2024 Anthony & Marcia Baker Scholarship Recipient-Iyannah Jones

We are happy to announce our first 2024 Anthony & Marcia Baker Scholarship recipient.

Iyannah Jones is one of the two  Anthony & Marcia Baker scholarship recipients for 2024 and says "I believe in the power of education and it's abilities to decrease mental health issues and promote understanding and acceptance because knowledge is power. I advocate for integrating mental health into the academic curriculum"

Referring to the scholarship award she says "I am a first generation student coming from a single household family and will be attending an out of state HBCU. Being awarded this scholarship means the world to me because it’s one step closer to not having financial anxiety. I’ve been having doubts about how I will pay for the summer program and then a separate fee for the tuition but after finding out I was awarded this scholarship, I can sleep comfortably" 

Congratulations Iyannah!

Inaugural DAD Dash 5/k Run/Walk

The inaugural DAD Dash 5K run/walk on Saturday June 8th at Vista View Park in Davie, Florida, was a huge success. The event celebrated fatherhood, the embodiment of togetherness, and health. 

The DAD Dash event was more than another 5K run/walk; it was an homage to dads of every name: Dad, Grandpa, Pops, Bonus Dad, bolstered by camaraderie and purpose. This event marked the prelude to Father's Day weekend, enveloping all in its embrace of vitality and joy.

We want to thank everyone who worked so hard in making this inaugural DAD Dash 5K run/walk such a huge success. We now turn our attention to 2025 where we expect this tribute to fathers to be even bigger and better, stay tuned.

Peta-Gaye Nash, Author

We are happy to welcome Peta-Gaye Nash to the Partners For Youth of South Florida website and blog.

Peta-Gaye Nash was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and has made Mississauga, Ontario home for over twenty years. She is the author of a collection of short adult fiction, I Too Hear the Drums, recently a collection of short stories titled Told Ya!, and seven children’s books, all available on Amazon.com. 

Her latest children’s book Bushyhead, is about empowerment, self-acceptance, gratitude, and compassion.

Peta-Gaye’s short stories and poems have appeared in several anthologies and she blogs

on her website petagayenash.com about all manner of things, especially personal growth

and self-help. In 2015, she won the Mississauga Marty Awards for Emerging Literary Art.

She has also won two Observer Literary Awards in her hometown, Kingston, Jamaica.

Peta-Gaye teaches English as a Second Language to newcomers to Canada at Malton Neighbourhood Services.