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Ready for Lift Off

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! Click here to read her interview with Boca Raton Magazine:
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Coastal Stars: Cowboy Ball’s honorary chairs bring bits of Boca, Texas to fundraiser

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 ...

George Snow Scholarship Fund for high schoolers

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 ...

George Snow Scholarship application process opens

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 ...

Forever Family: George Snow Scholarship Fund

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 ...

Casino Royale guests try their luck to benefit George Snow Scholarship Fund

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, ...

Forever Family: Meet Tina

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 ...

Red Alert! Boca Ballroom Battle Tickets Almost Gone!

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 ...

Student scholars in spotlight at Snow scholarship give

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 ...

Now the real work begins for Boca’s annual dance-off

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 ...

2019 Boca Ballroom Battle Dancers Announced

Dancers from the 2018 Boca Ballroom Battle By Marie Speed, Boca Magazine April 18, 2019 I wish this blog had a drum roll because we are so excited to announce this year’s brave and mighty dancers who will compete in the 12th annual Boca Ballroom Battle for the George Snow Scholarship Fund! This is not an ...

George Snow Fund plans to give $1M in scholarships. Here’s how the decision process works.

Maura Wilson, of Royal Palm Beach, and Garrett Flitton, of Jupiter, fill out paperwork at the George Snow Scholarship Fund’s office in Boca Raton before the interview portion of the scholarship application process. (Austen Erblat/Sun Sentinel Community News) By Austen Erblat, Contact Reporter, South Florida Community News April 11, 2019 After two days and 140 ...

Scholarship Fund President is Interviewed

  Tim Snow, President of the George Snow Scholarship Fund is Interview by WPTV about how students can improve their chances of being selected by a college of scholarship provider.

From genocide to freedom: War refugee, and Snow Scholar, Ana Gagula flourishes in Boca

Written by Gary Greenberg, Boca Raton Magazine January 27, 2019 Immigration is a hot-button issue in today's divisive political climate, but few could argue that war refugee Ana Gagula hasn't been a positive force since alighting in Boca Raton from her native Bosnia. Born in Sarajevo in 1991 to a Serbian mother and Bosnian father, ...

Monday meeting: Scholarship fund ‘helps young people who are helping themselves’

By Jeff Ostrowski Posted Jan 28, 2019 Tim Snow runs a scholarship fund that has given out millions to Palm Beach County students who struggle to afford the cost of college. Snow is president of the George Snow Scholarship Fund, a Boca Raton-based nonprofit named for Tim Snow’s father. George Snow died in 1980 when ...

Fact Sheet

“Initially the George Snow Scholarship Fund began as a memorial to one philanthropic and devoted man, but it has grown to be much more than that. It is a community asset—a family of individuals, businesses, and community service organizations sharing the belief that education is the key to a better life, a better community, and ...