WELLINGTON — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation (PBCSF) is pleased to announce the Glades Region recipients who were among the 2023 Youth Scholarship Program.

Fifteen Palm Beach County high school seniors, all of whom were nominated by a sworn employee of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), will receive $2,500 scholarships for their freshman year of college. Each scholarship is renewable for up to four years of college or trade school. This is the ninth year of the program, and the Sheriff’s Foundation is committed to distributing $150,000 a year in scholarships!

The Glades Region high school scholarship recipients in our ninth class of scholarship winners are:
• Joseph Brown, Glades Central Community High School, who plans to attend Palm Beach State College;

• E’Rinze Murphy, Glades Central Community High School, who plans to attend Florida Atlantic University;
• Peyton Pelham, Glades Day School, who plans to attend University of Central Florida;
• Nicole Ruiz, Glades Day School, who plans to Palm Beach State College;
• DaNyla Sanders, Pahokee High School, who plans to attend Louisiana State University.

The students received their scholarships and were recognized at a luncheon on March 5 at noon at the National Polo Center in Wellington.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization that helps underprivileged children through such programs as Shop with a Cop and Youth Scholarships Our support for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office enhances deputy safety by subsidizing new equipment that might otherwise be unattainable. In addition, the Foundation has provided great support for the K-9, Domestic Violence, and Gang Units, and we assist PBSO employees in times of need.

For more information about the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation, please visit PBCSF.org