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The family of Adrianne Reynolds recently donated $2,773 to the Black Hawk College Quad-Cities Foundation to help pay for youth GED® testing for BHC students.
Adrianne’s father, Tony Reynolds, and stepmother, Joann Reynolds, raised $1,523 for the Adrianne Reynolds Memorial Scholarship and Allison Couch, financial representative with Modern Woodmen, provided a match of $1,250.
The three recently presented checks to 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 in the college’s Optional Education GED® program when she was killed in January 2005.
Raising money for students to take their GED® tests helps keep Adrianne’s memory alive, Tony Reynolds said.
Since her death, the Reynolds family has raised more than $23,700 to help other high school-age students pay for their GED® testing fees.
The college has issued more than 750 GED® vouchers using donations received in Adrianne’s memory. A voucher covers one $36 GED® test. Students may receive a scholarship for one or more of the four GED® tests (math, language arts, social studies and science).
In 2024-25, the Reynolds’ scholarship paid for 76 GED® tests and assisted 29 youth GED® students attending classes in Aledo, East Moline and Rock Island.
So far this school year, the Reynolds’ scholarship has paid for 39 tests for 20 students.
“This money means so much to my students,” said GED® instructor Ruth Hakes.