2023 Grenee McCollum Dobbs Memorial Scholarship Recipient: Jabrell Roland

Jabrell Roland

2023 Grenee McCollum-Dobbs Memorial Scholarship Recipient

TGDF Grenee Dobbs Memorial Scholarship Recipient

It comes with great excitement to announce that we’ve selected Heritage High School graduate Jabrell Roland as our 2023 Grenee McCollum Dobbs Memorial Scholarship recipient. Notwithstanding Jabrell’s heartwarming application essay highlighting his experience of passionately pursuing his goals, while balancing the demands and responsibilities of maintaining multiple jobs in addition to serving as Woodwind Captain of the Heritage High School Marching Band, all while excelling academically, it was his actions during the selection process that set him apart from the candidate pool. Jabrell’s consistent follow ups and requests for updates were reflective of the dedication, commitment and tenacity that The Grenee Dobbs Foundation looks for and seeks to invest in.

This summer, we met with the Roland family at the scholarship awarding ceremony and it was truly a pleasure. Seeing a mother beam with pride as she watches her son boys become a maen, a strong father instilling the importance of maintaining an exceptional work ethic while still fulfilling your responsibilitiesy to the community and a trailblazing older brother providing guidance to Jabrell every step of the way, served as further confirmation that we made the right choice in selecting Jabrell as the 2023 Grenee McCollum Dobbs Memorial Scholarship recipient. We are very excited to see what’s next for Jabrell as he embarks on a new journey at Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah, GA.

We would like to say a very special thank you to everyone that played a role in making it possible for us to grant this year’s scholarship and we encourage you to visit our donation page if you would like additional information or if you would like to contribute to the 2024 Grenee McCollum Dobbs Memorial Scholarship Fund. Please know that we appreciate any support and that contributions will be tax deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.

About the Grenee McCollum-Dobbs Memorial Scholarship

The Grenee McCollum-Dobbs Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to 1 graduating senior from the Rockdale County Public School System each year. This student can be self-nominated or nominated by a member of the school’s faculty or staff (principal, teacher, counselor, etc.) for odds they’ve overcome, potential they show or hardships they’ve endured. Applications will be accepted starting January 1st of each year and the nomination deadline will be March 25th.