U.S. singer and Academy Award winner Alicia Keys offered $20,000 scholarships to college students from four cities, but stipulated any recipient must perform community service in his or her hometown.
Keys said,
We’re just looking for standout students who are definitely college-bound and need a little bit of help financially to really achieve their dreams.
The four scholarship winners will be selected from Jacksonville, New Orleans, Atlanta and New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.
The nine-time Grammy award-winner said that her donation and related stipulation for Open Door Scholarships will help the funds get to those who deserve them the most.
‘It’s a reward for students … who contribute to make this a better world,’ she said.
The Open Doors Scholars Program is part of Frum Tha Ground Up, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit organization started by Keys’ road manager, D.J. Walton, who went to college in Jacksonville.
Keys told The New York Daily News,
We can do something to help find those bright minds that need a helping hand. It all adds up.
