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This week, some amazing community partners will launch the first city-wide effort to provide high school seniors with free help to complete their federal financial aid forms. Why is this so important? Ninety percent of students who apply for financial aid will go on to college. Yet, in San Antonio many students don't apply because they assume they are not eligible, or find the process daunting.

I need your help.

Give a few hours of your time: My team still needs about 10 volunteers this Saturday, January 28th from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Phillips College. You don't need to be a financial guru to help. We provide training to volunteers and also need folks to staff the registration table.  If you are available to help out, please email me at mike@mikevillarreal.com or call my office at (210) 734-8937.

Spread the word: Please tell your friends, family, and neighbors about this eight week program to provide assistance at sites throughout San Antonio. This website www.studentaidsa.org has all of the information that you need about the program including dates and locations. Please share it with your friends, tweet about it, share on your Facebook page, or sing it from the mountaintop. Whatever you do, make sure that the students & parents in your life know about this great free service. You can also share the video (in English and Spanish).

Thank you for doing your part to achieve our SA 2020 goals of college readiness and enrollment. We can and will make San Antonio the best place in our nation to raise and educate children.