13th Annual Tara Jacobs Brown Scholarship Foundation Fundraiser

The Center At Deltona

1640 Drive Martin Luther King Boulevard, 32725, Deltona, FL, United States

Jim Jacobs-Father of Tara Jacobs Brown

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Jim Jacobs is the father of Tara Jacobs Brown. Jim is recently retired from Disney, where he was in transportation for 18 years. Jim wanted to do something to help keep the memory of his daughter alive. Jim along with Tara's other Family members and her friends in the service started the TJBSF 13 years ago, and have awarded over $20,000 in Scholarships.Fallen airman, Master Sergeant Tara Jacobs Brown aspired to better herself as a woman, aviator and student through education. Her passion for learning was an inspiration to countless other service members serving with her in Afghanistan. In her continuing honor, the Tara Jacobs Brown Scholarship Foundation provides merit-based educational scholarships to graduating high school seniors in the state of Florida. The purpose of the scholarship is provide monetary assistance for the post-secondary education of its recipients.It is the goal of the foundation to grant scholarships of at least $1,000 to ten deserving high school students in the state of Florida each year. The TJBSF scholarships are granted to students who continually strive to improve themselves through education and have a passion for service like Master Sergeant Tara Jacobs Brown.The amount of the award may vary though the current amount is $1000 per student.The foundation does not award any type of loans—only scholarships. The scholarship program is publicized via local high school guidance centers, web promotion, fundraising events and through mail correspondence.The Tara Jacobs Brown Scholarship Foundation will maintain case histories of its scholarship recipients including names, addresses, purpose of awards, amounts of each reward, manner of selection and the relationship, if any, of the recipients to any officer, trustee or donor of funds.