Micah Smith joined the station in December 2018 and is Denver7's Social Equity Reporter
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — With student debt bills mounting for many borrowers, a local chapter of a historically Black fraternity is hoping to give recent Denver-metro high school graduates a financial boost.
“We have the Holmes Omega Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament that we have been running for a number of years now. I've been involved the last seven or eight years, and our goal is actually to raise funds for our scholarship foundation,” Wilburn “Chip” Boykin, the golf tournament chair, said. “There is a scholarship that we hold for them, for one of the students, that continues on for the entire four years. And then we have individual scholarships that are just for one year.
“The four-year scholarship that we give is targeted to African American male students, but the one-time scholarships that we give annually as well is open to both male and female, and students of color,” Labrie said. “The portrayal of, particularly the African American fraternities, has always been on the social aspect... we feel like this is an avenue that we need to do, because we need to be able to put this out in the community, show that you know, this is something for our youth. This is the image that we want to portray. And it's not just about the party,” Boykin said.
Greg Labrie Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Wilburn 'Chip' Boykin Golf Tournament Scholarship Fundraiser
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