Thanks for making Project GRAD Akron's

9th Annual March GRADness A Slam Dunk Event! 🏀

Dear Friends,

Thank you for supporting Project GRAD Akron's 9th Annual March GRADness fundraiser on April 3, 2023 at Greystone Hall in downtown Akron, Ohio. We have received so many positive comments about the event! From all accounts, March GRADness was another "Slam Dunk" fundraiser! People laughed, played games, won prizes, socialized, and ate amazing food! It was a great community event. The proceeds from March GRADness will support scholarships for Class of 2023 seniors at Buchtel and East of the Akron Public Schools! Thank you for supporting our students and Project GRAD Akron! Please enjoy the pictures! Save the date for the 10th annual event on Monday, April 8, 2024! Remember, it's never too late to support scholarships for our students. Graduation Really Achieves Dreams!

If you would like to read through our Program Book, please do so by clicking here. 📕

Jacqueline "Jackie" Silas-Butler, Esq.

Executive Director

And the winners are...

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Family Feud Winners:

1st Place - Clerk, "Of Course" (Akron Municipal Court Clerk of Courts)

Dianna Butler, Allison Henry, Larry Lee, Holly Mercer, & Pete Sans



2nd Place - Team Zeta

Kateria Hargrove-Montgomery, Mary Parnell, Vikki Shadie, & Carla Sykes

Kahoot Winners:

Game 1: Jacob Simmons (1st), Tom Ghinder (2nd), & Bella (3rd)

Game 2: Arie Belsky (1st), Gartrell Bentley (2nd), & Scott Curfman (3rd)

Check out these photos from the event! 📸

To view the full folder of photos, click here.

Did you stop at the photo booth? 📸

To view our photo booth pictures, click here.

Let's Cheer for our 2023 March GRADness Sponsors 🏀

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Ultimate Championship Sponsors:

National Championship Sponsor:

Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro's Department of Job & Family Services

Elite Eight Sponsors:

Roger & Sally Read

Sweet Sixteen Sponsors:

Belsky & Waits Family

Johnnette & Howard Curry

Judge Kani Hightower

Dr. David James

Molina Healthcare of Ohio

State & Federal Communications, Inc.

Synthomer Foundation

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Debbie Walsh, Clerk of Courts

Second Round Sponsors:

Richard W. & Eugenia C. Atkinson

Audra Baker

Maura Scanlon Bozzelli, Esq.

Laurie & Scott Curfman

The Honorable Bradley S. S. Dunn

Barbara & Denis Feld

Mayor Dan Horrigan

Immanuel Temple Church of God in Christ

Dana & Frank LaGarde

Valerie McKitrick

Mary B. Outley

Jacqueline Silas-Butler & Lawrence Butler Jr.

The Scanlon Group

Pamela R. Valentine



First Round Sponsors:

Akron Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Akron Municipal Court Judges:

Presiding/Administrative Judge David Hamilton

Judge Annalisa S. Williams

Judge Jerry Larson

Judge Jon Oldham

Judge Ronald Cable

Judge Nicole Walker

Leon D. Bibb

Jasina Chapman

Yvonne G. Culver

Anita L. Davis, Esq.

Romona Davis

Lenwood Dawson

Judith Dimengo

Laura Farris-Daugherty

Carolyn Felton

C. Joyce Finley-Johnson

Jeff Fusco - Akron Council-at-Large

Zeta Kateria Hargrove-Montgomery

Rica Keith

Sandra Kurt - Summit Co. Clerk of Courts

Tanya Lundy

Megan Mannion

Joseph May

Diane Miller-Dawson

Walter Noland

Pastor Eugene Norris

Robin Norris

Dr. Ann Otto

Margaret Ralston Payne

Roger Riddle Consulting Limited (2)

Vikki Shadie

Sandra E. Shaw

Dr. Lisa Sims

Rose M. Skinner

Shirley A. Smith, CFRE

Patricia Stewart-Adams

Stancy Sykes

Rachel Tecca

Dewayne Thomas, Spectrum

Clarence Tucker

Rev. Dr. Curtis T. Walker Sr.

Thanks to our 2023 March GRADness All-Star Team! 🏀

Michelle Bisson, Maura Scanlon Bozzelli, Esq. (Board President), Lawrence B. Butler, Jr.,

Jasina Chapman, Howard Curry, Johnnette Curry, Anita Davis, Esq.,

Bradley S. S. Dunn, Esq., Laura Farris-Daugherty, Rica Keith, Dana LaGarde,

Mary Outley, Charles Parnell, Thomas Peeples, Jr., Victoria "Vikki" Shadie,

Dr. Lisa Sims, Elizabeth Smalley, Stancy Sykes, Clarence Tucker, Debbie Walsh, and

Jacqueline Silas-Butler, Esq. (Executive Director & Chairperson).