Two Graduates of Youth Leadership Sarasota Awarded Scholarships from the Buchanan Family Foundation

The Giving Coast

For the past few years, the Buchanan Family Foundation has awarded two gra­­duates of Youth Leadership Sarasota, a program of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, with a scholarship. The two winners of the scholarship from the Youth Leadership Class of 2020 Alexis McMullen and Ja’shaiya Paschal. Each winner is awarded a $1,000 scholarship for furthering their educations. Alexis will be attending the University of Tennessee, while Ja’shaiya is staying in Florida to attend the University of Florida.

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