HCCF Awards First ‘Building Our Future’ Scholarships

The Corydon Democrat

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

     The Harrison County Community Foundation awarded the first “Building Our Future” scholarships in May to the Harrison County high schools' Class of 2007. This renewable scholarship program was established by the HCCF Board of Directors in late 2006 and is the first renewable scholarship program of the Foundation. HCCF has awarded 10 of these renewable scholarships. 

The recipients of the “Building Our Future” scholarships are:

Corydon Central High School — Courtney Cato, Nathan Ettinger, Jill Hoehn, Lucas Taylor 

Lanesville Junior-Senior High School — Aimee Parsons 

North Harrison High School — Kari Allen, Elizabeth Casabella, Holli Schulz

South Central Junior-Senior High School — Jessica Penrose, Jesse Powell

     Each of these students is awarded $5,000 renewable upon meeting criteria for up to four years.

      “We are thrilled to expand the growth of our scholarship opportunities with this new program and hope that it leads to a legacy of enrichment to all of Harrison County,” said Chris Byrd, HCCF Scholarship and Endowment Committee chairman.

     Through the traditional non-renewable scholarship program, HCCF provided the following amounts to each school based on the reported number of seniors enrolled in January 2007. 

They are: Corydon Central, $110,898; Lanesville, $33,333; North Harrison, $107,692; South Central, $48,077.

     These scholarship awards were distributed among 132 graduating seniors throughout Harrison County. The Foundation requires at least 10 percent of each school’s total amount to be distributed to students entering a certified vocational training program. The minimum awarded to any recipient is $1,000.  Individual schools’ scholarship selection committees recommend the recipients and amounts awarded for both of these HCCF scholarship programs.

     Additionally, nearly $30,000 in scholarships were provided from restricted scholarship funds, created by members of the community. The newest awarded scholarships this year were the CCHS Class of 1966 Scholarship awarded at Corydon Central High School and the Matthew D. Faith Scholarship awarded at South Central Junior-Senior High School.

“These very special scholarships are created by citizens who desired to leave a legacy by helping our young adults improve their lives through educational opportunity,” said Byrd.

     For more information about the scholarship programs or information about creating a scholarship fund at the Harrison County Community Foundation, contact the HCCF staff at 738-6668. Individuals may also see a complete list of HCCF scholarship funds on the Web site at hccfindiana.org.