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ELOUISE RICE ROBINSON FOUNDATION MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Elouise Rice Robinson Foundation (a 501(c) organization) Memorial Scholarship was established on April 23, 2006 by her children, Hazel, Debra, Derriel, and Regina. The Scholarship was created to honor and pay tribute to their mother. She was a loving mother, a devoted wife, a devout Christian, a committed educator, and a dedicated community organizer. She instilled in her children the values of Scholarship, Leadership, Community Activism, the spirit of Entrepreneurship and a love of the Creative Arts.
The Elouise Rice Robinson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors of African-American heritage in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania, who have done an outstanding job of studying and working hard to excel academically, who are accomplished in their own right and have made a difference in our community. The scholarships are used to help defray the cost of their higher education.
At the inaugural scholarship award luncheon on April 23, 2006, six (6) graduating seniors from Plant City High School in Plant City, Florida were recognized, in which a total of $3,000.00 in scholarship prizes were awarded.
Over the next eleven (11) years an additional thirty-one (31) students were recognized for their achievements and were awarded scholarship monies to apply towards their continued education. The most notable years were in 2008 and 2013, where in 2008 a total of $6,000.00 was awarded to seven (7) graduating seniors, one of whom was the first African American Valedictorian at Plant City High School. In 2013, the first direct descendant of Elouise Rice Robinson, who graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, MD, was awarded a $1,500.00 scholarship.
As of 2017, a total of $25,500 has been distributed to thirty-seven (37) students to assist them in pursuing higher education. The siblings are particularly proud of recognizing sixteen (16) African American males, or 43% of the total, in their pursuit for a higher education. In the inaugural class, four (4) of the six (6) recipients were males, and in 2008, the largest class of recipients to date, four (4) of the seven (7) recipients were males. The siblings have a strong commitment to encourage, promote, and support African American male scholars.
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