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Information Services • School Board Administration Building • 1450 N.E. 2 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33132 |
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GOV. BUSH BEING INDUCTED
INTO 500 ROLE MODELS
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Information Services • School Board Administration Building • 1450 N.E. 2 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33132 |
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CONTACT: Dr. Henry C. Fraind
305-995-1206
January 11, 1999
Gov. Jeb Bush will be inducted as a mentor in the nationally
acclaimed 500 Role Models of Excellence project at its sixth annual
breakfast scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday Jan. 18 at the Fontainebleau
Hilton Resort & Towers, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach.
Florida's new governor also will be honored as the founder of the
state's first charter school, the Liberty City Charter School. The
school's principal, Katrina Wilson-Davis, will be recognized with
him.
Keynote speaker for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Scholarship
Breakfast will be attorney Willie Gary of Stuart, Florida, an
entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. Toastmaster will be actor
Tommy Ford of FOX television's “New York Undercover” and
“The Martin Show.”
Conceived to link a broad spectrum of Miami-Dade County’s
diverse community, the event provides scholarships for youngsters in
the school district’s 500 Role Models of Excellence project.
Since its inception in 1993, the program founded by State Rep.
Frederica S. Wilson has helped thousands of at-risk young men to go
to college. The official sponsors of this year’s breakfast are
American Airlines and AT&T.
For more information, contact the Role Models office at
305-995-2451.
99-J0067/BD