05/28/2026
🎓 KeysCations Shining Starfish Scholarship – First Year Success
Tonight was a special night for our family, our company, and our community.
This year, we launched the very first KeysCations Shining Starfish Scholarship with one simple goal: to invest in the future of Marathon’s youth and give back to the community that has given so much to us.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our vacation rental homeowners, we were able to award $15,000 in scholarships to three outstanding Marathon High School graduates:
⭐ Savannah Garcia — $5,000
⭐ Ayme Maradiaga — $5,000
⭐ Ella Evans — $5,000
We are especially grateful to Hugo Garcia of Florida General Counsel Attorneys, whose generous $5,000 donation fully funded one of the scholarships on his own. His commitment to supporting local students made a tremendous impact.
We would also like to sincerely thank the homeowners who joined us in making this possible:
• Andrea & Wayne Buchanan
• Stan & Carla Stewart
• Cristy & Mike Janitch
• Stacy & Ben Hayden
• Michael & Stephanie Defrain
• Orlando & Madelin Gomez
• Amber & Dan Cohen
• Karl & Kim Boruty
• Javier & Barbie Oropesa
• Jim & Anne Gibbons
As vacation rental homeowners, these individuals chose to invest in the students and future leaders of the very community where they own homes. Their generosity created opportunities that will continue long after graduation day.
Seeing these young women receive their scholarships tonight reminded us why we started this program. We hope this is only the beginning.
Congratulations again to Savannah, Ayme, and Ella. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for each of you.
💙 From our family and the entire KeysCations team, thank you to everyone who helped make the first year of the Shining Starfish Scholarship a success.
