For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Contact:
Jacqueline M. Northrop
313.595.5546
jacqueline@scarletcomm.com
RHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION HOSTS 5th ANNUAL
“SCHOLAR POWER” SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST
“Girls Into Women”
Detroit, MI – Rhonda Walker, WDIV Local 4 news anchor, and the dedicated board of directors and volunteers of the Rhonda Walker Foundation (RWF) will host the fifth annual “Scholar Power” Scholarship Breakfast for their 2011 high school graduates and their families on Saturday, May 14th, 2011. The event is free of charge and will take place from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Westin Hotel located at 1500 Town Center Drive, in Southfield, Michigan.
“I am proud to share that we currently have a 100% high school graduation rate among all of the Detroit Public Schools teens that have completed our five year program and a 100% college enrollment rate among them,” says Rhonda Walker, Founder of the Rhonda Walker Foundation. “These types of accomplishments within the foundation are one of the many reasons why the Scholar Power Breakfast is such an important and staple event for our girls and volunteers.”
At the Scholar Power Breakfast, attendees will learn more about RWF and its positive impact on the teens that are served in addition to witnessing the honoring of the RWF graduating seniors, with well-deserved scholarships for college. These students have helped raise over $35,000 dollars for this scholarship fund since the inception of the scholarship program. Additionally, over $30,000 dollars have been awarded to qualified RWF seniors over the last four years!”
For more information and to reserve your seat at this special occasion, please take a moment to contact the foundation at 800-652-2989. Additional information can also be found on the all-new Rhonda Walker Foundation website at www.rhondawalkerfoundation.org. Attendance must be confirmed by May 9th, 2011.
The RWF was founded in 2003 with the mission through our core “Girls into Women” Program to empower inner city teen girls towards becoming strong, confident, successful and moral future leaders. Since our inception eight years ago, we have been accomplishing this mission with the support of our sponsors and volunteers, through monthly programs, workshops and activities. Our career development programs include mentoring, a self-esteem building summer camp, cross country college tours, extensive etiquette, public speaking, goal setting and confidence training, community outreach projects with homeless women and children, and so much more. The dream of founder, Rhonda Walker, is to literally transform the ‘Girls into Women’ while in our program over a five year period, from the 8th grade until they graduate from high school. The program includes an ardent focus on instilling in every student the expectation that college is a must. It means not only preparing them for college with school visits, assistance with college applications, financial aid and scholarships but also providing support while they are in college.”
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