144 South Florida students receive scholarships from Coral Gables Community Foundation

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – It was a large commencement to the week for 144 students crossed Miami-Dade County, aft they received scholarships for assemblage from a South Florida charity.

The Coral Gables Community Foundation awarded $3.26 cardinal successful assemblage scholarships to the students done its 2025 Scholarship Program.

These awards, made imaginable by the Foundation’s donors, were presented astatine the Foundation’s yearly Scholarship Awards Reception connected Monday, May 5 astatine the University of Miami’s Shalala Student Activities Center.

The awards were presented to students from 76 precocious schools crossed the county.

“This historical twelvemonth for the Scholarship Program is simply a reminder of what’s imaginable erstwhile passionate donors travel unneurotic to uplift the adjacent generation,” said Michael Walsh, Chair of the Coral Gables Community Foundation’s Board. “Every dollar awarded reflects someone’s content successful the powerfulness of education, and successful these students’ imaginable to lead, springiness back, and alteration the world.”

According to the foundation’s website, the scholarships are offered to graduating precocious schoolhouse students. Some are targeted toward studies successful Law, Medicine, Nursing, Golf, Soccer, Journalism, Leadership and Historic Preservation. Awards ranged from $500 to $20,000 for 2025.

More than 800 applications were submitted by students this twelvemonth from schools successful respective states.

Since its founding successful 1991, the Coral Gables Community Foundation has awarded a cumulative full of 694 scholarships with a full worth of $6.28 million, supporting section students, assemblage initiatives, and philanthropic causes.

For a database of this year’s assistance recipients, click connected this link.

To larn much astir the instauration and/or however to use for adjacent year’s scholarships, click connected this link.

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