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by Hannah Spence January 2022 Boca Raton, FL (Boca Raton Magazine) — Meet Ledlyne Heriscar-Vazquez! She and her twin sister became Snow Scholars in 1999. Now, Ledlyne is working on the Artemis mission with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon!…

By Margie Plunkett, The Coastal Star January 29, 2020   Paige Kornblue Hunter and her husband, Andrew Hunter, will chair the Rhinestone Cowboy Ball, a Feb. 29 event for the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star   She brings a lot of Boca Raton. He brings a lot of Texas. Together they seem perfect…

by Gary Detman Friday, January 24th 2020 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — High school seniors and their families are hunting for college money. The financial burden of higher education can be a huge obstacle. But one local scholarship fund is trying to make it easier. Tim Snow talked to CBS12 News This Morning about the George…

By Austen Erblat, South Florida Sun Sentinel November 1, 2019 After a goal-shattering year, one of the largest foundations to offer scholarships to students in South Florida has opened up its application process. The George Snow Scholarship Fund raised $1.44 million for 150 scholarship winners from Palm Beach and northern Broward County last year. The scholarship is…

Last week CBS 12 did a story on one of our scholars, Tina Tring, and The George Snow Scholarship Fund. Tina talks about the positive impact we have made on her life, and our President, Tim Snow, discusses the hope our scholars give us. Our scholars truly become a part of our family when they…

By Kari Barnett, South Florida Sun Sentinel August 28th, 2019 Diana Riser, Paul Pebley, Karen Galanaugh and Tim Snow at the Casino Royale event to kick off Boca’s Ballroom Battle. (Brett Hufziger / Courtesy) Taking time out from rehearsals for the upcoming 12th annual Boca’s Ballroom Battle, Diana Riser got things rolling with Casino Royale,…

CBS 12 did a story last week on one of our scholars, Tina Tring, and all she has overcome to get her to where she is today. We are so proud of our scholars, most of them face more obstacles by the age of 18 than we could even imagine. And regardless of these difficult…

By Marie Speed, Boca Magazine June 11, 2019   Dancers from the 2018 Boca Ballroom Battle Our friends at the George Snow Scholarship Fund told us yesterday that tickets to this year’s event on Sept. 20 are almost sold out. This is early for that to happen (although it invariably does) and we hear its…

By Marci Shatzman, Boca Voice June 3, 2019 Did you have a class ranking in high school or ace the SATs? These Snow scholars did. George Snow Scholarship Fund awarded over $1.4 million in scholarships Friday. But as always, the spotlight was on the accomplished kids. Students came up to accept their awards and accolades…

By Marci Shatzman, Boca Voice June 5, 2019  “Nothing scares me, but I’m petrified,” YMCA CEO Jason Hagensick said half-jokingly at a dance lesson leading up to Boca’s Ballroom Battle. This was a true turning point for eight novice dancers who volunteered for George Snow Scholarship Fund’s biggest fundraiser. After learning the essentials at Fred Astaire…