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TAG Academy Relief

        Morehouse School of Medicine



                               The MSM-Tuskegee
                            Airmen Global Academy
                            strategic partnership is
                            with Morehouse School of
                            Medicine (MSM), Tuskegee
                            Airmen Global (TAG)
                            Academy, Atlanta Public

        Schools, and Atlanta CARES. Many members
        of the MSM community provide one-on-one
        and group mentoring to TAG students in grades
        three through five.                                               Yolanda T. Weems, Ed.S.
            Before and during the pandemic, some                “         Principal, TAG Academy
        students at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy                     Morehouse School of Medicine is
        faced home-lessness and food insecurity.                one of our most engaged partners. MSM has
        Emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic send             ALWAYS made TAG Academy a priority, and
                                                                provided an abundance of resources since the
        stability into a tailspin.                              establishment of our partnership.
            Though the pandemic has paused our face-                 The most recent fundraiser was
        to-face outreach with our pipeline students,            recommended by Dr. Gianluca Tosini and Dr.
        MSM’s TAG Relief effort has provided an                 David Hefner, who wanted to ensure that our
        opportunity to support our TAG students and             families had the necessary essentials during the
        their families. The goal of the effort is to ensure     pandemic. He mentioned the idea to me and
                                                                within a very short time MSM was able to supply
        the TAG students have much-needed supplies              food and toiletries to quite a few of our families.
        and food in these particularly challenging times.            We remain grateful for the support that
        With your generous support, we have been able           Dr. Montgomery-Rice and the faculty and
        to — and will continue to — assist TAG students         staff continue to provide during this time of
        and their families.                                     uncertainty in the world around us.”



          FUND SUMMARY                                         TAG RELIEF FUND

         BALANCE (as of 7.17.20) - $3,551.69
         FUND IMPACT - Provided 75 $25 gift cards for the        $5,400
         TAG Academy to distribute to students and their        AMOUNT RAISED
         family.  Principal Weems will determine how to                                         $208
         utilize the remaining funds.                                 TOTAL                     AVERAGE
         Special thanks to Gianluca Tosini, PhD, who was          26 GIFTS                         GIFT
         instrumental in bringing the idea forward, David          RECEIVED                     AMOUNT
         Hefner, EdD, for his leadership and efforts in
         delivering groceries and essentials to TAG families
         in need and Nakisha Hall for her support in helping
         adminster the fund.                                                     MSM Office of Institutional Advancement
                                                                                : (404) 752-1079 | : growell@msm.edu
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