Marco Police Foundation Awards Scholarships

The Marco Island Police Foundation has issued its Spring 2023 scholarship awards to the children of seven Marco Island Police Officers.

A total of over $28,000 in Spring scholarships went to Meghan Brown (daughter of Officer Alan Brown), Daven Baer (daughter of retired Capt. David Baer), Abigail and Kaleigh Gallup (daughters of Lt. Matt Gallup), Isabel Haueter (daughter of Sgt. Mark Haueter), Irie Gray (son of Officer John Gray), Morgan and Jordan Pohutsky (daughters of Reserve Officer Julie Pohutsky) and Marissa Diaz (daughter of Sgt. Hector Diaz).

Those receiving scholarships will continue their Spring studies at Emory University, University of Alabama, University of Tampa, University of Hawaii, East Carolina University, University of Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University.

“The Police Foundation is proud to help with the educational costs of our community’s Police Officers and their children,” said MI Police Foundation President Vern Geberth. “Those receiving these scholarships represent some of the finest young minds in our community and we are thrilled to be able to help them further their education.”

“Thanks to the generous support the Police Foundation receives from our members and the Marco Island community, we are able to provide these scholarships to these worthy students for their Spring semester,” added Scholarship Committee Chair Bill Miller.

The Marco Island Police Foundation is a community-based, nonpolitical, civic-minded, charitable organization that works closely with the Marco Island Police Department in encouraging and promoting citizen participation in maintaining community safety. The foundation honors our community’s police officers by providing special recognition pro- grams, working to assist our officers and their children with their continuing education, and helping with our police department with other challenges.