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Established by the Family of Guery Quinton Platt, this endowment supports scholarships, with an emphasis on academic excellence, for former 4-H members who are a sophomore or junion in college during the year of application.

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This endowment established in memory of Dorothy Lassiter supports the greatest needs and most pressing priorities of the UF/IFAS Extension Clay County 4-H Youth Development Program.

Dorothy saw the positive impact 4-H had on her family, especially her grandchildren. Her family desires for this endowment to further the good work of Clay County 4-H in her name, and provide opportunities for children to enjoy the benefits and life lessons Dorothy's grandchildren received through 4-H.

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Norman Cox was one of the most successful gladiolus growers in the Fort Myers area as founder and first president of the Florida Gladiolus Brokers Association, and president of Gulf Coast Farms. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Cox began in the flower business in 1931 as a florist supplies salesman. Ten years later, he came to Fort Myers with his wife and two small children, put all their savings as a down payment on a piece of land just south of Pine Island Road along Matlacha Pass in North Fort Myers, and set to work manually clearing the land for a gladiolus farm. Harvesting his first crop in 1945, Norman and his family built a successful business harvesting 18 million bulbs annually.