Mid-Bay Rotary Club donates to Take Stock in Children

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.

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.

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.