The Roanoke Chapter of The Girl Friends, Inc. is proud to announce that its nominee for the National Girl Friends Fund Scholarship, Curtis Tank Staples, was selected as one of only 12 recipients. The Fund provides awards of $1,000 to $1,500 annually for up to four academic years to qualified high school seniors who have been accepted to four-year institutions.
Curtis, a 2016 graduate of Salem High School, will attend Stanford University in the fall. After completing his undergraduate degree, he plans to attend law school and pursue corporate law. He is the son of Taisha C. Steele and stepson of Dwight Steele, Jr.
Recipients of the Girl Friends Fund Scholarship are top high school seniors nominated by Girl Friends chapters across the country. Curtis is the sixth Girl Friends Fund Scholarship recipient nominated by the Roanoke Chapter. Each year, the chapter seeks as applicants, qualified high school seniors from the Roanoke and New River valleys, and the Lynchburg area.
For 28 years, The Girl Friends Fund, Inc. has fulfilled a philanthropic role in the form of service and financial support to African-American students across the country. At the 2016 national convention of The Girl Friends, Inc. in Seattle, Washington in May, the Roanoke Chapter was recognized as one of the top contributing chapters to The Girl Friends Fund. This year, the Roanoke Chapter also awarded its Constance J. Hamlar Scholarship in the amount of $300 to Danisha S. Morrison, a 2016 graduate of E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg. She plans to enter Ferrum College in the fall and pursue a degree in pre-veterinary medicine. She is the daughter of Camika Lawhorne and Harvey Sampson.
Alex Dargie Gubay, a 2016 graduate of E.C. Glass, received the $500 Roanoke Chapter 2016 Scholarship. Alex will enter Virginia Tech or George Washington University, where he plans to major in computer engineering. He is the son of Abeda Chekol.
