The 35th annual Trentini Foundation banquet will be held Saturday, April 18, at The Forks Cafeteria.
The speaker for the evening is Republican state Senator Chad Barefoot, who is in his second term representing parts of Wake and Franklin counties.
The winners of the two Trentini Scholarships, one for a graduating senior at Wake Forest High School and the other for a graduating senior at Heritage High School, will be announced at the dinner. All of the six nominees at the two schools will be introduced, and the winner of the technical school/community college scholarship will also be announced.
The foundation awards a $30,000 scholarship to the winner at Wake Forest High and gives $1,000 to each of the five nominees who are not selected for the scholarship. Currently the scholarship for the Heritage High winner is $5,000, but the foundation and parents are working to increase the endowment and the amount of the scholarship. The amount for the technical school/community college scholarship is $1,000.
The two schools are selecting their six finalists each, and the names of those students will be announced soon.
Tickets for the dinner are $25 each and can be purchased online and held at the door the night of the dinner. Go to http://trentinifoundation.org/fundraising/banquet-buy-tickets-online/ to purchase.
