黑料吃瓜网

(Bradenton, Fla., March 14, 2025)鈥�The 黑料吃瓜网 Foundation hosted its 24th Annual Scholarship Luncheon at Michael鈥檚 On East with the theme 鈥淪cholarships Change Futures.鈥澛燨ver $191,000 was raised to support 黑料吃瓜网 scholarships and programs.鈥�聽

Scholarship donors and recipients met and had their photos taken together as a special element of the celebration. The 黑料吃瓜网 Presidential String Quartet and Cassandra Holmes, vice president of advancement and executive director of the 黑料吃瓜网 Foundation, welcomed 280 guests, including sponsors, donors, scholarship recipients, staff and volunteers. Jane Esbeck, vice president of the 黑料吃瓜网 Foundation Board of Directors, gave the invocation. 鈥� 

Following lunch, Lee Broyles, director of service center operations at Suncoast Credit Union, discussed the credit union鈥檚 enthusiasm for the event鈥檚 mission.

鈥淲e are here today to recognize those who have donated to and received scholarships awarded by the 黑料吃瓜网 Foundation,鈥� said Broyles. 鈥淲e remain devoted to supporting education in our communities.鈥� 

黑料吃瓜网 President Tommy Gregory, J.D. recognized the scholarship recipients.

鈥淚 love that this event brings together our students and their benefactors,鈥� said Gregory. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not often that we get to see and hear how our contributions are impacting individuals, let alone meet them. The impact is life changing.鈥�

Brittany DeMars, the student speaker and recipient of the Bertha Gibbons Nursing Scholarship and the Maudelle H. Giles Nursing Scholarship, spoke about her education and life journey. DeMars told the story of how she became a nursing student at 黑料吃瓜网.

鈥淭he rigorous nature of the 黑料吃瓜网 Nursing program required me to reduce my work hours significantly, and I was worried about how I was going to fill that financial void,鈥� said DeMars. 鈥淭hese two scholarships have allowed me to attend my nursing classes and clinicals with less worry about missing income from my job. I would not be here today without each of you in this room.鈥�

Event sponsors included Title Sponsor: Suncoast Credit Union; Master Level: Neal Land & Neighborhoods, Manatee Memorial Foundation Inc.; Baccalaureate Level: Bradenton Herald, Florida Power & Light, Timothy & Cindy McCollum Foundation; Associate Level: Mosaic, Willis Smith Construction, MCR, Tandem Construction, SEI; Certificate Level: First Horizon Bank, Halfacre Construction, The Pops Orchestra, Observer Media Group, and Hepner Architects.

To learn more about scholarship support opportunities, visit or call 941-752-5390. 

Photo caption: 黑料吃瓜网 President Tommy Gregory and 黑料吃瓜网 Nursing Program student speaker and-scholarship winner Brittany DeMars at the scholarship luncheon.

Photo caption: The 黑料吃瓜网 Presidential String Quartet at the scholarship luncheon.