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MEDIA
RELEASE - CONTACT: CHARLES S. FARRELL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 718-665-9585
19th ANNUAL SPORTS FOUNDATION
SALUTES OLYMPIAN JOHN CARLOS, BILL WHITE;
SFI PROVIDES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
The 19th Annual Sports Foundation Gala Awards
Dinner on June 12 at the Villa Barone Manor,
Bronx, NY, was a mega-event that saluted sports
greats of the past and supported students with a
bright future.
Besides 1968 Olympian Carlos and former Major
League Baseball National League President White;
awards also went to Howie Evans of the Amsterdam
News; Rev. Charles Coverdale of First Baptist
Church of Riverhead; educator Cecil Sievers;
Madelyn Lugo of the National Puerto Rican Day
Parade; and the New York City Mission Society.
Proceeds from the dinner benefit The Sports
Foundation, located in the South Bronx, is a
not-for-profit 501 C(3) community based
corporation established in 1969 as a model youth
organization that utilizes sports, leadership
and program participation as a vehicle to foster
youth involvement in anti-substance abuse
educational, cultural and positive alternative
activities.
As a result of the dinner, the Foundation was
able to award scholarships to eight high school
students who are headed to college. They
include:
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Natashia Pollard, North Rockland
High School
John Gonzalez, Eagle Academy for
Boys
Jessica Bouret, Urban Assembly
School
Diagi-Ann Thompson, School of Law,
Government and Justice
Pedro Gonzalez, Urban Assembly
School
Natalee Langley, Cathedral High
School,
Brenton Martial, Harry S. Truman
High School
Elias Rosario, DeWitt Clinton High
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The
dinner was sponsored by Coca Cola, Con Edison,
the New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, the
National Football League, the National
Basketball Association, Bronx Lebanon Hospital,
the New York Giants, and the New York Jets, to
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