This video introduction and greeting is given by Little Joe, in recognition of PPEP’s 53rd Birthday Celebration Anniversary and Dr. John David Arnold journey, in which he dedicates and performs an original song he wrote -“ I Want To Be Your Friend” courtesy of DeLeon Publishing.
Little Joe, born José María De León Hernández, has released more than 70 albums during his half-century-long career and has won five Grammy Awards with his group Little Joe y La Familia.
The 79-year-old singer is a music legend and has been entertaining audiences for over 50 years and is known as the “King of the Brown Sound.”
PPEP, Inc. was founded in 1967 by Dr. John David Arnold aboard a 1957 Chevy bus named “La Tortuga (tortoise)” with a $19,000 grant from the Tucson Committee for Economic Opportunity, with the vision and conviction to “Improve the quality of rural life.” Five decades later PPEP remains dedicated to carrying out the dreams of its first Bracero migrant farm workers for a better way of life, while also investing in many other programs that help lift struggling communities and individuals out of poverty. PPEP has been able to flourish and grow into a robust, multi-service organization, with local, regional and international reach.
Today PPEP’s professional and dedicated staff provides programs and services related to employment and training, human services, alternative charter high schools, affordable housing, micro-business lending, services to the development disabled, and international programs. You will learn more about the amazing work PPEP undertakes for our communities, and about the key milestones and achievements it has attained over the last 53 years, we invite you to continue the journey alongside us as La Tortuga continues rolling into the future and see how this is being accomplished.
For more information or contributions contact:
PPEP Administration Office located at 802 East 46th Street Tucson, AZ 85713
Office (520) 622-3553 / Fax (520) 622-1480 / TDD 1-800-367-8939
Honoring Our Heroes and Warriors Since 1967
“Si Se Puede, Si Se Pudo y Si Se Podrá” www.ppep.org
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21 ноя 2020
