Drive-thru scholarships: ‘Cream of the crop’ awarded $2,000 each
Teri Ross receives a $2,000 scholarship check and goodie bag from volunteer Alice Hayes. Ross graduated from Macon Road Baptist School and has enrolled in the University of Memphis. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)
Two nonprofits organized a colorful way to hand over scholarship checks of $2,000 each to 104 girls and young women on Friday, June 18.
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nonprofit A Step Ahead Foundation Girls Inc. of Memphis Lindenwood Christian ChurchTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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