The Friendship Group of Hartford 40th scholarship award presentation was held Sunday June 23rd at the Sportsmen's Athletic located at Club 2976 Main St. Hartford, CT. With an estimated 200 people in attendance, the 2019 presentation was a record for a Friendship Group of Hartford.
Left front row: Parris Douet, Nahriel Gelly, Alajzah Ortega, Deana Johnson, Taelor McDonald Left-back row: Pam Radney (Raffle Police) Kelsey Reid, Jayna Robothan, Jahdessa Brown, Quincy Smith, Myles Davis Rashid Jallow, Leah Goodman, John Davis (Coordinator) Rosemarie Darlington (Secretary)
The Friendship Group of Hartford is an association of neighborhood organizations that, since 1979, has been raising money to help youngsters from local communities to attend college. To date the group has given an estimated 200 youngsters over $350, 000 in scholarships. Since 1979 the group has been meeting every Monday night on a round-robin basis to share a meal in support of their college scholarship fund. Among those in attendance were, Mayor of Bloomfield Suzette DeBaeatham-Brown, Mayor of Hartford Luke Bronin, State Senator Doug McCory, Judge Foye Smith, and Hartford councilman Thomas Clark.
Mayor Luke Bronin said he was very proud of the recipients and express his appreciation for the work the Friendship Group is doing in Hartford. He sent the students off with a powerful message about making right choices in this critical time in life.
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