CRAWFORD COUNTY, IND – The Community Foundation of Crawford County (CFCC) is pleased to announce its 2023 Scholarship recipients. The CFCC distributed 35 scholarship awards to 13 students based on donor designated criteria while using a double blind selection process. These scholarships were awarded from 29 CFCC endowed scholarship funds and from Lilly Endowment Inc, which funds the Community Foundation of Crawford County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship award.
Laken Fraime, CFCC’s Director of Finance and Program said, “We were so excited to have the opportunity to celebrate and honor these deserving seniors. We look forward to watching them grow in the next step of their lives. We hope you will view their photos on Facebook at CFCC4ever.”
The 2023 scholarships awarded are as follows:
Carly Marie Birkla Memorial Scholarship – Emily Kerce, Natalie Stroud
Carr Family Memorial Scholarship – Emily Merritt
Crawford County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship – Mackenzie Menke
Crawford-Harrison Bar Association Scholarship – Natalie Stroud
Crawford County Paul W. Ogle Scholarship – Emily Kerce, Mackenzie Menke
Donald E. Sloan & A. Aledia Sloan Memorial Scholarship – Emily Kerce
Dr. Milton W. & Mrs. Ruth I. Roggenkamp Scholarship – Emily Merritt
Eddie & Robert Hammond, Everett Mason VFW Post 6160 Scholarship – Jonathon Carmickle
Elsia Patricia Cox Memorial Scholarship – Emily Merritt
English High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Sydney Roll
First Savings Bank – Crawford Region Scholarship – Klayton Grizzel
Howard and Julia King Endowment Scholarship – Natalie Stroud
Kaiser Family Scholarship – Natalie Stroud
Larry K. Eastridge Memorial Scholarship – Emily Merritt
Leavenworth High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Mackenzie Menke, Natalie Stroud
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship – Jordan Mauck
CFCC Marengo High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Mary Wetzel
McIntosh Family Teaching Scholarship – Kenzie Seibert
Metzger Family Agricultural Scholarship – Mary Wetzel
Milltown High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Zoe Englebrecht, Jordan Mauck, Isaac Nickelson, Kenzie Seibert
Norman A. Roggenkamp Memorial Scholarship – Faith Taylor
Novy E. and Lula J. Gobbel Memorial Scholarship – Emily Kerce
Patoka Elementary Alumni Scholarship – Emily Merritt
Philip Bird Memorial Scholarship – Mackenzie Menke
Phillip E. Brown & Mary Louise Brown Scholarship – Klayton Grizzel
Ronald D. Patton Scholarship – Faith Taylor
Shawn Allen Howe Memorial Scholarship – Mackenzie Menke
Sheri Adams Zilke Memorial Scholarship – Emily Kerce
Zachary Robert Allen Baseball Memorial Scholarship – Natalie Stroud
“Each of the funds listed represents a donor or donors who chose to assist students with their education. The CFCC is proud to serve as a community partner with our growing list of donors,” said Christine Harbeson, CFCC executive director. “We recognize they could have spent their money on anything for their own pleasure; yet they chose to encourage and support these scholars. We are very grateful they chose to support Crawford County students!”
She continued, “We also appreciate our Education Co-Chairwomen, Heather Minton and Susan Mason, along with 40 other community members who assisted in the dedicated evaluation work to ensure anonymity through the selection process. Additionally, we appreciate the staff at Crawford County High School. We know we are fortunate to have a wonderful working relationship with their staff. Here at the CFCC, we do not do anything alone. It takes a lot of people working together toward a common goal to help Crawford County residents on the road to success. My new favorite saying is, ‘It takes a county working together to make positive change.’ Thank you everyone for helping our community’s students!”
To support one of these funds, discuss a new fund that supports Crawford County students, local nonprofits, an area of interest such as education or historic preservation, or even a specific cause, contact Christine Harbeson at charbeson@cf-cc.org, or call (812) 365-2900. The CFCC would love to talk with you about these and other exciting opportunities.
At the time, the CFCC Board of Directors are offering a 25% match on every dollar to new or existing unrestricted funds to celebrate the 25th year of the CFCC.
The Community Foundation of Crawford County was founded in April 1998 by a volunteer Board of Directors that represented a variety of interests in Crawford County. To date, the CFCC has awarded more than $8 million in grants for programs/projects supporting Crawford County children and youth, education, housing, health and human services, the environment, technology advancements, literacy and the arts, and has awarded well over $2 million in scholarships benefiting Crawford County students. The CFCC currently manages more than 90 charitable funds on behalf of families, individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations.