Meeting Street Scholarship awards over 600 recipients, celebrates first Pee Dee graduating class

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Josh Bell, president of Beemok Education, and philanthropist Ben Navarro sit in front of a crowd of over 700 attendees at an event at the Charleston Place Hotel on June 14, 2026.

The annual event celebrates student recipients of the Meeting Street Scholarship, founded by Navarro and his wife, Kelly, in 2021.

Valerie Nava is part of the Post and Courier's Education Lab in Charleston.

Josh Bell, president of Beemok Education, and philanthropist Ben Navarro sit in front of a crowd of over 700 attendees at an event at the Charleston Place Hotel on June 14, 2026.

The annual event celebrates student recipients of the Meeting Street Scholarship, founded by Navarro and his wife, Kelly, in 2021.