All tagged Johnny Leroy Dawkins Jr Scholarship Fund
Smoke and Oak is giving back to the Johnny Leroy Dawkins Jr Scholarship Fund this month!! Join us this Friday to have a Pumpkin Old Fashioned or a mocktail charity drink of the month!! A dipped chicken buffet will be available for a donation in honor of Garrett Holloway in the Man of Valor Scholarship Fund competition.
More than sixty guests gathered for the first annual Johnny Leroy “Lee Lee” Dawkins Scholarship “Where Are They Now” program on Sunday, December 11 at Lexington’s Edward C. Smith Civic Center. The event and silent auction served as a fundraiser for the scholarship fund that began 11 years ago after Johnny Leroy Dawkins Jr. was tragically killed in gun violence.
Join us for an evening you won't forget! This will be an evening where we celebrate our scholarship award recipients as they share their success stories, engage in a silent auction and hear from our keynote speaker, Ronnie Beverly. The event will be hosted by emcee, Donnie Holt.
Johnny Leroy Dawkins Jr, who was murdered in 2008 as a result of gun violence. The annual fish fry has become our signature fundraising event. The community looks forward to the fish fry each year. As a result of the fundraiser we have been able to award 2-3 scholarships annually in the amount of $500 each, awarding over $12,000 in scholarships. Our mission is to continue to honor the legacy of our loved one by providing scholarship awards to males - African American, Indigenous, and People of Color - upon graduating high school for the purpose of pursuing a higher education while joining the fight against gun violence.
