(Fort Worth, TX – Nov. 30) The Hazel Harvey Peace Scholarship Fund will hold a press
conference to kick off “The Ultimate T-Shirt Challenge” at 11 a.m. Friday at 1103 E. Terrell Avenue in Fort Worth, TX , the home of the legendary Fort Worth educator.
“The Ultimate T-Shirt Challenge” is a statewide effort designed to honor Peace, and her
more than five decades of community service, and friends and neighbors to say “thanks”.
Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast, Carly Patterson, local, city and county officials, former students and teachers are scheduled to attend.
The 16-year-old scholarship fund raises money to provide scholarships for low-income high school students who need financial assistance to attend college. The I.M. Terrell High School Class of 1965 created the scholarship fund to recognize Peace, because she touched so many lives in the 49 years worked at the school. In 2000, the Fort Worth Public Library Foundation named a newly constructed 33,000-square foot youth center after Peace. In 2004, the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences began a campaign to raise $350,000 for an endowed professorship to honor Peace. In 2007, the first Hazel Harvey Peace Professorship was presented to Dr. Barbara Stein Martin at the University of North Texas .
As part of its fundraising effort, the scholarship fund is enlisting volunteers throughout
Texas to sell T-shirts emblazoned with a variety of inspirational messages, such as “Teachers Are Our MVPs” and “Education Is Big in Texas”. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the scholarship fund. Top sellers will win attractive prizes.
The Ultimate T-Shirt Challenge is just one of four events over the next six months
designed to raise money for the scholarship fund. On February 22 -24, 2008, there will be an Education Fair in the Food and Fiber Pavilion at Fair Park in Dallas; on April 12, there will be a 5K “Walk for Tomorrow”. and on May 3rd a gala will take place at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center.
To donate to the Foundation and learn more about The Ultimate T-Shirt Challenge, go to
http://hhpscholarshipfund.org or call 972-274-FUND.
