Florida College System Foundation Doubles Locally Raised Funds for FKCC

KEY WEST, FL, September 21, 2018— Dr. Madeline Pumariega, Chancellor of the Florida College System (FCS), presented a check on behalf of the FCS Foundation for $16,824 to the Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) Foundation last week.  The donation matches locally raised funds for scholarships for students in the nursing program as well as students who are the first in their families to attend college.

Of the total, $10,356 was provided by Florida Blue for nursing students, which matches donations to the FKCC Foundation from organizations such as the Hemingway Look-Alike Society, the Lower Keys Women’s Club, and the American Legion Post 28.  Additionally, the Helios Education Foundation donated $987 and Bank of America contributed $5,481 to match amounts raised locally to support first-generation-in-college student scholarships. The primary local donor for such scholarships is FKCC President Emeritus Dr. William A. Seeker.  Dr. Seeker, the first in his family to earn a college degree, established the Sue and Albert Seeker First Generation in College Scholarship in 2007 in honor of his parents.

“The FKCC Foundation is very grateful to receive these scholarship donations that will help FKCC students achieve their academic and personal goals,” said Dr. Frank Wood, FKCC Vice President of Advancement and the Executive Director of the FKCC Foundation.  “Scholarship awards allow students to focus on intellectual challenges rather than financial ones; they reaffirm dreams.”

Photo: Dr. Madeline Pumariega, Chancellor of the Florida College System Foundation, presents a check for $16,824 for FKCC scholarships to Dr. Jonathan Gueverra, FKCC President, Dr. Frank Wood, FKCC Vice President of Advancement and the Executive Director of the FKCC Foundation, and Bruce Halle, FKCC Foundation board member.

For more information about supporting the FKCC Foundation, contact Dr. Wood at 305-809-3287 or [email protected].

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