Harvesting for Scholarships
10th
Annual
Harvesting for Scholarships
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Save
the Date Reminder
The
Harvesting for Scholarship event was founded by Robert Challener
and Nelson Morrow to further focus raising funds for arts education
scholarships for Bay Area teens. Since the founding of this
event Ruth Eckerd Hall's Youth Scholarship Program has awarded
nearly $155,000 in scholarships to 150 deserving
high school students to further their study of the arts. Additionally,
the donations our donors have given to this event has provided
$82,340 in assistance enabling 355 youth, ages
five through eighteen, which otherwise would not have been able
to afford to study at The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts
Institute. The four types of assistance available -- needs based
Tuition Assistance, Work-Study and talent based Tuition Scholarships
and scholarships for students enrolled in the Institute to pursue
post secondary studies and training. With our donors help, these
assistance programs have helped students go on to achieve outstanding
goals in the arts and in their lives.
The
event also provides an opportunity for Ruth Eckerd Hall to present
the annual Marcia P. Hoffman Arts Education Award to
an outstanding individual or organization who has made a significant
contribution to the community by providing or making possible
excellence in the field of arts education.
For
more information, please contact Elissa Stone, Special Events
Manager, (727) 712-2760 or e-mail.
