LIMA, OH (WLIO) - As many young adults are heading to college campuses for the first time, one area family foundation is preparing to give high school students a college campus experience.
The Smith Jones Family Foundation has been offering an "educational field trip" experience for high school students for the past several years. It's an inside look at four traditionally Black universities with tours given by Lima Area Alumni. They will also be attending an HBCU football game. The foundation hopes this field trip will help build the region's workforce encouraging students to attend college and come back home to start their careers.
"We're just playing a small role to help make sure that we can contribute to the development of our workforce and one of those ways in which we do it is to get them exposed to the reality of a college education," explained Londell Smith, Smith Jones Family Foundation.
You can find out more about the 2022 Lima Educational Field Trip on both their Facebook page and the Smith Jones Family Foundation Facebook page. Registration is underway and the trip will be from October 12th through the 16th.
