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Community Foundation awards 266 scholarships totaling $648,000

By Lightning Reports, Published: May 2, 2024

The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Henderson County has approved 266 scholarships totaling $647,950 to both new applicants and returning students for the 2024-2025 academic year, the foundation announced.

New scholarship awards totaling $278,375 will support 115 local students seeking a post-secondary degree. The remaining $369,575 supports the 146 current scholarship recipients who have already embarked upon their degree pursuit and have met the requested criteria for continued funding in their education.

“Receiving a CFHC scholarship last year was a game changer for me,” said Miranda Hill, who was awarded the Jan F. & Harry J. Nolan Women's Scholarship and the Sigrun M. Mapes Nursing Scholarship in 2023. “It allowed me to attend nursing school without debt and allowed me to focus on my studies. Now, entering my last year of nursing school and not having to worry financially is a huge burden that has been lifted from my shoulders. I am beyond thankful for the Community Foundation, the donors who fund and make their work possible, and the people who believe in me enough to support my studies.”

Since 1982, the foundation has awarded more than 2,000 local students scholarships worth more than $7 million. Funding for CFHC scholarships comes from local community members and businesses. The criteria for scholarship consideration are diverse, ranging from academic performance to community involvement, course of study, or even specific school enrollment. This year's recipients include aspiring teachers, nurses, engineers, writers, and more. Scholarship awards range from $500 to $10,000 each year.

This year’s scholarship award winners were:

• American Legion, Post 77, Hubert M. Smith Scholarship, Kaylie Orr
• William C. Armstrong Scholarship Fund, Noah Shumway
• BAM Scholarship, Lauren Staton
• Daryna Lobach, Ashley Alonso-Mejia Mauricio Martinez Ramire
• Millard Beal & Family Scholarship, Raegan Edwards
• Bright Futures Scholarship Fund, Cedrick (Troy) Carrasco Ryan Highland
• Business & Professional Women's Club Scholarship, Myriam Medina
• Randall F. Brittain and Velma Gillespie Brittain Scholarship, Karo Cumbie
• Janet Layne Spence Scholarship, Margaret Ann Littauer
  Roger & Judy Hill Memorial for Mack Broutin Scholarship, Thomas Baddeley
• James Edward Brittain Scholarship Fund, Noah Toler
• Jay & Linda Casselberry Scholarship Fund, Jeffrey Gray
• Lorina Culpepper Career in Nursing Scholarship, Ashley Kastle Margaret Ann Littauer
• David and Betty Bucher Engineering Scholarship, Rourke Sullivan
• David and Betty Bucher Nursing Scholarship, Leila Doyle
• Jane and Tom Davis Scholarship Fund, Melody Ballard
• Denis Barton Scholarship Fund, Taylor Tipton
• Jenice Schlein Denning Scholarship, Ella Pickard
• Rita & Ray Dunk: Piano & Performance Scholarship, Aiden Chacon
• Rita & Ray Dunk: Accounting Scholarship, Kayli Alexander
• Kermit Edney Scholarship Fund, Melanie Shrivnauth
• Robert & Sandra Edwards Waggoner Memorial Scholarship, Marvin Williams
• Robert & Vivian Edwards Scholarship, Manessa Ashburn
• Elizabeth DeVilling Environmental Odyssey Scholarship, Alexandra Valdovinos
• Francis H. and Margery T. Escott Scholarship, Marianne Maxon
• Grace B. Etheredge Scholarship, Emily Phillips
• Grace B. Etheredge: BRCC Scholarship, Jocelyn Ramos-Perez
  Louise Eaton Scholarship
• Chloe Green, Friends of Carl Sandburg Donald E. Hubbs Scholarship
  Jesse Jakubielski
• Friends of Carl Sandburg Miles Sollom Scholarship, Noah Shumway
• William Elliott Frye Memorial Scholarship, Dustin Smith
• Katharine Schneider Gettman Scholarship, Brianna Gray
  James P. Grey Scholarship, Rupert Lartey Jazmin Settles
• Haddy Harrington Memorial Scholarship, Lorena Salazar
• John Brooks Williams Memorial Scholarship, Sara Sabou
• Arthur R. Hill Memorial Scholarship, German Campuzano-Rodriguez
• Joe T. Hunt Memorial Scholarship, Ezekiel Reyes
• Hendersonville Women's Club Scholarship, Savannah Barnwell
• Elsie Mabel Jones Scholarship, Kaylie Phillips
• Chat Jones Memorial Scholarship, Alana Jackson
• Donald D. and Joan B. Joyce Scholarship, Adessa Fisher
• Eleanor M. Kutchoodon Scholarship, Sydney Calton
• Phyllis and George Knopf Scholarship, Leland Biskup
• Anthony Kushigian (Normac) Scholarship, Andy Sun
• Morris Kaplan Kiwanis Scholarship, Ava Vanness
• Ethel T. & Charles T. Larus Educational Scholarship, Kayla Philbrick Alessa Osteen
• Helen F. Lindner Educational Fund, Benjamin Hinchliffe
• Jose Zurita De Leon Passage to the Future Scholarship Fund, Sarah Gilbert
• Peggy Lovvorn Scholarship, Frank (Tripp) Todd
• Mary Evelyn & Harry Laurent Scholarship, Lillie Connet Joseph Sanchez
• Elijah Endowment Fund (Betsy Lutz) Scholarship, Aidan Macdonald
• George F. and Asha W. McMillan Scholarship, Cade Bright
• Lucile V. Means Scholarship Fund, Mahalia Mills

• Fredrick E. Meyer Scholarship, Mackenzie Meetz
• Ralph A. Milliman Scholarship, Grant Putnam
• Sam A. Mills Memorial Scholarship, Sydney Cooper
• Duane M. and Margaret D. McKibbin Fund, Ava Treadway
• Paul & Linda Mulligan Scholarship for Business, Ethan Cagle
  Bryan Kaine McFall Carson Foster
• Mountain Laurel Scholarship, Kai Clark
• Clyde T. and Wilma G. Moore Scholarship, Taylor Edwards
• Toby L. Mapes: Fire Protection Technology Scholarship, Noah Shumway
• Glenn C. Marlow Scholarship, Chloe Sharpe
• Mills River Fire & Rescue Scholarship, Josie Cox
• Matching Scholarship, Malachai Jacobs
• Thomas Oliver & Louise Jordan Mulcahy Scholarship, Avari McMinn, Belle Campbell, Wyntre (Amari) Brandyburg
• Nagel Scholarship, Haley McIntyre
• Hilary G. Neighbors (General) Scholarship, Selah Cleveland
• Hilary G. Neighbors (Medical) Scholarship, Ella McClintic
• Jan F. & Harry J. Nolan Women's Educational Fund, Danielle Jeffery
• Helga Nielsen Scholarship, Cameron Blair Aedan Flanagan
• Thomas E. and Marian L. Overby Scholarship, Madisyn Shumway
• Rebecca S. Poole Scholarship, Emily Rhodes Ellory Johnson
• B. Prince Memorial Scholarship, Joseph Hicks
• John Paul Raywood Scholarship, Alex Rhodes
• Vena Case Robinson Memorial Scholarship, Madalynne Senn
• Odell Rouse Memorial Scholarship, Cedrick (Troy) Carrasco, Adrian Gordon
• Russell Boyd Thomas Scholarship, Elijah Bandy
• Vina L. & Richard C. Sauer Scholarship, Jaqwan Miller, Maggie McCall, Asiah Bell
• Martha Sales Schoch Scholarship, Kaedon Edwards
• CFHC General Scholarship, Katie Stanley
• Pat Shepherd Second Mile Scholarship, Sadie Luce
• Kristen Sue Shetterly Memorial Scholarship, Ian Dhein
• Sigrun M. Mapes Nursing Scholarship, Chesnee Thomas
• Andrea Davies Skillman Scholarship, Lindsay Hall
• James Smith Memorial Scholarship, Emily Prince
• Arthur & Lois Jean Stuenkel Scholarship, Dante Acosta Oviedo
• George & Helen Stowell (General) Scholarship, Kamdyn Reese

• George & Helen Stowell (Medical) Scholarship, Eden Johnson
• Kenneth R. Stull and Virginia M. Stull Scholarship, Ryan Paitsel
• Henderson County Educational Scholarship, Wyatt Schnitzer
• Robert B. Tonjes Scholarship, Emma Hall
• Tracy Grove Community Club Scholarship, Chloe Sharpe
• Valley Clinic - (Hickory Nut Gorge Community) Scholarship, Mariana Flores-Diaz
• Lucee Wallace Scholarship for Nursing Scholarship, Stacey Stevens Taylor Clark
• Corbin O. Williams Memorial Scholarship, Dante Acosta Oviedo
• Lula & Levi Wilson Scholarship, Camille Blanton
• Dirk and Paige Willms Scholarship, Dylan Sheehan
• John P. and Mary Ann Wold Scholarship Fund, Erica Zoller Peyton Fletcher
• Gregory Stephen Wright "Crossroads" Scholarship, Kacee Glenn
• Winifred M. Wyman Memorial Scholarship, Brendan Macdonald
• Maria's Fund, Lillian Milner

Applications for 2025-26 scholarships will open on Community Foundation of Henderson County’s website, cfhcforever.org, in November 2024. For more information about establishing a scholarship fund or donating to an existing scholarship fund, contact Community Foundation at 828-697-6224.