Ron Jones, Program Manager
Cassandra Ferreira, Scholarship Recipient
Cassandra Ferreira |
Scholarship Awarded at WVEC Press Conference
A press conference was held May 5, 2008 at 3 p.m. at TAP This Valley Works. The agency awarded a scholarship and announced that Virginia Union University will host Johnson C. Smith University in the 9th Annual Western Virginia Education Classic on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Salem Football Stadium. (Click here for details of the WVEC.)
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Councilman Sherman P. Lea |
In 2007, Councilman Sherman P. Lea, of the City of Roanoke, and his family donated $2,000 to TAP This Valley
Works for a scholarship in honor of their parents. The first Sherman P. Lea & Family Scholarship was
awarded during the May 5th press conference to Cassandra Ferreira, a 2008 TAP This Valley Works GED
graduate. She received a $500 scholarship. Cassandra is 19 years old. She dropped out of school in 2007.
Cassandra states, “The TAP/GED program helped me a lot. If I ever had a question, there was always a teacher
available to help me. If it wasn’t for TAP, I would probably still not have my GED. I am very thankful for their
excellent program and recommend it highly to anyone that is in need of their GED. I greatly appreciate the
Sherman Lee Family for awarding me their family’s scholarship. This will give me the opportunity to further
my education at Virginia Western Community College. There I will start some computer classes or nursing
classes.”
Those on hand at the press conference were the founder of the WVEC, Councilman Sherman P. Lea (pictured at
top right); the city manager for the City of Salem, Kevin Boggess; the chairman of the Roanoke City School
Board, David Carson; the superintendent of Roanoke City Schools, Dr. Rita Bishop; the head coach of Virginia
Union University, Coach Greg Richardson; and the head coach of Johnson C. Smith University, Coach Daryl
McNeil. (Photographs of individuals that are not pictured above are shown below in the order listed.)
