The Roanoke Chapter Continental Societies, Inc. held its regular chapter meeting on Saturday, June 18, at the Roanoke City Main Library. Six scholarship recipients and their parents were invited to attend and receive scholarship awards.
Continentals opened the session with a discussion on ways students can avail themselves to receive more in scholarship funding. There are numerous scholarships that are awarded each year by corporations, businesses and other organizations.
Students must apply and meet the qualifications and other criteria for these scholarships. They need to include work experience, volunteer experience and extracurricular activities. Students and parents shared frustrations they were having; even though several of the recipients had better than a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). They expressed the difficulties they had obtaining scholarship funds and were thankful to the Continentals.
The 2016 recipients include: From William Fleming HS: Kelsey Morgan, daughter of George and Paula Morgan, who plans to attend Radford University and major in Nursing; and Jasmine Armster, daughter of Marty and Virginia Armster, who will be attending William and Mary College, majoring in Chemical Engineering; From Northside HS: Denashia Dunnaville, daughter of Rick and Suzanne Dunnaville, will attend Virginia Tech and major in Political Science; From Patrick Henry HS, Morgan Hancock, daughter of Charlotte Hancock and Steven Welcher, plans to attend Ferrum College and major in Elementary Education; From Franklin County HS: Malala Penn, daughter of Gary and Ruby Penn will attend Mary Baldwin College seeking a career in Sports Broadcasting and motivational speaker; From Salem HS: Curtis Staples, Jr., son of Tasha Steele and Curtis Staples, Sr., who plans to attend Stanford University in Calif. and later become a lawyer.
The Continentals are very proud of all scholarship recipients and wish them the very best in all their future endeavors. Denashia Dunnaville has already earned her associate degree from Virginia Western Community College. This accomplishment is unusual because of its difficulty and that many students are unaware of the option to acquire this advancement.
Following the awarding of scholarships, a very informative meeting was held and plans were shared for the National Continentals 60th Anniversary Diamond Conclave, the local chapter’s retreat and the Black & White Evening of Jazz, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10.
Donna W. Lee, chapter president, attended the conclave in Las Vegas, Nevada (June 22-26,) as Roanoke’s delegate. Continental Linda Journiette was the chapter’s alternate delegate.
An enjoyable luncheon was provided by hostess, Continental Lorena Wilson. Gloria Randolph-King is local scholarship chair.
