The Tribune

THE Gentlemen’s Club will hand out its annual scholarship awards and programme prizes worth around $250,000 at its 27th Gala Ball on Saturday night at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort.

Director of the Gentlemen’s Club, Lamon Stubbs, told The Tribune that several students associated with the organisation will receive either partial or full scholarships to three tertiary level institutions in the United States.

According to Mr Stubbs, the programme will award two presidential scholarships to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The scholarship will cover tuition, room and board, books and other auxiliary expenses associated with the student’s course of study.

The Gentlemen’s Club is also expected to award two tuition-only scholarships to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and will also look to award partial scholarships to St John’s University in Minnesota.

The Gentlemen’s Club was started in 1992 by Dr Judson and Marchea Eneas with just 12 participants. Over 800 have since passed through the 16-week mentoring programme which has awarded well over $6m in scholarships so far.

The Gentlemen’s Club focuses on the development of young men in the fields of leadership, marketing, etiquette, moral, cultural and spiritual responsibilities and prepares them for the future in terms of setting and pursuing realistic goals. The programme steers young men in the right direction and allows them to define themselves, to see where they are and where they need to go. They participate in workshops, seminars and cultural activities that have beneficial outcomes such as education, career awareness, social awareness, spiritual development and cultural enrichment over their four months, culminating in the gala ball.