from Signal Mountain Weekly, Chattanooga Times Free Press Community News, February 18, 2010. By Emily Crisman
RE:START Executive Director Lori Hairrell, left, accepts a check from Baylor student Aliza Cohen for her scholarship fund to help GED program candidates pay for costs associated with the test. (Photo by Erin Hora)
"High school dropouts now have an even greater incentive to pursue a GED thanks to Baylor ninth-grader and Signal Mountain resident Aliza Cohen.
In lieu of gifts, Cohen said she asked guests at her bat mitzvah to donate money to a scholarship fund she established for RE:START — The Center for Adult Education GED program candidates.
“Regardless of why they dropped out, everyone deserves a second chance,” said Cohen. “Especially right now with the economy down and with the new Volkswagon plant coming to Chattanooga, to have a high school education will really help you get a job.”
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