An additional contingent of 20 laptops were made available to Smith County School District and ear marked for Forks River Elementary School. The foundation is thankful for the donations that continue to come in during the year outside of our pledge drive. The supplemental donations allowed us to make one more classroom donation. We are very happy with the outcome and encourage our donors and our directors to keep up the good work.
2017: Scholarship program at MTSU
We are very pleased to announce a scholarship program for seniors in the Accounting Program at the College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. This scholarship was established by the Foundation to benefit a student or student-veteran who demonstrates a commitment to serving others (in school, in the community or at home), a strong work ethic, and leadership qualities. The recipient is Blake H. and the award made at a scheduled event at the university on April 20th. One of our directors and Yohan's mother attended on behalf of the foundation. We thank Carolyn Tumbleson and Stefan Abraham for bringing this effort to fuition.
Blake Hise with Prof. Jeannie Harrington at the award ceremony
Blake Hise with Cathy from YAF
2017: AT Hike in honor of Yohan and generate awareness for the Yohan Abraham Foundation
Yohan's brother Stefan Abraham (and President of YAF) is undertaking a hike from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. Yohan and Stefan planned to do this hike and this precipitated his decision to do it alone. Yohan will be there in spirit all the way. Stefan set out on Saturday April 15th on this gargantuan task.
Enclosed is a link to some pictures we snapped at Springer mountain where the trail starts. Notice the shoes I (Paul Abraham) am wearing. They are Yohan's boots and I will wear them along parts of the trail where I join Stefan on his journey
https://www.facebook.com/yohan.abraham/posts/10108025481737198?pnref=story
You can follow Stefan's journey on Instagram where his handle is Oskeewowwowil or on facebook as stefan Abraham
2017: Computers for Smith County Scholars →
We are happy to announce that for 2017 we have procured and donated 40 notebooks to Smith County Board of Education. The notebooks will be made available to teachers for use in their curriculum in two mobile and lockable carts. One cart will be made available to Forks River Elementary School and the other will made available at The Smith County High School. The handoverwas done at a ceremony on April 4th at these schools. One of our directors was on hand for the presentation. We would especially like to thank Melinda Spivey and Cathy McNulty for there leadership and efforts in bringing this project to fruition. A local newspaper carried the event.
About Forks River Elementary & Middle School
The average number of students for elementary schools in Tennessee is 462, so Forks River Elementary is very small. The student to teacher ratio is 16:1, which is approximately the average for all US elementary schools (15.5) and significantly higher than the average for elementary schools in Tennessee (14.8).
” Yohan and I enjoyed being active members in our community, and it was our hope to be able to continue to give back to the students and staff at Forks River for years to come. Yohan had a love of learning and an interest in innovative technologies. The donation of the chromebooks is a wonderful expression of who Yohan was and what he stood for.” – Mandy Beaty, Teacher at Forks River School and fiance to Yohan Abraham