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Tampa Bay Chapter FAMU Alumni To Host Endowment Scholarship Gala
HOPE Meeting To Tackle Housing, Elder Care And Juvenile Justice
As students, their families, and friends prepare for May 5, 2018 FAMU Spring Com- mencement, Tampa Bay Chapter Florida A&M Univer- sity (FAMU) National Alumni Association (NAA) are work- ing to ensure they have the re- sources needed for more Hillsborough County high school, community college and transfer students to ma- triculate successfully and fi- nancially at FAMU.
This is a significant time for the University President to visit the Tampa Bay area Rat- tlers and friends and give the “State of University Affairs” at FAMU after the Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session.
During the last quarter of 2017, FAMU’s Board of Trustees (BOT) approved Dr. Larry Robinson as the next President. Dr. Robinson as Interim President had agreed to serve as the keynote speaker for a 2018 Gala in last year.
The event will take place on Saturday, April 21st, at the
DR. LARRY ROBINSON ... Keynote Speaker
DoubleTree Hotel By Hilton, 4500 W. Cypress Street begin- ning at 6 p. m. Ms. Rosalyn McIntosh is the Gala Chair- person. Wendell Duggins is President of the Tampa Bay Chapter FAMU Alumni.
Tampa Bay Chapter em- barked upon an endowment two years earlier to support students financially that at- tend FAMU. The FAMU NAA is focused to support the Uni- versity’s efforts to help stu-
MS. ROSALYN McINTOSH Gala Chairperson
dents excel in their studies, graduate on time and secure employment in their fields of study, through the S.O.S.
S.O.S. is a unique program under the 3rd Vice President of FAMU NAA, SAVE OUR STUDENTS, known as S.O.S. was kicked off at 2016 National convention held in Tampa, FL. The national asso- ciation raised more than $600,000 with this initiative coming out of the gate, to sup- port students who were $500 to $1,500 short of adequate funds to stay in school.
The National Alumni Gov- ernment Chairperson Car- olyn Hepburn Collins emphasized that Tampa needed an academic focus with a financial goal.
Tampa Chapter Alumni President Duggins said, “I solicited the support of the of- ficers and the chapter’s mem- bers to plan, in advance, successful kick-off for a quar- ter of a million dollars ($250,000) Scholarship En- dowment to support students from Hillsborough County schools.”
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
1,600 expected to unite to discuss these concerns
More than 1,600 residents, representing numerous reli- gious denominations will gather on Monday, April 16, 2018 “serious community problems in Affordable Hous- ing, Elder Care and Juvenile Justice.”
Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality (HOPE) will hold its Ne- hemiah Action meeting Mon- day evening, April 16, 2018, 7 p. m.-8:30 p. m., at Bible- Based Fellowship Church, 4811 Ehrlich Rd., Carroll- wood, 33624. Rev. Anthony White is the host pastor. Registration is at 6:30 p. m.
The 2017 meeting drew 1,300 in attendance at Nativ- ity Catholic Church.
According to Sharon Streater, Executive Director of HOPE, this year’s meeting will focus on the over 100,000 families in Hillsborough County who pay over 1⁄2 of their income on housing; the
SHARON STREATER
over 3,000 seniors on a wait- ing list to receive basic serv- ices; and over 600 children who were unnecessarily ar- rested for misdemeanors in Hillsborough County this past year.
Among those on the list of invitees are: all of the County Commissioners, State Atty. Andrew Warren, Chief Judge Richard Ficarrotta, Public Defender Julianne Holt, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan and County Adminis- trator Mike Merrill.
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