Rotary scholarships to be awarded to CGHS seniors

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Gloria Burns
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By Gloria Burns….
The Rotary Club of Coral Gables is able to award scholarships, thanks to it generous supporters including the Jules Zentner Scholarship Fund through Trustee David Sanchez; Rick and Margarita Tonkinson Foundation, and Joan Reitsma and the Miami Dade Chapter of Thrivent Financial.

These donations combined with weekly meeting Happy Dollars and other individual donations will fund $11,000 in scholarships in the 2011 Rotary year to seniors at Coral Gables High School (CGHS). The club acknowledges Rotarians Dr. Randy Groh, Susan Guttmann and other Happy Dollars leaders for keeping the enthusiasm for scholarships alive and for all those who directed their raffle winnings to this program.

Scholarships are open to seniors at Coral Gables Senior High School and applications are available in the CAP Office at the school from Gayle Payne or Barbara Inskeep. The Coral Gables High School student population is 80 percent from outside of Coral Gables and there are many students in need of help for higher education.

For more information on the Rotary Club of Coral Gables Scholarship Program, contact Terry Long by email at terryclong@bellsouth.net.

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Gloria Burns
A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.

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