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Fraternity’s Annual Toy Drive
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Tampa Alumni Chapter, held its Annual Toy Drive a few days before Christmas. Tremaine Whitty, Social Action Chair, along with the support of chapter brothers, Eric White, Ross Anderson, Dorain Franklin, Tyrone Williams, Adrian White, Dwayne Peterkin and program di- rector, Frankie Jones, distributed toys to several hundred kids at East Tampa Charter School on December 20th.
The Florida Lottery Takes Education Further
Since the Florida Lot- tery’s establishment in 1988, wehavegivenplayerstheop-
portunity to transform their lives, and we have been steadfast in pursuit of im-
proving education statewide, year after year.
Over the past 30 years, the Florida Lottery has re- mained committed to en- hancing public education in Florida. Throughout that time, we have contributed
more than $36 billion to public schools, universities and colleges, and directly to students through the Bright Futures Scholarship Pro- gram.
The Bright Futures Schol- arship Program, which is pri-
marily funded by the Florida Lottery, was created in 1997 by the Florida Legislature to assist students in pursuing postsecondary educational career goals. Since the pro- gram’s inception, we have contributed more than $5 billion to send more than 840,000 students to college.
The Florida Lottery is proud to be a dedicated and dependable funding source for public education, con- tributing more than $1 bil- lion annually for the past 16 consecutive years, while re- maining one of the most effi- cient lotteries in the country.
We thank you for helping us reach these incredible milestones, as a portion of every ticket purchased goes towards education. We hope that the benefits of our con- tributions continue to be felt in communities cross the en- tire state.
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