MAY 2023 MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER RECAP: CELEBRATION OFHOPE
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FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As this school year comes to a close, we are reflecting on the milestones accomplished since August of 2022. Take Stock Sarasota celebrated our largest graduating class in the history of the Sarasota program with 102 students from 8 local high schools. All enrolled in either a university, state college, technical school, or the military. Our awesome mentors logged 6,107 mentoring sessions with our students from September to May. Over 6,000 sessions! Thank you for giving our students the most precious gift, your time.
Our schools, community partners, and foundations provided support and funding for over 200 new student college scholarship and mentor progra This is the largest incoming class in the Sarasota.
How blessed we are to live in this wonderful community. Thank you!
We wish you all a fun-filled summer an look forward to another exciting schoo year.
Lisa Bechtold Lisa Bechtold Executive Director
Lisa Bechtold with Erica Gregory, District Director Congressman Greg Steube, Jillian Hasner, TSIC State President & CEO, and John Annis, Senior Vice President of Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation
CLASS OF 2023
At Celebration of Hope we honored our 102 scholars and Class of 2023 - our largest graduating class in Take Stock Sarasota history!
Our scholars represent eight area high schools and are headed to colleges and universities that include University of South Florida, Eckerd College, Boston University, University of Notre Dame, University of Florida, and Florida A&M University.
We wish every graduate all the best as they continue toward their higher education goals! Your Take Stock family believes in you!
Faith Scott Senior College Success CoachCollege Success Coach
Faith Scott & Haeden Hansford
SHS Graduate
College Success Coach
Earl Young & Kenzie Tran PV Graduate
Helen Mosquera BHS Graduate Senior of the YearCLASS OF 2023
Daniel Acosta
Juan Ayala Gil
Carmen Barragan
Jubilee Barrientos
Cladayveon Battle
Amanda Beall
Gabriel Blethen
Joshua Bowen-Ziegler
Cy'Mari Brewer
Jahnya Brown
Ocean Bruinius
Alexis Butrum
Genaro Cardenas-Villanueva
Daniel Casas
Milan Catano
Caneria Chestnut-Ung
Kayla Corea
Kara Daavini Parsotan
Cassey Dao
Sariah Davis
Isven De La Rosa
Kevin Dinh
Kimberly Dominguez
Natalie Estrada-Antunez
Adriana Evans
Sophia Famiglio
Zendearean Fletcher
Norah Gipson
Gerardo Gomez
Ginamagdalena Gonzalez
Fernanda Gonzalez Alvarado
Lauren Gonzalez Gomez
Haeden Hansford
Walker Hardin
Destiny Harris
Sha'dasia Harvey
Jahliek Hayes
Yoan Hernandez Jaure
Eden Hernandez-Canas
Aylin Hernandez-Lagos
Amarah Higdon
Micah Hill
Rah'nia Hill
Jomari Ingram
Antonio Jackson
Jessie Johnston
Evan Koenke
Tristan Koenke
William Le
Jacalyn Leahr
Amiya Lloyd
Kara Marceus
Kimberly Martinez
Angelina Massucco
Thalia Matos
Kaley Maze
Nevaeh McCarthy
Milania McNair
Joshua Mejia-Uribe
Tatyanna Mitchell
Kathryn Mobley Tarpley
Jayden Mongeau
Helen Mosquera
Saniya Moultrie
Joy Olaince
Alexis Ortega
Fabian Ortega
Jaheim Ortiz
Nakya Parks
Briaih Pearson
Dyleen Perez
Arianna Planes
Azariah Prince
Nicolas Rafaniello
Ivan Ramos
Edward Reaves
Dejalynn Roberson
Marissa Roberts
Ivana Rodriguez
Kevin Rodriguez Cedillo
Mekhi Roberts
Giovanni Roman
Joseph Romanczuk
Samantha Romanczuk
Amanda Salley
Jamie Salley
Gary Sanderson
Jayla Sanderson
Anna Siegert
Jennifer Silva
Madison Silverthorne
Samaire Slusarek
Gavin Stanford
Norman Tapia-Bringas
Garcelle Thebaud
Daria Tiubin
Kenzie Tran
Kadreanna Troupe
Vidal George
Olivia Watson
Caleb Watson-Ortiz
Juan Zambrano-Marquez
MENTORS MATTER
Thank you to all of our dedicated mentors for their continued support of their students and Take Stock Sarasota this year. Mentors are the cornerstones of our program. Their unconditional support allows our students to have the opportunities they do.
As we wrap up this school year and celebrate the many successes of our students, I want to take a moment to celebrate our mentors for their unwavering support, enthusiasm and encouragement. Mentors, you have truly made a difference, not just for your mentee, but for the future.
Rebecca Mentor Coordinator Helen Mosquera & Mentor Lori Ferguson Kate MobleyTarpley & Mentor Chris Hutchinson Lockwood Jahliek Hayes & Mentor Ronnie RicebergMENTORS FOR CLASS OF 2023
Greta Backstrom
Jeremy Baldwin
Lisa Bechtold
Bethany Biernat
John Boll
Kira Bryant
Colleen Buchmeier
Sheldon Cantrell
Dawn Clayton
Neal Colton
Corinna Coser
William Cromie
Silke Cuff
Anita Cupo
Melanie Custer
Khea Davis
Diana Dill
Victoria Eastman
Christine Elliott
Lori Ferguson
Michelle Gatz
Steve Goldner
Leonard Gross
Amy Harding
Chris Hutchinson
Brian Jones
Luz Latimer
Daphne Lemaire
Helen Lester
Lindsey Lindgren
Rebecca Lockwood
Kim Macaulay
David Mannino
Joseph McKenzie Jr.
Victoria Medina
Zachary Nersten
Maria Orduno
Nelly Perez
Robert Przekwas
Ronnie Riceberg
Kerry Roberts
Kyle Robertson
Candice Rodriguez
Faith Scott
Bruce Segal
Tiona Settles
Mark Speciner
Wendy Starr
Kati Stein
Wendy Stern
John Timpe
Barbara Torrance
Edgar Vazquez
Ashlyn Wallace
Rob Weiss
Lauren White-Opitz
Cheryl Williamson
Laura Yates
Andrew Yochum
Earl Young
Gregory Zec
Daniel Zuniga
EVENT SPONSORS
CelebrationofHopewasmadepossiblethroughthegenerosityofoursponsors.
PRESENTING
and the Swift Family Foundation
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Atlas Insurance
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GOLD
Scott Atkins
Heather Clark
First Horizon Foundation
Bonnie & Jack Harrison
Marge & Steve Townsend
Kelley Lear, Thomson Reuters
Lone Star Wealth Management
Tandem Construction
BRONZE
T.J. Chitekwe
Brittany Lamont
XANDER SRQ
SCHOLARSHIP DONORS
The journey begins with the promise of a scholarship to give hope for the college dream. Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County is incredibly grateful for the Scholarship Donors. Our heartfelt appreciation for their support and commitment to our mission.
Anonymous Donor
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
Harold & JacquelineBladel CharitableTrust
Booker High School Foundation
Booker PromiseFoundation
CareerSourceSuncoast
Changea LifeLuncheon
Designing Daughters
AnnetteJ. Hagens Memorial Foundation
Heron Creek Community Foundation
EvalynSadlierJonesFoundation
KoskiFamilyFoundation
LindaMonda
RaysBaseballFoundation
Eluned&EdwardRussellCharitableFoundation
TakeStockinChildrenofSarasotaBoardofDirectors
TakeStockinChildrenofCharlotteCounty
TheMcCuneFamilyFoundation
St.BonifaceEpiscopalChurchFoundation
Steven&MarjolaineTownsendScholarshipFund
WilliamG.SelbyandMarieSelbyFoundation
Alicia Cruz-Otero, Karima Habity & Shona Taylor from CareerSource Suncoast with Micah Hill
Susie Bowie & Kiarra Womack from William G. Selby and Marie Selby Foundation with Jacalyn Leahr
DEDICATED DONORS
BHS Principal Dr. Shelley, Shari's Scholarship Recipients
Milania McNair, Amarah Higdon, Jessie Johnston, Briaih Pearson, Adriana Evans, with Shari, and College Success Coach Earl Young
Lowe Morrison from the Frank E. Duckwall Foundation with TSIC Staff Diana Dill & Earl Young and BHS Scholar Miracle Devaux.
Suncoast Credit Union Foundation supported dormitory scholarships and college success coaching to ensure our scholars thrive in college.
Congratulations!
Ocean Bruinius
Alexis Butrum
Cassey Dao
Sariah Davis
Adriana Evans
Kathryn Mobley-Tarpley
Helen Mosquera
Samaire Slusarek
Amanda Salley, BHS Graduate Shari's Scholarship RecipientAMAZING ALUMNI
We are so proud of our Take Stock Alumni as they lead the way for other scholars to become community leaders and make a difference in Sarasota County. Thank you!
BRITTANY LAMONT
Take Stock alum, board member, and current President of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance, Brittany Lamont addresses the graduates inspiring them to reach their greatest potential.
DAQONE TIRENE
Daqone Tirene, BHS Class of 2017, joined us at Celebration of Hope. A recent graduate of State College of Florida and he is now interning with the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
JUSTIN WILLIAMS
Mary and Justin Williams, Take Stock Alum and board member, with Jon F Swift Construction join Lisa Bechtold, Take Stock Executive Director and Scott Atkins, board member.
We want to celebrate all our TSIC SRQ graduates! Send your alumni updates with pictures to info@takestocksarasota.org
