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The family of Adrianne Reynolds recently donated $1,718 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, Jo Reynolds, raised $1,143 for the Adrianne Reynolds Memorial Scholarship through community donations, including contributions from patrons of Jimbo’s Knucklehead Saloon in East Moline.
Nate Neighbour, financial representative with Modern Woodmen, provided a $575 donation through the fraternal financial services organization’s Matching Fund Program.
The three presented checks to Zenaida Landeros, executive director of the Black Hawk College QC Foundation; Liz Hogan-Wells, associate dean for adult and continuing education; and Traci Owens, director of adult 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.
Helping other students
Since her death, the Reynolds family has raised more than $25,400 to help other high school-age students pay for their GED® testing fees.
The college has issued nearly 850 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 2025-26, the Reynolds’ scholarship paid for 93 GED® tests for 34 youth GED® students attending classes in Aledo, East Moline and Rock Island.
“These donated funds continue to help our students and community. It is a wonderful way to honor Adrianne,” Owens said.