The Board of Directors of the Groove Fund Inc. (The Groove Fund) recently announced the award of a $750 scholarship to Yanick Spencer, a Lumberton, NJ resident who is scheduled to begin studies at Penn State University in the fall of 2013.
The scholarship award was announced to during services at Bethel AME Church of Moorestown on July 28, 2013.
Shown here during the award announcement are (left to right): Michael Haskins, Groove Fund Board Member, Robert Spencer, the award recipient’s father, scholarship award recipient, Yanick Spencer, Gwen Ricks-Spencer, mother of the award recipient, and Lenwood Harris, Groove Fund Board Member and Bethel AME Church member.
The primary focus of The Groove Fund is to provide academic scholarship awards to college students who plan to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees. The Groove Fund, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization and, as such, all contributions to the Groove Fund are tax deductible.