Today, a very special group of honorees and supporters will gather at Your College for a shared meal and a shared commitment to community service.
This spring, more than 320 students are attending Midland College on Midland’s Legacy Scholarship, co-sponsored by Abell-Hanger Foundation, the Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust, the Chaparral Foundation and the Scharbauer Foundation. Five of those students will receive additional $500 scholarships for essays written about their community service.
Each semester, Abell-Hanger Foundation sponsors the essay contest to honor students’ community service and to let the students tell their stories of how community service has enriched their lives. The five winning writers will be honored at a noon luncheon on Wednesday, April 4, in the Carrasco Room of the Scharbauer Student Center.
In 1986, Abell-Hanger Foundation established a Midland College scholarship which would pay tuition for Midland County high school graduates. In 2003, the Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust partnered with Abell-Hanger Foundation, and the scholarship was named Midland’s Legacy Scholarship. In 2006, a third Midland family foundation—the Chaparral Foundation—joined this rich tradition of supporting MC students in their pursuit of higher education. That tradition continues to grow to this day, with the announcement in fall 2011 that the Scharbauer Foundation has united with the other three family foundations to support this great educational legacy.
“On behalf of George and Gladys Abell, Abell Hanger Foundation is proud to have established and supported the Legacy Scholarship Program since 1986,” explains Abell-Hanger Foundation Executive Director David Smith. “Both Mr. and Mrs. Abell valued education, and we believe that they would be gratified by this legacy of educational opportunity at Midland College, which has been available to graduating high school students in Midland County.”
Smith continues, “Over the years we have been joined in this noble effort with new funding partners—the Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust, the Chaparral Foundation and, most recently, the Scharbauer Foundation. The strengthening of this funding partnership now ensures that these educational opportunities will continue well into the future. We appreciate the philanthropic families who have joined us in this scholarship program.”
The scholarship requires students to complete 40 hours of community service before entering Midland College. They also must complete 20 hours of community service each semester that they are attending MC. At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, the Legacy Scholarship paid $750 per semester for qualified students. In fall 2011, with the addition of funding from the Scharbauer Foundation, the scholarship amount was increased.
Since the scholarship’s inception, MC students have contributed more than 300,000 volunteer hours at more than 90 Midland non-profit agencies
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