I'm A Star student servant leaders raised the money through their Jacksonville
HELPS (Homeless Students Empowered through Leadership, Partnership
& Service) Celebrity Basketball Game fundraiser last summer. The foundation gave away $15,000 in
scholarships to college-bound homeless students in June of 2018.14 students, identified by the Duval County Homeless Education Department, received scholarships for college. The amounts were $500, $1000 and one student received $2000. The students were selected based on essays that they wrote about where they see themselves in five years.
Since 2013, I'm A Star student servant leaders have raised a total of $96,500 through Jacksonville HELPS, and donated all proceeds to the DCPS Homeless Education Department. This years’ Jacksonville HELPS Celebrity Basketball Game is set for Saturday, July 21st at Paxon School for Advanced Studies.
“I’m A Star Foundation” was established in 2010. I'm A Star Foundation is a non- profit organization comprised of students (ages 12-18) who develop solutions to improve their communities. An acronym for “Smart, Talented and Resilient” students, the Foundation draws 35 volunteer student servant leaders from middle and high schools across Duval County each year. Founder and Executive Director Betty Seabrook Burney is a former Duval Co. School Board Chairwoman who achieved the distinction of having all chronically low-performing schools exit the state of Florida’s intervene list by the end of her term. I’m A Star Foundations students have been featured in various press outlets, including Florida Times-Union, ABC7Chicago and The Huffington Post.
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