Carmel graduate among winners of Portee Leadership Connection Scholarships

The Rotary Club of Carmel has announced the 2024 Portee Leadership Connection Scholarship recipients who attended the 2023 Leadership Connection, a branded program of the Rotary Club of Carmel.

Danny Portee and Dr. Rick Markoff. (Photo provided)

Recipients included Maritza Hernandez, Manuel Gomez, and Cristian Gonzalez, each of whom attended Christel House Watanabe High School in Indianapolis; Kamia Price of Simon Youth Academy at Circle Centre Mall, Indianapolis; and Roshani Guragain, who attended Carmel High School.

Thanks to the combined efforts of Danny Portee and the Rotary Club of Carmel, scholarships for the Portee Leadership Connection Scholarship grew from $1,000 to $2,000 for five worthy recipients. In addition, each awardee was presented with a laptop computer.

Their $2,000 can be used for tuition at a college, university, community college, or trade school.

Selections, based upon equal emphasis on merit and need, are made by a committee at Professional Management Enterprises, a nationally recognized, Indianapolis-based staffing company led by Danny Portee.

Winners received their awards at the June meeting of the Rotary Club of Carmel and were accompanied by family members.

During the Rotary Club meeting, Rotarian Sharleen Miller and Danny Portee shared two copies of the book 13 Things Strong Kids Do, which will be donated to the libraries of two Carmel elementary schools sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carmel.

Sharleen Miller and Danny Portee discussing 13 Things Strong Kids Do, which will be donated to two Carmel elementary schools sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carmel. (Photo provided)

For more information about the Leadership Connection and upcoming events, visit RotaryLeadershipConnection.com.

The parents of Cristian Gonzalez with Monica Frauhiger and Paige Pittman (Cristel House Watanabe High School).

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