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Local Real Estate Agent Creates Magic For Kids
BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer
Darrell Herbert has al- ways been interested in en- trepreneurship. In May 2004, he created A Party 2 Remember, a party planner business for kids when his son was born.
When his daughter was born, he was determined to leave a legacy for his children despite being a full-time real- tor. His business is black- owned, and family operated. His son works with the com- pany when not in school.
A Party 2 Remem- ber caters to special events and party planning with kids as the focus. All events are family friendly. Some of the offerings include backyard parties, corporate functions, graduation parties, and church events. Their com- pany slogan is “a party we’re sure you’ll never forget!”
A Party 2 Remember is fully licensed and insured and offers bounce houses, water slides, obstacle courses, rock climbing, dunk tanks, and many other excit- ing activities.
Herbert says the com- pany went through extensive vetting to become a partner with Tampa Parks and the school system. He is one of
DARRELL HERBERT ... Owner of A Party 2 Remember.
only two black companies that are approved as vendors. Herbert works with indi- vidual schools and PTAs to
arrange parties.
The public can secure the
services of the company via their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ aparty2remember)
Herbert’s plans are to eventually grow the business for sale so that he can move on to something less physical while continuing to grow a legacy for his children.
2021 Kente Awards Will Honor Community Leaders Peggy Quince And Vincent Jackson
The 2021 Kente Awards and Scholarship Ceremony at the University of South Florida, sponsored by Amgen, will recognize 19 scholarship recipients and two commu- nity leaders. All proceeds from this annual event bene- fit diversity scholarships at USF.
The Kente Awards Cere- mony will be held on Thurs- day, April 29.
The Kente Awards, pre- sented by the African Ameri- can Advisory Committee, Black Faculty and Staff Asso- ciation, Institute on Black Life, and Ruth and Jerry Bell, recognize leadership in resolving educational and so- cial problems as they relate to individuals of African Ameri- can heritage.
Two community leaders will be recognized at the event: Justice Peggy Quince with the Joyce Rus- sell Kente Community Leader Award and the late Vincent Jackson ’16 with the Joyce Russell Alumni Award.
Quince was the second African American and third woman to serve as Chief Jus- tice for the state of Florida.
JUSTICE PEGGY QUINCE ...Joyce Russell Kente Community Award
She was a justice of the court from 1999 to 2019 and was the first African American woman to sit on the state's highest court.
From 1993 to 1997, she served as a judge on Florida's Second District Court of Ap- peal. On July 1, 2008, Quince assumed the office of chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida for two years, the first African American woman to head any branch of Florida government.
Jackson, primarily known for his prowess on the football field, boasts accom- plishments far beyond the gridiron. He graduated from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business in 2016, following 12 seasons in the National Foot- ball League (NFL) with both the San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Feeling a strong commit- ment to serve the community
JEWEL BURKS SOLOMON ...Keynote Speaker
in which he lived, Jackson launched the Jackson in Ac- tion 83 Foundation in No- vember 2012. The foundation’s mission is to provide support to military families, focusing on the edu- cational, emotional and phys- ical health of children.
Nineteen students will re- ceive scholarships at the event, including the Black Faculty Staff Association En- dowment Scholarship, the Dr. Israel “Ike” Tribble Jr. En- dowed Scholarship and the Ruth and Jerry Bell Endowed Scholarship.
The keynote speaker for the event is Jewel Burks Solomon, the head of Google for Startups in the U. S. In this role, she works to level the playing field for un- derrepresented startup founders and communities by connecting them with the best of Google’s products, people and platforms.
The title sponsor for this year's event is Amgen. Gold sponsor is the Florida Lot- tery. Green sponsors include WUSF Public Media, MO- SAIC, Onyx and the USF Foundation Diversity Initia- tives & Scholarship Office. Silver sponsors are the Rooms To Go Foundation, USF Alumni Association, USF College of Arts and Sciences, USF Office of Diversity, In- clusion and Equal Opportu- nity and USF Foundation Office of Gift Planning. Bronze sponsors include Joyce Russell, Dr. Judy Genshaft, Donald Odom, Esq., Sharon Ayers- Thompson and CourMed.
For more information, contact Walter Jennings, assistant director of develop- ment for diversity initiatives, at jennings@usf.edu.
VINCENT JACKSON ...Joyce Russell Alumni Award
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