Haitian-American Community Coalition of SW Florida seeking community’s help for scholarship fund
By MEGHAN BRADBURY - | Mar 10, 2021
The Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida is seeking the communities help in raising money for their scholarship fund, which currently has a match donor.
Twenty scholarships have been provided since 2015 to Haitian descendent senior students ready to graduate from Lee County schools. In the last four years, $15,000 in scholarships have been awarded to graduating Lee County students of Haitian heritage.
Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida President Beatrice Jacquet-Castor said every year they have a scholarship gala at Broadway Palm Theater to raise funds for the scholarships. Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the coalition was unable to hold the gala in October.