Take Stock in Children provides mentors, scholarships, and hope for Florida’s low-income and deserving students.
Niceville’s Mid-Bay Rotary Club has donated $3,250 to the Take Stock in Children program. The donation will fund a two-year student scholarship.
Take Stock in Children provides mentors, scholarships, and hope for Florida’s low-income and deserving students.
TSIC scholars in middle and high school pledge to meet regularly with their mentor, maintain academic standards and remain drug and crime-free on the way to achieving a high school diploma. The reward for fulfilling these commitments is a scholarship to a Florida state college, university or vocational school.
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Incorporated in 1995, the program has maintained a 96 percent high school graduation rate.
According to the Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation, which administers the local TSIC program, The Mid-Bay Rotary has supported the Take Stock in Children program for over a decade. t
Take Stock In Children not only provides scholarships to students, but it also provides mentors and financial advice to students and parents.
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To donate, volunteer, or learn more about Take Stock in Children, please contact 850.833.9999.
PHOTO 9TOP): (L to R): Marcus Chambers, Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools; Rotarian Dave Swanick; Mid-Bay Rotary President, Deb Fontaine; Cindy Gates, Director I Principals and Special Projects; and Debbie Tate, Office of Community Affairs & Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation.
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