Entrepreneurial Scholarship Awarded to Palm Desert High Student
As anyone that knows me can attest to, I love entrepreneurs. My wife would tell you I was an entrepreneur since I was in diapers...
Today, I am surrounded by a good number of them, and many of them are friends. I work, network and support that entrepreneurial spirit in others...So when a networking group of entrepreneurs I am involved in (current Vice President of the BNI Desert Professionals--Rancho Mirage Chapter) was thinking about charitable giving I was particularly interested in supporting young entrepreneurs.
So this year, I am pleased that our group of 17 business owners awarded our first Rancho Mirage BNI Chapter Entrepreneurial Scholarship of $1,750.00 to Jensen Bryant of Palm Desert High School. He is an amazing young man--Eagle Scout, extremely high academics, and has an entrepreneurial spirit!
I see only blue skies and a bright future here. Congrats Jensen! As a member of the scholarship committee, he made our selection process much easier.
As a father of a 5 year-old, I feel strongly about education and the need for scholarships to qualified candidates that my law office gave $500.00 to the scholarship fund. Our chapter overall gave $500.00 from its "kitty" and a few other business owners in the group combined contribution was the other $750.00. I hope that this is just the beginning of our new tradition. 
At the Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony -- Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells, CA on May 17, 2011
Pictured from the left: Maria Dobkin (co-owner of Mr. Rooter Plumbing Palm Desert) Ana Radisic (Law Office of Daryl Binkley) Jensen Bryant (winner of BNI Desert Professionals 1st Entrepreneurial Scholarship) Daryl Binkley, Attorney & David Dobkin (Owner of Mr. Rooter Plumbing Palm Desert)
