Proc Foundation’s Beautillion celebrates youth achievement
Free Press staff report | 11/7/2024, 6 p.m.
The Professionals Reaching Out to the Community Foundation. (PROC) will host its 28th Annual Beautillion on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The event, themed “Young Men Built for Success … The Legacy Lives On,” will present four young men who have completed the foundation’s program.
This year’s participants include Joshua Foster Thompson, a senior at Highland Springs High School and son of Yolonda Thompson and Eugene Christian, escorted by Jordan Williams; Tyler Anthony Haslam, a junior at Surry County High School and son of Kimora Porter and Anthony Haslam, escorted by Amara Ferebee; Daniel Nii Jones-Quartey, a senior at L.C. Bird High School and son of Daniel and Akosua Jones-Quartey, escorted by Danaesha Neal; and Chase Alexander Nelson, a junior at Clover Hill High School and son of Cedric and Tamara Nelson, escorted by J’adore F. Cadet.
The black-tie event also will include the presentation of education and book scholarships to those who excelled throughout the eight-month Beautillion program.
For more information on this year’s event or to apply for the 2025 Beautillion, contact Brenda J. Foster at beautillion@procfoundation.org. Applications are available on the PROC Foundation’s website, www.procfoundation.org, and are due by March 30, 2025.