FCA to Hold 39th Annual Scholarship Breakfast

Family and Children’s Association (FCA), a leading health and human services nonprofit organization on Long Island, will hold its 39th Annual Scholarship Breakfast June 25, 2024, at Nassau County Community College in Garden City. The event, which will begin at 8:30 a.m., is a celebration of shared accomplishments and inspiration. Attending the breakfast will be government officials, educators, FCA supporters, and friends and family of the scholarship recipients.

A highlight of this year’s event will be a keynote address from the inspirational and “Unstoppable” Anthony Robles. Despite being born with only one leg, Robles is the 2011 NCAA individual wrestling national champion in the 125-pound weight class and 3-time All-America wrestler. He is the author of the book, Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion.

New for this year, all attendees are invited to interact with and contribute inspirational, positive quotes or words of wisdom and share them on FCA’s “Wisdom Wall.” In addition, through a collaboration with Little Words Project, which creates inspirational bracelets popularized by Taylor Swift and other celebrities, FCA will have available a limited edition “Unstoppable” bracelet in honor of the 2024 Scholarship recipients. One hundred percent of the profits will go directly to FCA and benefit the more than 35,000 Long Islanders they help every year.

FCA’s Annual Scholarship breakfast celebrates the generosity of scholarship donors, the extraordinary achievements of the scholarship winners, and the dedicated staff who administer the program. As part of the breakfast program, scholarship recipients are encouraged to meet the FCA donors who help make their education journey possible, gaining further opportunity for career insights and guidance.

Numerous studies report that a child’s ability to learn is negatively impacted by family stress resulting from trauma, poverty and unemployment. FCA’s Scholarship Breakfast helps support the aspirations of at-risk youth who wish to pursue higher education despite years of struggle.

Over three decades, FCA has gifted more than 1,500 scholarships collectively worth over $2,000,000 to students engaged with FCA’s programs and services, enabling at-risk teens to pursue higher education and improve their lives. In 2023, 35 students received scholarship support and this year, 45 students will be receiving scholarships.

About FCA

FCA is a not-for-profit agency helping more than 35,000 Long Islanders each year. For 140 years, the organization has worked to protect and strengthen vulnerable children, seniors, families, and communities on Long Island.

FCA believes in the potential of Long Island - a place where no child, senior, family or community is left to struggle alone with barriers to health care, education, employment, or economic prosperity. Long Island continues to be one of the greatest places in the world to live and raise a family for many; FCA exists to ensure that be the case for all.

For more information about FCA, visit www.fcali.org