Y’all, I have this stack of incredible thank-you cards and letters that our Rockin’ Recipients and their parents have sent over the years…some of them make me ???????? with their sweetness…and ALL of them warm my ❤️!! This one from 2018 Rockin’ Recipient Greg Riola did a lil’ of both!!

“Dear Ms. Liz Plachta, Thank you very much for the Ruby Rainbow Scholarship. I’m very excited, ‘but scared’ to start college. I am looking forward to meet my roommates and to start my classes. Thank you again. Sincerely, Gregory”

First can I just say ????❤️????!!!

He sent this letter before Fall semester started last year, and now here we are already several weeks into Spring!! And I know Greg is rockin’ it at Coastal Carolina U – he’s all settled in and got his routine down!! But I’m sure all our Rockin’ Recipients feel this way before the new school year begins, as they anticipate the start of their new programs, a new school, new friends, new phase of life…just like every student feels as they head off to college…that rush of excitement mixed with nervousness about the unknown that lies ahead ????

And before we know it, this semester will be finished, and this summer Ruby’s Rainbow will welcome a new group of Rockin’ Recipients who are excitedly anticipating the start of their new educational programs in the Fall! And the cycle continues!! Eek!!! ????????

Read more about Greg here!

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