HSBC North America Serves as Title Sponsor of 41st Annual Aztec Awards Gala

he Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF), the nation’s largest Latino human service nonprofit organization, honored HSBC – North America with the 2008 “Corporate Aztec Award” for championing the cause of financial literacy in the Latino community at the 41st annual Aztec Awards Gala, held at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on October 10.

“It is an honor to receive the Corporate Aztec Award. HSBC will continue to work with MAOF to meet the needs of Latino families and support programs that will benefit Latino communities,” said Donna Funk, HSBC Senior Vice President of Community & Philanthropic Services.

In addition to HSBC, which also served as the gala’s title sponsor, MAOF awarded the Community Aztec Award to The Honorable Rosario Marin, California Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency, and the Lifetime Achievement Aztec Award to The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, member of Congress (CA-34). “Each award recipient is very deserving of its recognition. We look forward to building on our relationships with each honoree in the years to come,” said MAOF President & CEO Martin Castro.

The 2008 Aztec Awards Gala took place two weeks after the passing of MAOF Founder Dr. Dionicio Morales. With over 450 corporate and community leaders in attendance, MAOF Board Chair The Honorable Teresa Sanchez-Gordon declared the gala would be a “celebration of Dr. Morales’ extraordinary life.” The ballroom came to a hush when Dr. Morales’ widow, Maria Morales, took the stage to thank MAOF for its outpouring of support since Dr. Morales’ death on September 24 and shared some of her fondest memories from the early days of MAOF and after 61 years of marriage. Mrs. Morales was joined by her four children.

For a complete list of Aztec Awards Gala sponsors, visit: www.maof.org/news/ . For photos of the gala, visit the MAOF Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/maof .

About MAOF
The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF), a 501 (c)(3) charity, was founded in 1963 to empower the Mexican American community. MAOF has become the nation’s largest Latino human service nonprofit organization by providing no-cost, high quality human services to those communities where the need is the greatest. MAOF operates in seven counties throughout California, and is headquartered in Montebello, Calif.

For more information about MAOF, visit www.maof.org . “

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