A Proud Heritage of Service to the Latino Community
The outcomes of the financially needy Latino scholars of the Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Education Foundation is a story that needs to be told. The Education Foundation was created by a small group of members of the Krewe of Sant’Yago in 1994. This Foundation is a 501 (3) C organization and is separate entity from the Krewe of Sant’Yago. The mission, in its most general terms, is to provide safe passage for our modern day students just as The Knights of Sant’ Yago provided safe passage for pilgrims in Spain in the 1400’s. Our Foundation has helped graduate Latino scholars that go on to make a difference here in Tampa. Most of our scholars stay within the area post graduation or go on to graduate schools and return to Tampa to become successful and role models for others. This is a small organization of dedicated individuals who share the same goal to improve our community for the long term, both professionally and economically through higher education. As our scholars are economically challenged, our scholarships allow them to finish their higher education. These students represent many of the honor students that graduate from our three institutions. Our goals for the next five years are to continually improve our financial resources through fund raisers and endowed scholarships and add to the number to students by 10 each year. This will bring our yearly total to 100 scholars in 2015. The economic impact of this on our community is great and over time the Tampa Bay area will be well served by our scholars.
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