RAISE THE NATION INC. CELEBRATES THEIR FIRST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Tallahassee, Florida -- Raise The Nation, a not for profit corporation providing educational grants and scholarships to single parent women, celebrates the graduation of its first scholarship recipient Jamie Barnes of Tallahassee Florida.

Jamie Barnes moved to Tallahassee from New York City where she was born and raised as an educated woman. Ms. Barnes became a single parent woman in her thirties and has one daughter, who is in the 11th grade and is an honor role student. Ms. Barnes explained that she moved to Tallahassee for a career change, but due to bus schedule conflicts and transportation difficulties was unable to accept the employment opportunities that were offered to her. She was forced to take a low paying position that made it difficult for her to make financial ends meet. It was at this point that she made the decision to go back to school and sought the assistance of Raise The Nation Incorporated.

Ms. Barnes applied for the Continuing Education Scholarship from Raise The Nation in and was awarded the scholarship in April 2003. She began attending the CORE Institute School of Massage Therapy and Structural Bodywork on March 4th and is scheduled to graduate on the 3rd of October 2003. Ms. Barnes believes that the Raise The Nation has provided her with the opportunity she was looking for and that it will lead to better employment opportunities and more choices for her and her daughter.

Single parent women want the opportunity to obtain an education so they have the power, the potential and the ability to provide for their families, free of any dependency on state or federal systems" says Tere McDowell, Executive Director of Raise The Nation.

Raise the Nation is a not for profit corporation whose mission is 'independence through education for single parent women in America. They provide educational grants and scholarships to single parent women and their children. The distribution of scholarships and grants is determined by the corporations fund raising success.

   For further information, please contact Tere McDowell at 866-616-1655 or http://www.raisethenation.org.

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