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Gentlemen’s Quest Of Tampa, Inc. Hosts Scholarship Awards Reception For Graduates
TAVIS MYRICK ...Executive Director, Gentle- men’s Quest of Tampa, Inc.
The Gentlemen’s Quest of Tampa, Inc. is making a mark in the Tampa Bay com- munity that will never be erased.
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Gentlemen’s Quest program hosted a Scholar- ship Awards Reception on a Yacht Starship Cruise and provided 12 scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 (for a total of $16,000) to graduating high school seniors around the Tampa Bay area, who have been faced with serious hardships, including aca- demic challenges, financial restraints, or family adver- sity.
Gentlemen’s Quest of Tampa, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that is dedicated to expanding opportunities and support for low-income students in the development of college readiness skills and to in- crease the number of stu- dents that are prepared to enter and successfully com- plete post-secondary educa- tion. The program is dedicated to helping the par- ticipants realize their full po- tential as students, make positive choices regarding their academics and behav- ior, and equip them with the skills necessary to become productive citizens after they graduate.
The program, which is supported by public contri- butions will provide each of
MAURICE ALLEN Blake High School
GABRIEL JEAN-SIMON Victory Christian Academy
ADRIAN PERDOMO Leto High School
the students with financial assistance to get off to col- lege. Since 2014, it has helped put many students through college.
The students who make up this year’s cohort have overcome poverty, bullying, physical and mental health struggles and family tragedies. They each com-
HOWARD BROOKINS Hillsborough High School
MALIK MAZION Jefferson High School
JOSE SANDOVAL Plant City High School
pleted their senior year of high school in the midst of a pandemic that threw the ed- ucational system’s inequities into full view.
The students also share a common goal: to create a brighter future, not just for themselves, but for their families and communities.
Tavis Myrick, Execu-
DARIUS FRAZIER, JR. Lennard High School
JALEN MORRIS East Bay High School
LUKE MAXWELL SCHINDLER Mitchell High School
tive Director of the Gentle- men’s Quest of Tampa, be- lieves that all students have the capacity to learn and suc- ceed if given the necessary resources and the access to the resources needed to suc- ceed. He continued to say that “the GQ program will remain a community-based program that thrives on sup-
IAN JACKSON Jefferson High School
AXEL NUNEZ-PEREZ Lennard High School
JAYLEN WHARTON Durant High School
porting our students and community. Our goal is to ensure that we prepare stu- dents for life and GQ will continue to support all stu- dents in Hillsborough County.”
If you’d like to partner with the GQ program, call (813) 443-6076 or visit the website www.GQtampa.com.