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GIVING BACK 29 years of excellence
providing scholarships
story and photos courtesy of
T Jackson County Chamber of Commerce
he entire community is invited to help contribute to the 29th Annual Explosion of Excellence Scholarship Program benefiting local high school seniors on May 7, 2019. This program honors the
academic achievements of graduating high school seniors who are in the top ten percent of their classes in all area high schools in Jackson County (including the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science).
“This program brings our communities and graduates together, recognizes their academic achievements and gives the business community an opportunity to show appreciation to the seniors,” said Pat Descher, 2019 Chairman of the Explosion of Excellence program.
The Explosion of Excellence is a program jointly sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main Street-Tourism Bureau, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and all high schools in Jackson County. It is supported by many
TREVOR PERRY (CENTER) receiving the McDonald’s Descher Organization $5,000 Scholarship with the Descher Family.
small and large businesses in the area.
Any scholarship ranging from $250 to $5,000 or more will
help students, many of whom need financial assistance. Your timely contribution can be deducted as a charitable contribution by making your check payable to the “Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF)/Explosion of Excellence.”
Checks should be sent to Explosion of Excellence, P.O. Box 480, Pascagoula, MS 39568-0480 or hand delivered to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce
(720 Krebs Avenue, Pascagoula). The Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce also will
have a raffle of a Louis Vuitton handbag
donated by McDonald’s Descher
Organization, valued at $2,030. The
raffle will be drawn at the program in
May 2019.
Please call the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 228-762-3391 or email Valerie Dedeaux at Chamber@jcchamber.com to pledge your scholarship contribution or to ask any questions.
This Louis Vuitton handbag will be raffled off to raise money.
“This program brings our communities and graduates
together, recognizes their a”
cademic achievements and gives the business community an opportunity to show
appreciation to the seniors.
-Pat Descher, Chairman of the 2019 Explosion of Excellence
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