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For Immediate Release
(Dallas, TX – July 31st, 2007) Central State University has received a check for $736,000 from the Tom Joyner Foundation, the single largest check donation to a Historically Black College & University (HBCU) during the Southwest Airlines Sky Show in Cleveland.
At the Sky Show, a live remote broadcast of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, Central State University accepted the check that will be used to help keep students at the school, based in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Over the past year, in conjunction with the Foundation, Central State has been raising money from alumni, friends and supporters of black colleges who donated whatever they could, ranging from several dollars to thousands of dollars.
“We’re grateful to all the donors and their support of HBCUs,” said Tom Joyner, the Foundation’s chairman and host of the ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show’ that reaches nearly eight million listeners every week in 120 markets. “Central State has proven that you can raise a whole lot of money if you get out to tell the story of how you’re changing the lives of these young black men and women.”
For the remainder of the year, the Foundation’s ‘Schools of the Month’ are Cheney State University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA for August; Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN for September; Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL for October and Savannah State University in Savannah, GA for November. For information about the scholarship program, students should contact their school administrators directly to determine their eligibility.
The Foundation recently launched the “Brothers on the Move” scholarship that provides black male students at the ‘School of the Month’ a $1,500 scholarship. The scholarship is awarded every Thursday on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which is aired in 120 markets reaching nearly eight million listeners every week. The Foundation offers scholarships to students attending its Schools of the Month throughout the week, including on Mondays focused on single parents and on
Wednesdays, general scholarship.
Founded in 1998, the Tom Joyner Foundation has raised more than $55 million to help keep students enrolled in black colleges. It has assisted more than 14,000 students and worked with more than 100 HBCUs.
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