge, another CHLA Hospitality Foundation rising star!

Martina Di Napoli, Cal Poly Pomona - another rising star in hospitality!

2020 Scholarship Recipients

" Being awarded the CHLA scholarship goes beyond the scholarship's monetary value. It speaks to the nature of hard work, immense passion for the hospitality industry, and the importance of goal setting. To me, it says that all these traits, as well as effort, persistence, going above and beyond in the hospitality service industry (and with a big smile and laugh or two!), and striving to reach my highest potential, is recognized. The support of the CHLA Hospitality Foundation means a great deal to me" Athena Oanessian, Cal Poly Pomona

" I am so very honored to be accepting this scholarship from CHLA this year! I’ve never seen so involved in school until I arrived at San Diego State University and if it wasn’t for my fellow students talking about how amazing this organization is and to apply I never would’ve even heard of CHLA. This is a personal big milestone for me because It shows how far I’ve come and how much I’ve accomplished at school within the first year or being at SDSU. Although we are all dealin...g with troubling times right now I plan on using this scholarship to keep me financially at bay while I strive to accomplish and conquer every class project that is thrown my way from the comfort of my own home. This upcoming semester may not be ideal stuck in the house but the lack of stress this scholarship is helping with will make the classes that much easier. Again I am so very grateful for Deb and CHLA Hospitality Foundation! " Josh Tenen, San Diego State University See more