Reynolds Family Gift Strengthens Support for GED® Students
The family of Adrianne Reynolds recently donated $2,773 to the Black Hawk College Quad-Cities Foundation to help cover youth GED® testing fees for BHC students.
Joanne Reynolds and Tony Reynolds present scholarship checks with Allison Couch, financial representative with Modern Woodmen; Zenaida Landeros, executive director of the Black Hawk College QC Foundation; Ann Young, director of adult education; and Liz Hogan-Wells, interim associate dean for adult and continuing education.
Adrianne was a 16-year-old student enrolled in the college’s Optional Education GED® program when she was killed in January 2005. Raising money to help students take their GED® tests helps keep Adrianne’s memory alive, Tony Reynolds said.
Adrianne’s stepfather, Tony Reynolds, and stepmother, Joanne Reynolds, raised $1,523 for the Adrianne Reynolds Memorial Scholarship, with an additional $1,250 provided through a matching gift from Allison Couch, financial representative with Modern Woodmen.
Since her death, the Reynolds family has raised more than $23,700 to assist high school-age students with GED® testing costs. Those donations have funded more than 750 GED® vouchers, each covering one $36 test. Students may receive assistance for one or more of the four GED® subject tests: math, language arts, social studies, and science.
During the 2024–25 academic year, the Reynolds’ scholarship paid for 76 GED® tests and supported 29 youth GED® students attending classes in Aledo, East Moline, and Rock Island. So far this school year, the scholarship has paid for 39 tests for 20 students.
“This money means so much to my students,” said GED® instructor Ruth Hakes.
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