Ceairra Franklin awarded $1,000 scholarship by Hugh Green Scholarship Foundation
|
By Roscoe Barnes III
|
| Laura Jackson, seated, treasurer for the Hugh Green Scholarship Foundation, presents Ceairra Franklin with a check for $1,000 for tuition assistance. Franklin is the 2024 recipient of the foundation’s annual scholarship. Standing, from left, are Eva Dunkley, Patricia Williams, Marie Love, Wilbur Johnson, and Angie Kelly. (Click on image to enlarge.) |
NATCHEZ, Miss. –– Ceairra Franklin, a 2024 graduate of
Natchez High School, is the 2024 recipient of a $1,000 scholarship awarded by
the Hugh Green Scholarship Foundation. The funding will go toward her education
at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, where she is studying
to become a licensed laboratory technician.
ecstatic, because this was the first one that I had won, and it really made my
day,” said Franklin. “It meant so much to me to win this scholarship, and I’m
really grateful to have been the recipient of it.”
granddaughter of Marie Love. She was recognized for her grades, her attitude,
and her participation in school athletics.
for $1,000 during a recent ceremony on the Bluff. Franklin’s friends and family
members attended the event.
 |
| Ceairra Franklin is the 2024 recipient of the Hugh Green Scholarship. She was awarded $1,000 for tuition assistance at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. (Click on image to enlarge.) |
Foundation President Eva Dunkley presented her with a
gift bag and encouraged her to keep her faith in God. “He will never leave you
nor forsake you,” Dunkley said. “You keep that in your heart, baby, and he’ll
take care of you. We’re going to be praying for you. God bless you.”
Franklin teared up as she thanked everyone for their
support.
Laura Jackson, the foundation’s treasurer, said she was
proud of Franklin.
“She was the best candidate out of the five we had to
choose from,” Jackson said. “She seems to be a person who’s going to make
the foundation proud, and she’s a wonderful young lady and very good student.
She does not have a discipline record, and she’s from a single-parent family.”
Franklin also was one of the organizers of the high
school’s first volleyball team, Jackson said. “She maintained her grade point
average even while she was active playing sports, and that’s important.”
The Hugh Green Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit
organization that presents athletic scholarships to deserving students from all
local high schools who plan to attend college or university. Jackson said the
foundation was created about 10 years ago by a group of local men who wanted to
help students with their education. It was organized, she said, by the late
George A. Dunkley.
See more here: https://listenupyall.com/2024/07/26/ceairra-franklin-awarded-1000-scholarship-by-hugh-green-scholarship-foundation/
Leave a Reply