Purchase Tickets to the 2024 Achieving the Dream Scholarship Luncheon

MAY 30, 2024

Get ready to celebrate with FCHCC the achievements of the 2024 ATD winners at this year’s ATD Scholarship Luncheon!

FCHCC’s Achieving the Dream Scholarship program was designed to assist Hispanic students continue their educational endeavors.

If you want to learn more about our Achieving the Dream Scholarship Program, click here.

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Sponsorship opportunities are available. Download our Sponsorship packet here!

Presenting Sponsor

Emcee

Tenekka Hughes
Anchor, CBS 47 & FOX 30 News Jax

Tenikka Hughes is a three-time Emmy Award-winning evening anchor with CBS47 & FOX30 Action News Jax. She was born and raised in North Carolina and has worked in television news for nearly 20 years with stops in Charlotte, Memphis and Macon.

Tenikka is a well-respected journalist, known for her authenticity, compelling storytelling and compassion for others. She also mentors young journalists across the country. Tenikka has a heart for children – spending countless hours reading to kids and promoting the importance of literacy and education.

She is also the driving force behind “Tenikka’s Books for Kids,” an annual book collection drive that has put nearly 30,000 free books in the hands of local children, in partnership with the Jacksonville Public Library. 

Tenikka graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Benedict College, an HBCU in Columbia, South Carolina. She also earned a Master of Journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park. Tenikka enjoys traveling and discovering great restaurants with her husband. 

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Keynote Speaker

Andy Del Rosal
Vice President of Product Innovation & Liquid Quality, Bacardi

Andy Del Rosal serves as Bacardi’s Vice President of Product Innovation & Liquid Quality. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, he has been with Bacardi since 1994, with a brief hiatus at Cargill and Pernod-Ricard. In 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, a shortage of hand sanitizer came about. Andy led the team to negotiate between the Spirits industry and Dr. Robert Califf, head of the FDA.

He facilitated the Spirits industry’s ability to legally create hand sanitizer for first responders in Florida and Jacksonville. But Andy’s work didn’t stop there. Knowing the lack of hand sanitizer existed worldwide, he also led Bacardi’s global effort to create hand sanitizer at Bacardi’s various facilities around the world to also provide it to local first responders.

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Photos from last year’s event

If you have any questions about our ATD luncheon, send an email to specialevents@fchcc.com

FCHCC Achieving the Dream “A Night of Giving”

MAY 1, 2024

We invite you to our event, “A Night of Giving” sponsored by Tepeyolot Cerveceria to benefit raising $2,000 for the Achieving the Dream Scholarship Program.

We will also announce this year’s ATD Scholarship winners! Don’t miss this exciting night of celebration!

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If you would like to purchase a promotional ad for your business to appear in our Event program, we offer 3 different sizes:

• 1/4″ page (2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ portrait orientation)
• 1/2″ page ad (5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ landscape orientation)
• Full page ad (5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ portrait orientation)

All ads can be in color or black/white.

Prices are as follows:

• 1/4″ page ad – $100
• 1/2 page ad – $200
• full page ad – $300

Please keep in mind that promotional ads are included in the Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsorships (refer to the ATD Sponsorship packet for more information). NOTE: Ad purchases are sold separately here.

After you purchase your ad, please submit it to us by April 1, 2024 to ensure it is included in our program. All ads should be in either a .png or .jpg format.

About the ATD Luncheon

About the ATD Scholarship Program: The First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (FCHCC) has supported the education of Hispanics for many years with over half a million dollars in scholarships that have been awarded. Furthermore, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Jacksonville (FCHCC), is proud to have impacted the lives of more than two hundred fifty (250) earnest and qualified scholarship recipients during its 30+ years of existence.

FCHCC scholarship program; Achieving the Dream, not only enables students who have worked hard and achieved academic excellence to start or continue their education, it gives them the opportunity to become future successful entrepreneurs.

This year, FCHCC and its Community Development Fund plans to award $20,000 in scholarships valued at $2,000.00 to each deserving and competent Hispanic
Students of Northeast Florida.

We invite and encourage you to support these endeavors, together we can really make the difference, first in our communities and second in our own families. Come be part of this and together we can celebrate the achievements our Hispanic community has worked so hard for.

Gold Sponsors

Scholarship Sponsors

In-Kind Sponsors

Support ATD

When you donate any amount to our Achieving the Dream Scholarship program, you become one of our Circle of Friends plus you’re helping deserved Hispanic students to continue their education. 

First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce congratulates the 2023 Achieving the Dream Scholarship Recipients! We wish them much success in their future educational endeavors!

Student Name	School	Major
Abigail Hernandez-Carias	University of Central Florida	Bachelors in Health Science
Jose Monteagudo	Yale University	Bachelors in Global Affairs
Sofia Arce	University of South Florida	Bachelors in Biochemistry
Mia Vazquez	University of West Florida	Bachelors in Musical Theatre
Marlene Silva-Juarez	University of North Florida	Bachelors in Nursing
Melania Carrigan	University of Central Florida	Bachelors in Civil Engineering
Soleil Martinez	University of North Florida	Bachelors in Psychology
Esteban Cano	University of North Florida	Masters in Music
Veronica Shoff	Rollins College	Masters in Biology
Andrew Palma	University of Florida	Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

TABLE SPONSORS

SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS

Jimenez-Bellasario Family Trust
Jimenez-Bellasario Family Trust in honor of Clark Vargas

GALA SPONSORS

IN-KIND SPONSORS

2022 Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor:

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GOLD SPONSORS

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SILVER SPONSORS

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BRONZE SPONSORS

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SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS

ATD Committee
Jimenez Bellasrio Family Trust
Monica Hernandez

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GALA SPONSORS

Ashley Smith Juarez & Alex Juarez
First Coast YMCA

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IN-KIND SPONSORS

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Alive Credit Union
Jacksonville Transporation Authority (JTA)

If you’re interested in becoming one of our Circle of Friends, click here!

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