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Community Foundation Announces Available Scholarships

Published on Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:41

Written by Press Release, Posted by David Elliott

The Russell County Area Community Foundation has announced the availability of scholarship dollars for area high school seniors and college students for the 2013-2014 school year.

The following scholarships are available through several different funds at the Foundation:

• The Sean Paul Banks Memorial Scholarship: For students in good standing qualifying for graduation from RHS.
• The Adolph Boehler Student Aid Fund: For RHS students attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The Doran and Bina Dole Scholarship: Two $2,500 scholarships, one renewable for 4 years, for RHS students attending accredited post-secondary schools, with preference to those students with documented disabilities.
• The Kenneth V. Dumler Memorial Scholarship: For RHS students attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The Joshua Scholarship: For RHS graduates up to 30 years old attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The Murphy Memorial Scholarship: For high school seniors living in the Gorham Telephone Company's service area (USD 299, 392, 399, 407 and 432) attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The David Ochs Memorial: For RHS students attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The Pohlman Family Scholarship: For high school seniors of USD 407 or USD 399 attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The RHS Class of 1952 Scholarship: For RHS students attending accredited post-secondary institutions.
• The Paul E. Ruggels Memorial Scholarship: For students who have graduated from Russell High School or Natoma High School who have completed their first academic year of post-secondary education.
• The Ervin & Denzell Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship: For seniors graduating from RHS intending to enroll in a full-time course of study at a four-year college or university seeking a degree in the college of education or agriculture.

Applications are available on the Foundation's website at www.rcacf.net. For more information, please call the Russell County Area Community Foundation at 785-445-3611.