IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 25, 2009
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CONCERNED BLACK MEN OF CALVERT RECEIVE GRANT,
FUNDING EXPANDS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR AREA STUDENTS

The Concerned Black Men of Calvert County, Inc. (CBMCC) is pleased to announce the expansion of their
scholarship opportunities for area students, courtesy of a one time award from the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation. On Saturday January 24 2009, CBMCC awarded a $2,500 scholarship to Calvert resident Dynika V.
Gross, who attends the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

 “We and the scholarship recipient are grateful for this significant gift from the Kaiser Family Foundation,” said
CBMCC President Gregory Slappy. “In these times of shrinking public education aid and flat family finances,
community-based partnerships represent a valid pathway toward ensuring academic success for those who seek
admittance to colleges and universities.”

Supported by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in Menlo Park, California, PNC Bank, private donors and
the greater community, CBMCC has awarded more than $50,000 to local students to assist with higher
education needs over the past 11 years. The CBMCC Ogletree Scholarship is a welcome addition to the
organization’s efforts to provide support to desiring students who otherwise may not be able to continue their
educational pursuits, Slappy added.

“From an early age, the law has intrigued me,” said Gross, who aspires to become a State’s Attorney. “I have
 always been told that when you decide on a career, it should be something you love. And that the more you love
 your job, the more you put into it. I love Criminal Justice and want to make a positive difference in the world.”

The Kaiser Family Foundation award of $2,500 was from a special trustee allocation fund at the request of
 Foundation Trustee Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard University law professor and director of the Charles
 Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice located at Harvard. Dr Ogletree announced the award at the
 “Southern Maryland Symposium on Race Justice and Citizenship” held in Calvert County, April 4-5 2008.

CBMCC scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. Character, scholastic achievement, community
 service and need are all part of the judging criteria.

Other CBMCC scholarships are presented to graduating seniors of Calvert County high schools each May
 during the group’s ‘Gala by the Bay’ Banquet, a fundraiser for the CBMCC scholarship fund.
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Concerned Black Men, Inc. is an international, non-profit organization whose mission it is to promote the cultural,
 social and educational well-being of African-American youth and their families through mentoring and other
 outreach programs. For more info, log onto: www.cbmnational.org or www.concernedblackmen.org.