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Take Stock In Children Awards $215K In Scholarships To Local Students
June 4, 2016
Take Stock in Children and the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation awarded $215,000 in scholarships at the June 2 “Graduation & Unsung Hero Celebration”. The event honored 17 graduating seniors who received four-year tuition scholarships. In addition, each graduate received a laptop computer.
The 2016 Take Stock in Children graduates are:
Escambia High: Ashleigh Bell, Shelby Butts, Austin Travis:
Northview High: Ureil Codrington, Amber Freeman, Carly Ward;
Pensacola High: Destinee Brundidge, Savion Henderson, Jazmin Womack;
Pine Forest High: Tara Vanderburg;
Tate High: Brianna Holmquist, Alicia Presswood;
Washington High: Alyssa Barnes, Courtney Greene, Donald Vaughan;
West Florida High: Nikita Babkin, Mariah McMullen
Take Stock in Children was established in 1995 as a non-profit organization in Florida that provides a unique opportunity for deserving low-income students to escape the cycle of poverty through education. Students receive college scholarships, caring volunteer mentors, and hope for a better life. Students are selected through a need-based application process in middle school and comprehensive services continue through high school and include the students’ transition into college. Scholarships are funded through a unique public-private fundraising model in which local scholarship donations are matched by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation when scholarships are purchased each year. Each student is matched with a volunteer mentor who meets with the student weekly at school.
Pictured: 2016 Escambia County Take Stock in Children graduates (front, L-R) Carly Ward, Courtney Greene, Nikita Babkin, Savion Henderson, Ureil Codrington, Destinee Brundidge, Jazmin Womack, Shelby Butts, (back, L-R) Donald Vaughan, Alyssa Barnes, Ashleigh Bell, Austin Travis, Tara Vanderburg, Mariah McMullen, Alicia Presswood and Amber Freeman. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Take Stock In Children Awards $215K In Scholarships To Local Students”
Awesome job Carly Ward! You amaze and inspire me!
From birth to Graduation, I have watched you grow in to a fantastic young woman. You have style, a beauty that is inside and out, and confidence in who you are and what you believe in! I am so happy and proud that you already have a direction and moving forward in the next chapter of your life. It has been a rough couple of years and you have held it together and come out the shining star that you are. I can definitely speak on behalf of Jamie and Roxanne and say you couldn’t make them more proud. Their love for you shows in the confident and strong young woman you are!
“The World is your Oyster!”
The double-meaning is a common literary device employed by Shakespeare. The use of an oyster as a metaphor for life, also has a double-meaning: The world holds the possibility of making a fortune, but it depends upon how hard one looks for and works at getting. It may take a lot of work and trying a lot of different things (i.e., prying open a lot of oysters) before one finally makes one’s fortune (i.e., finds a pearl).
Just from what you have already accomplished with the losses you have suffered, I know that you will succeed in whatever your desire! We are ALL so proud of you!
I was honored to be Carly Ward’s mentor for the past 3 years. If not for this program I would have never gotten to know this precious young lady. Through some of life’s worst obstacles she has walked through with such grace. Good luck to Carly, Amber, and Urell.
Congratulations to all the students receiving the Take Stock In Children Scholarships! This can be life changing for you. My son received this and was able to go to 4 years of college and now has a job that he loves…not just one that is available. Good Luck.
So proud of Uriel, Amber and Carly for their diligence through the years to achueve this scholarship . Now, make the MOST of it and let us hear of all your successes.
Congratulations Amber, Urell, and Carly!