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Local Event
Gentlemen’s Quest Of Tampa Hosts Scholarship Awards Reception
GQ Board of Directors: (Pictured from left to right) Dr. Dre Gra- ham, the Honorable John Badalamenti, Executive Director Tavis Myrick, and Larry Washington.
Timothy Salmon Riverview High School
Damani Fisher Tampa Bay Technical High School
Raul Ramirez Rodriguez Sumner High School
students have the capacity to learn and succeed if given the necessary resources and the access to the resources needed to succeed. We will remain a community-based program that thrives on sup- porting our students and community. Our goal is to ensure that we prepare stu- dents for life and GQ will
Pierre Chedraui Blake High School
Aarrion Vann Sumner High School
Aaron McClain, III Lennard High School
continue to support all stu- dents in Hillsborough County.”
Gentlemen’s Quest of Tampa Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that is dedicated to expanding op- portunities and support for low-income students in the development of college readi- ness skills and to increase the number of students that are
Dominic Cooper Strawberry Crest High School
Elijah Jacobs University of South Florida
Axel Adrian Nunez Perez University of Central Florida
Clyde St. Call Strawberry Crest High School
prepared to enter and suc- cessfully complete post-sec- ondary education.
The students who make up this year’s cohort have overcome poverty, bullying, physical and mental health struggles and family tragedies. They each com- pleted their senior year of high school and have created a practical plan with action- able steps for their future.
If you would like to part- ner with the GQ program, call (813) 443-6076 or visit the website www.GQ- tampa.com.
Joel Carrasquillo Middleton High School $5,000 Scholarship Winner
Miles Jones Strawberry Crest High School - $2,000 Scholarship Winner
The Gentlemen’s Quest of Tampa Inc. continues to make a mark in Tampa. On Saturday June 4, 2022, Gen- tlemen’s Quest hosted a Scholarship Awards Recep- tion on the Yacht Starship
Jeffery Blanc Middleton High School $3,000 Scholarship
Winner
Patrick Chang Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School
Cruise and provided fourteen (14) scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 to grad- uating high school seniors.
Tavis Myrick, Executive Director of the Gentlemen’s Quest of Tampa, states “All
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