Thank you to the more than 50 neighbors who came out to Dock Street on a sunny beautiful afternoon for our 10th Annual Gary Bronson Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser on April 23! We are additionally grateful to Mable Bakali and Andrew Kulasegram-Wilson, two of 2016's TEN scholarship award recipients, who were able to join us and share the genuine impact these funds and community support have had on them and their studies.
These scholarship funds exemplify the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors! To date, this year's mean donation is $90, and 77% percent of our donors live in Cedar Park with an additional 10% coming from other West Philadelphia neighborhoods. We have raised approximately 80% of the funds necessary to match last year's award numbers and amounts to help us reach our goal! Donations of any amount are appreciated! Sponsor level with opportunities for recognition remain available.
The 2017 Gary Bronson Memorial Scholarship application will be posted online later this month to be due mid-June. Please check back with us and help to distribute the application widely to any neighborhood youth who may be eligible.
Finally, please mark your calendar for Friday, July 14th for the Gary Bronson Memorial Scholarship award ceremony in Cedar Park at 49th and Baltimore. The ceremony will take place during the 7:00 p.m. set break for the evenings Cedar Park Live Jazz Friday concert. In addition to presenting the scholarship awards to recipients, we will also be recognizing our sponsor level donors:
Sustaining Neighbor Sponsor
Fleming Family Fund
Benefactor Neighbor Sponsor
Fred Wolfe, Jr.
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Patron Neighbor Sponsor
Amara Rockar & Mustapha Berkshan
Ana Lisa Yoder & G. Anthony Lapp
Claudia B. Hamilton-Ruffin
Duwayne Terry & Julia Katz Terry
Jacques-Jean Tiziou
Representative James Roebuck
Jesse Fuchs-Simon
Lisa Mitchell
Melani Lamond, Urban & Bye, Realtor
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Susan Kay Weiler
Friendly Neighbor Sponsor
Alfred C. Airone & Carolyn J. Kelly
Brad Wayland
Darryl Bundrige
David Hincher & Mara Hincher
David Wengert
Debra L. Detweiler & L. George Detweiler
Elizabeth K. Sands
Jeff Lutzner
Joyce A. Brock
Kelly J. Ryan
Lewis Baum
Linford D. Martin & Marcella J. Zimmerman
Louis N. Tannen & Catherine C. Carr
Margaret Dowling
Mark McGuire & Jo-Ann M. Verrier
Maureen Tate & Gerald McHugh
Michael Froehlich
Michael W. Jennings & Alfred A. Giosa
Scott Geryk & Nancy Geryk
Patricia J. Lavelle
Patricia Warner
Sharon Smith & James Smith
Suzanne Banning Anderson & Kelvyn Anderson