CHEEKS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Service is the rent you pay for the space you occupy.
Message from a Cheeks Scholarship Recipient!
LaNeisha Johnson, a Cheeks Foundation Scholarship recipient from our inaugural class, and recent Chemistry graduate of Jackson State University speaks on her amazing experience.
ABOUT THE CHEEKS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
The Marvell Cheeks Jr. Scholarship Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit organization that helps to transform lives through scholarships, career development and enhancement for our future leaders. Selected young men and women that have demonstrated a desire to provide sustenance and stability for families and community, are those we seek to mentor.
Transforming lives, one youth at a time through scholarships and mentoring programs, the Marvell Cheeks Jr. Scholarship Foundation will assist the civic minded academically and vocationally motivated students to rise above economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
They will become successful leaders in the community using the tools learned through our array of educational programs geared toward students in grade school, trade schools, colleges, universities, vocational programs, and beyond. Civic minded academically and vocationally motivated students to rise above all odds and be great citizens of the community.
Marvell Cheeks Jr. lived to pour love and knowledge into many of today’s leaders. He believed that “Service is the rent you pay, for the space you occupy”. Those in sync with that vision, are exactly those we seek to engage and inspire.
FACTS & FIGURES
64.5%
High School Graduation Rate
DPSCD experienced an 8% drop from pre-pandemic numbers with low income students seeing a similar decline. As our organization grows we seek to support students from the critical standpoints of fundamental needs and acess.
100%
Cheeks Scholarship Recipients in Higher Education
Every Cheeks Scholarship Foundation awardee has progressed on to higher learning and applied the funds awarded to the advancement of their education and skillset.
$42K
Average Income Gap
We all know higher education is important, and according to recent studies, the average wage gap between high school graduates and those who go on to earn higher education is $42,000.
CONTACT US!
Here at the Cheeks Foundation, we love to engage with the community? Wanna get in touch? Send us a message and we'll gladly be in touch
313.465.9636
