Fall 2024 scholarship recipients from Northeast Arkansas had been honored at an awards ceremony on Sept. 29. at St. Bernards Auditorium in Jonesboro.
Arkansas Single Father or mother Scholarship Fund (ASPSF), congratulates the Fall 2024 scholarship recipients from the counties of Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, and Randolph in Northeast Arkansas.
Because of the help of native donors and state funding, ASPSF awarded scholarships to 75 single mother and father pursuing affiliate levels, bachelor’s levels, and skilled-trade certificates. The only mother and father had been honored at an awards ceremony on Sept. 29 at St. Bernards Auditorium in Jonesboro.
Native ASPSF volunteer LaShea Robinson and her son, Cross, together with different volunteers exterior of the group, assisted with the Sept. 29 occasion. ASPSF would additionally wish to thank St. Bernards Auditorium for lending using its venue for the ceremony in addition to native photographer Norm Dickson, who supplied skilled headshots to the recipients.
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Fall 2025 ASPSF recipient Shanona Ok. is pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in psychology at Arkansas State College.
“I wish to prolong a honest thanks to the volunteers and donors of the Single Father or mother Fund,” stated Shanona Ok., a Craighead County Arkansas State College scholar pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in psychology. “As a single mother, making ends meet and sustaining a wholesome setting for my baby will all the time be my foremost need. This scholarship makes faculty doable as a result of I fear much less about our each day wants. I’m eternally grateful.”
ASPSF’s versatile scholarship of as much as $1,600 helps low-income single mother and father pay for the most important monetary obstacles to acquiring a level resulting in a profession with family-supporting wages. The financial support is paired with mentoring, monetary instruction, and profession teaching — the gentle ability coaching that transforms college students into sought-after staff.
In 2024, the ASPSF Northeast Area has awarded $206,400 in scholarships to 101 single mother and father, who confirmed their youngsters that greater schooling is inside attain. This funding not solely strengthens communities with viable financial influence but additionally emboldens whole households to think about a brighter future.
ASPSF volunteer LaShea Robinson and her son, Cross, assisted with the Northeast Arkansas Fall 2025 Scholarship Ceremony held Sept. 29 in Jonesboro.
Northeast Arkansas college students who obtained a Fall 2025 single mum or dad scholarship embrace:
Craighead County: Amanda Leslie, Aqueya Earl, Briana H., Charles Kirkindall, Claudeya W., Courtnee Henry, Daybreak H., Emily S., Jaslisa D., Jasmine James, Kallen Howard, Keairra Thomas, Kia A., Kiauana J., Megan Thiesse, Melissa R., Micah F., Raven P., Riley Williams, Ronisha B., Shakyra Anderson, Shanona Ok., Stephanie Blackburn, Teresa Miller, Terri H., and Tyesha Isom
Lawrence County: Abby Wallace, Drusyla Wilson, and Kara Bradley had been awarded.
Mississippi County college students included Albert Boyd Sr., Alicia D. Alicia W., Angel Winter, Erika F., Ieasha C., India L., Jacqelle Jones, Jaime Grey, Kavonna B., Kayla Griffin, Kaylee Herriman, Lakesa Thomas, Martricia Harvey, Quaniesha Fowler, Quintryce W., Ressie Jackson, Rochele Harris, Sandra McDuffey, and Shawnequa Smith
Poinsett County: Amanda A., Harden Daniels, Kanisha L., and Robin M.
Greene County: Ashlie Thacker, Dashawna Mason, Rebecca Smith, and Stephanie Rock
Randolph County: Felicia Graves
Be aware that some college students weren’t named for privateness causes.
For extra details about Arkansas Single Father or mother Scholarship Fund — which has awarded greater than $55 million in scholarships throughout the state to single mother and father since 1990 — contact ASPSF Program Supervisor Carrie Allen at callen@aspsf.org or 870-345-4681.
