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Proceeds to fund scholarships for first-generation, minority college students
ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Charitable Foundation will host its 19th Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, May 1, 2023 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park. This year’s goal is to raise $105,000, which will fund scholarships to primarily historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), for students who otherwise might not graduate from college, due to financial constraints. The organization, which is the charitable arm of Kwame Building Group, was recently approved as a 501(c)3 public charity, with the official name of Kwame Charitable Foundation. As a public entity, Kwame Charitable Foundation can receive contributions from private foundations, public foundations, corporations, as well as individuals, throughout the year, to further support its mission.
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Kwame Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament awards $60,000 in scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Kwame Charitable Foundation has awarded $60,000 in higher education scholarships for first-generation college students from proceeds raised at the organization’s 19th Annual golf tournament. The scholarships provide resources for students who otherwise might not graduate from college, due to financial constraints. Kwame Charitable Foundation awards the majority of scholarships to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), or multi-cultural initiatives that support students of color at PWIs (primarily white institutions).
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Kwame Charitable Foundation to host 19th Annual Golf Tournament
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Photo Credit: FD Finch Photography
Proceeds to fund scholarships for first-generation, minority college students
ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Charitable Foundation will host its 19th Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, May 1, 2023 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park. This year’s goal is to raise $105,000, which will fund scholarships to primarily historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), for students who otherwise might not graduate from college, due to financial constraints. The organization, which is the charitable arm of Kwame Building Group, was recently approved as a 501(c)3 public charity, with the official name of Kwame Charitable Foundation. As a public entity, Kwame Charitable Foundation can receive contributions from private foundations, public foundations, corporations, as well as individuals, throughout the year, to further support its mission.
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Kwame Building Group completes construction on new $3.1 million segment of St. Vincent Greenway
ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has completed construction of a $3.1 million, 0.53-mile segment of Great Rivers Greenway’s St. Vincent Greenway, from Trojan Park to Robert L. Powell Place in Wellston, MO. Work included demolishing existing sidewalks along the route and replacing them with a 10-foot-wide, multi-use paved path. A small pocket park, including a raised platform that overlooks native plantings along the banks of Engelholm Creek, was constructed to replace a vacant lot. A MetroBus stop with improved seating was also added near the MetroLink tracks.
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Two team members graduate from the SIUE Construction Leadership Institute program
Two Kwame team members, Project Engineer Michael McClain and Senior Project Manager Stan Richardson were among the 43 graduates of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Construction Leadership Institute (CLI), which celebrated with a graduation ceremony on Friday, March 10.
Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry. Program Co-Directors Chris Gordon, associate dean of the SIUE School of Engineering, and Kristine Jarden, director of executive education in the SIUE School of Business, oversaw the ceremony.
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Kwame Building Group oversees installation of public art exhibit at Brickline Greenway to honor 20,000 displaced Mill Creek Valley residents
ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has completed the first portion of installation of a new public art exhibit that will eventually link a one-mile stretch of the Brickline Greenway from Harris-Stowe State University to St. Louis CITY SC’s CITYPARK Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The permanent exhibit features art that acknowledges the 1959 displacement of nearly 20,000 Black residents of the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood formerly located at the site.
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Kwame Building Group hires Senior Project Manager and Project Engineer
.ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Stan Richardson as Senior Project Manager and Majid Naseh as Project Engineer.
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Kwame Building Group hires two project team members
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Samuel Amponsah as Project Engineer and Arriane Hopkins as Project Administrator.
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Kwame Building Group completes Freedom Suits Memorial to honor enslaved plaintiffs who sued for their freedom
ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has completed the Freedom Suits Memorial to honor enslaved plaintiffs who sued for their freedom. The memorial is located at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis where the Dred Scott Case was tried. KWAME served as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR).
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Kwame Foundation Golf Tournament awards $75,000 in scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Kwame Foundation has awarded $75,000 in higher education scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students from proceeds raised at the organization’s 18th Annual golf tournament. The presenting sponsor was Maggie O’Brien’s.
Since 2003, Kwame Foundation has provided multi-year endowed scholarships for students at 27 colleges or universities throughout the United States. Scholarships funded by the golf tournament have been endowed for students to attend Fontbonne University, Lincoln University, Maryville University, Saint Louis University, Southeast Missouri State University, University of Kansas and Washington University.
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Kwame Foundation selects Lydia Huston as new Executive Director
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