By Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
TAMPA — In the dark hours after her police officer husband's August 2009 death, Cindy Roberts worried about how she would provide for the couple's 3-year-old son.
Then the executive director of the Gold Shield Foundation handed her a $5,000 check and promised to cover college costs for her and her child.
When Adam, now 5, enters kindergarten next fall, Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts' widow plans to return to school for a master's degree.
"At age 43, I will be reinventing myself with the help of the Gold Shield Foundation," she said Wednesday at the group's annual luncheon meeting.
Nearly 600 people paid tribute to area law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty and to the man with the vision to provide financial assistance to the families left behind.
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