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Deltas Award Scholarships to Deserving Students
VCAC President LeKishia Moffett-White presents scholarship to Lakita Davis of Oxnard during Santa Clara High School's senior awards night program
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The Ventura County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. awarded scholarships to five Ventura County students planning to attend a four-year university. The students are Terri R. Bass of Newbury Park, Lakita Davis of Oxnard, Jenna Gillespie of Oxnard, Lorne James Jackson of Simi Valley, and Gabriella Monique Webb of Thousand Oaks. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship upon proof of enrollment. The five students were selected from a total of 19 applicants from throughout Ventura County. Freddie J. Grady, chair of the chapter's Scholarship Committee, said the committee had a difficult decision because all the applicants were well qualified. However, the winners were exceptional.Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a national public service organization of predominately African-American college-educated women. The Ventura County Alumnae Chapter was chartered October 25, 1980. The chapter is based in Oxnard but provides service throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Some of the chapter's ongoing projects are NAACP Saturday School, voter registration, and the G.E.M.S. program for teenage girls. The chapter has provided thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving students.For more information about the chapter, visit www.dstvcac.org.
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