Tapper Foundation donates to GCSC tuition assistance for local students
The Gulf Coast State College Foundation received a $50,000 donation from the Tapper Foundation to support the Gulf Coast Guarantee program, which assists high school students graduating from the GCSC service district with their tuition and fees.
“The Gulf Coast State College Foundation values the long-term generosity and support of the Tapper Foundation,” said GCSC Foundation Executive Director Sean Preston.
“The recent gift of $50,000 serves as a reminder of their commitment to connect the scholarship needs of Port St. Joe to the educational programs provided by Gulf Coast State College.”
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.