The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2020 Youth Scholarship Program. The students will receive their scholarships and be recognized at a luncheon on Sunday, March 1 at noon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
The 15 Palm Beach County high school seniors, all of whom were nominated by a sworn employee of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, will receive $2,500 scholarships for their freshman year of college. Each scholarship is renewable for up to four years of college or trade school. This is the sixth year of the program, and the foundation is committed to distributing more than $100,000 a year in scholarships.
Scholarship winners include: Estefania Alcala-Garcia, Glades Central High School, Palm Beach State College; Anthony Beltran Jr., Lake Worth High School, Florida Atlantic University; Jordan Bennett, Palm Beach Central High School, Florida A&M University; Alicia Cook, Wellington High School, Florida State University; Jordyn Geller, Olympic Heights High School, University of Wisconsin; Erin Howard, Palm Beach Gardens High School, Florida A&M University; Michely Julno, Glades Central High School, Florida State University; Brandon Keough, Santaluces High School, Palm Beach State College; Manda Kotori, Lake Worth High School, Florida Atlantic University; Jonathan Larrabee, Forest Hill High School, Palm Beach State College; Antonio Pantoja Jr., Pahokee High School, University of South Florida; Luisa Rojas, Glades Central High School, Palm Beach State College; Armando Sandoval, Pahokee High School, Palm Beach State College; Patriana Vickers, Glades Central High School, Florida Atlantic University; and Julia Whisenhunt, West Boca Raton High School, Agnes Scott College.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization that helps underprivileged children through such programs as Shop with a Cop and youth scholarships. Its support for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office enhances deputy safety by subsidizing new equipment that might otherwise be unattainable. For more info., visit www.pbcsf.org.
