2009 Emerging Legend

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast committee is pleased to recognize outstanding community leaders who represent Dr. King’s dream: a testament that a dream is a growing reality.

David Gholar

David Gholar is a student at Roosevelt Senior High School. In 2006, his family had a tough Christmas, facing possible eviction and depending on a local food bank for food. The difficult time planted the seed for Gholar to help others. Partnering in 2007 with Urban Ventures, a Minneapolis nonprofit that receives funding from the sale of CityKid Java coffee, Gholar raised $4,500 in coffee sales -- enough to help support eight families.

But this student’s commitment to his community didn’t begin and end with the holidays. He has participated in numerous leadership activities, building better neighborhoods with the City of Minneapolis’ Step-Up program; tutoring elementary children in math and reading during the summers; and participating in the Kids Across America leadership experiences the past two years in the Ozarks.

In addition to these accomplishments, Gholar is also an active member of his academic community, serving on the Roosevelt Senior High School student council for the past three years and as school mascot this year.

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General Information
Date: January 18, 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
Location: MPLS Convention Center Ballroom A
1301 Second Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
Keynote: Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
Price: $30.00 per person

Broadcast Schedule: January 18, live at 8 A.M. on TPT

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