Booker Promise Foundation, a leading organization dedicated to empowering Booker High School students with essential skills and resources for post-secondary success, has named Earl Young as its new president and CEO. With over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Young brings valuable expertise to lead the Foundation’s mission of providing students with the essential skills and resources needed for postsecondary success. 

The $500,000 grant will fund tuition cost for economically disadvantaged students. Economically disadvantaged Booker High School students now have increased opportunities to obtain a college degree thanks to a recently awarded grant to the Booker Promise Foundation from the Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.