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The Beach Kids Foundation held their annual Scholarship Awards Dinner this past week by giving out<\/p>\n

$28,000.00 in scholarships to students with ties to Fort Myers Beach.<\/p>\n

More than 60 people attended the ceremony at the Comfort Hall of St. Raphael\u2019s Episcopal Church on Fort Myers Beach, at a dinner catered by local chef Kevin Paridiso.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of our favorite events,\u201d Beach Kids Foundation President Deborah Groll said. \u201cIt was a great night for families and students to greet each other and catch up. I am very proud of our students and love investing in their future. Many of the students are volunteers for our foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the school the schools the scholarship recipients are attending, are the Univ of Georgia School of Dentistry, Ave Maria Law School,<\/p>\n

FSW RN nursing, Johns Hopkins Univ Bio Medical Engineering.<\/p>\n

Ellie Bunting, President of the Estero Island Historical Society, was the guest speaker.<\/p>\n

Two scholarships were presented by Fran Myers in honor of the late Tom Myers to<\/p>\n

student Chloe Brown and another scholarship was presented by Gini Smith in honor of her mother Roxi Smith<\/p>\n

to student Mallory Amos. <\/p>\n


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