Since 1990, the Bobby Griffith Memorial Scholarship Fund has funded scholarships for Contra Costa County high school graduates who contribute to the community by improving the environment for LGBTQ youth. The scholarship is awarded through the eQuality Scholarship Collaborative and fiscally sponsored by Horizons Foundation.

The 2010 scholarship application will be available in early November 2009. Applications, including transcripts and letter of recommendation, must be postmarked no later than February 16, 2010.

For questions or more information, please email griffithfund [at] aol [dot] com.
 

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About This Scholarship

Bobby Griffith was a gay youth from Walnut Creek, California, who committed suicide in 1983 after his family would not accept his sexual orientation. After his death, his mother, Mary Griffith (along with the rest of Bobby’s family) came to better understand and accept what happened to her son. She became an advocate for LGBTQ youth by joining PFLAG.

She was also instrumental in the publication of the 1995 book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons. This book has now been dramatized as a TV special that was nominated for two 2009 Emmy® Awards (for Outstanding Made for TV Movie and for Sigourney Weaver, who plays Mary).

 

Annual Fundraising Party for the Scholarship Fund

Every year, the Bobby Griffith Memorial Scholarship Fund holds its Dice 5000 Party to benefit the fund. The next party will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Concord, California.

If you'd like to learn more or receive a reminder closer to the event, please email griffithfund [at] aol [dot] com.