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GRSP Honors Teri White as First Frank Bentley, Sr. Fellow, Selects 24-25 Class

by Katheryne Fields, GRSP Executive Director

Georgia Rotary Student Program selected students for scholarships for the Class of 2024-25 and celebrated a milestone in mid-January during the GRSP Trustees Winter Business Meeting in Savannah.

GRSP is always encouraged by the efforts our volunteer leaders invest in our students with their time and treasure.

During the sessions, GRSP Foundation inducted the first Frank Bentley Sr. Fellow to Teri Hurst White. Teri is a member of the Rotary Club of Thomasville and a GRSP Foundation Director. Cumulative contributions of $25,000 or more earn the Frank Bentley, Sr. Fellow designation, honoring this past GRSP Endowment Chairman. Bentley guided the Endowment Fund in the 1990s to successful campaigns that established financial stability for GRSP. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs.

White is pictured with GRSP Foundation President and Chair Emeritus Jim Drake, Rotary Club of Savannah South, GRSP Financial Advisor Frank Bentley, Jr., Rotary Club of Sandy Springs and GRSP Chair Mike Sweigart, Rotary Club of Duluth.

“The GRSP Foundation is grateful to Teri for her support and commitment to our program,” Drake said. “It is fitting that we would honor a Thomasville Rotarian as our first recipient of the Frank Bentley, Sr., Fellow. Our program was founded by Thomasville Rotarian William A. “Will” Watt, Sr., in 1946, and we recognize donors on the $1,000 level as Will Watt Fellows. Teri earned that distinction many years ago and sets an excellent example of service and generosity for others to follow.”

In addition in drafting students for the next class, leadership, Trustees and staff discussed ways to enhance our 78-year program of serving international college students with one year ambassadorial scholarships. GRSP’s summer trustee meeting is scheduled for July 13. Conclave is scheduled to be hosted by District 6900 and will be held in Columbus August 23-25. 

Posted by Katheryne Fields
January 30, 2024

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