Scholarship Funds
A Scholarship fund allows donors to help students realize their educational dreams, or support the schools and universities of their choice. The founding donor determines the criteria for selection of scholarship recipients, and the Foundation administers the process of making the awards.
Alan Tio Advanced Manufacturing Scholarship Andrea Norman Henry and John Anthony Norman Theater Scholarship Andrew C. Spencer Memorial Scholarship Fund Ashley Morgan Storm Memorial Scholarship B.V. and Flossie C. Widney Memorial Foundation Scholarship Becky J. Reed Memorial Girls’ Track Scholarship Ben Konger Memorial Scholarship Bernice Carver Scholarship of Hope Fund Betsy Jayne Gates Memorial Scholarship Fund Bob Brittain Memorial Scholarship/ CCHSAA Scholarship Fund Brandon Wade Minier Memorial Scholarship Fund Buesching Tucker Scholarship Fund Charles White Scholarship Churubusco High School Fine Arts Production/Thespian Scholarship Churubusco Masonic Lodge Clifford Diehl Memorial Scholarship Class of ‘63 Scholarship Fund Columbia City FFA Scholarship Columbia City High School Foreign Language Scholarship Columbia City High School Spanish Club Scholarship Fund Columbia City Rotary Scholarship Fund Daniel D. and Martha J. Rock Memorial Scholarship Daniel E Bolinger Memorial Scholarship Dan Mullett "For the Love of a Child" Scholarship Dean and Jordan Hoffman Whitley County 4H Beef Club Scholarship Devol Award Diane R. Behrens Nursing Scholarship
Ernest Earl Heimbach Scholarship Fund Eppelmann Family Fund Eric Reed Scholarship Fund Gabrielle "Gabby" Jones Memorial Scholarship” Gene C. Carter Memorial Scholarship Howard and Mimi Wherry Memorial Scholarship Fund Irma and Donald L. Ferber Fund JAKES Scholarship Fund James E. and Janice Hammer Academic Team Achievement Award Fund James E. Thompson Memorial Scholarship Jerry Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund Joey Devito Scholarship Fund Johnathan Lewis Simmons Memorial Scholarship Joseph H. & Irene Shull Tri Kappa Memorial Scholarship Kenny Beck Changes in Latitude Memorial Scholarship Kenny Simon Scholarship Fund Lawrence and Freida Bunnell Memorial Scholarship Fund Lester and Joy Worrick Memorial Scholarship Lucille L Staples Business/ Journalism Scholarship Malicki Family Scholarship Margo Langohr Art Scholarship Mark Gradeless Welding Scholarship Matt and Tonette Dahms Award for Vocational Excellence Max Gandy Scholarship Fund Roark Maxwell Fizer Scholarship Fund Megan Christine Young Memorial Scholarship Nathalie Mason Mullon Scholarship Nicholas and Laurel Steill Fund
Ohki Scholarship Fund Pat Reed Art Education Scholarship Paul Schmidt Football Scholarship Randall & Patricia Holler Business Scholarship for Manchester University Rely C. & Izora Zumbrun Education Fund Richard "Kit" Redman Memorial Football Scholarship Robert & Grace Karst R.N. Scholarship Robert Hood Scholarship Fund Scientific & Regulatory Consultants Scholarship Fund Senator Harold "Potch" Wheeler Memorial Scholarship” Susie & Leigh Waugh Scholarship Fund Tiffany N. Parker Memorial Scholarship Fund Tina Parker Award Timothy Hearld Memorial Scholarship Todd Jagger Memorial Scholarship Tom Ness Scholarship Fund Turtle town Players Tyler Andreas Memorial Football Scholarship Unverzagt Family Memorial Endowment Whitko Scholarship Fund Whitley County 4-H Beef Club Whitley County 4-H Helping Hands Scholarship Fund Whitley County Builders’ Association Whitley County Korean War Awareness Scholarship Whitley County Retired Teachers’ Association Scholarship Wilbert and Louise Luderman Scholarship Fund William D Staples Athletic Scholarship Young Family Scholarship
JALEA MORRISON
Full Circle Philanthropy Over 20 years ago, Sharlene Berkshire, then a Community Foundation board member (and now our dedicated Treasurer) set up a fund to help Whitley County residents going through health crises. The fund was created in memory of her parents, Edwin E. and Flossie L. Heupel and it wasn’t long before we started to distribute grants from the Heupel Good Samaritan Fund. A few years later, we were connected with a very young couple who needed to take their baby to Riley’s Children’s Hospital and didn't have the funds to make repeated trips to Indianapolis. The Good Samaritan Fund helped them go back and forth for a few months as the baby lost an eye to micropthalmia, a birth defect. Despite their heartache, the parents were so grateful. Because our Board doesn't often get the "human touch" of the impact our grants make, we asked the mother to bring the baby to a Board meeting and meet Sharlene, the donor who'd established the fund. It was one of those experiences that will forever be cemented in our minds – the beautiful little baby with an eyepatch and sheer, heartfelt gratitude. This wasn't a large grant -- less than $500 in total, but what a difference it made to the family. Fast forward to December 2021. The baby grew up to become a lovely, exceptional student with aspirations of going to work in the medical field. Imagine our surprise when she was named the recipient of the 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Whitley County. No one on the selection committee knew Jalea Morrison’s link to the Community Foundation. She has graciously allowed us to share it with you here. Jalea is accomplished and has a bright future awaiting as she heads off to University of St. Francis in the fall. We were proud to be a part of her life in 2004 and we’re proud to send her out into the world to represent our community in 2022.
8 2021 Annual Report
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