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Community Foundation awards $156,000 in scholarships (with list of winners)

By Bill Moss, Published: July 18, 2012

The Community Foundation of Henderson County announced that it had awarded awarded $156,000 in scholarships for freshman year and renewals for the upcoming academic year.

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The foundation has awarded $4.05 million in scholarships to more than 946 students over the past 28 years.

Scholarships are open to students pursuing community college, college or university degrees. Scholarships are primarily for students graduating or who have graduated from high schools within Henderson County, North Carolina and includes home school and private school graduates.

"Scholarships serve our community in a number of different ways," said McCray Benson, President/CEO of the Community Foundation. "There is the help that is provided to a student to pursue higher education because of the generosity of a person they may have never met.

"This help may mean relief from the rising financial burden of obtaining a college education. It also means someone has recognized the student's hard work, their talents and interest areas. In addition, it means someone cares and wants to see the people of our community succeed through continued education.

"To the donor who establishes a scholarship fund it provides them a way to leave a legacy for future generations, a way to pass values forward and support hope in future generations. It also offers the ability to remember a loved one by naming a scholarship fund in their memory. Simply put it offers the donor a way to give back to a community that has been good to them. As the Community Foundation of Henderson County continues each year to build our vital scholarship program, we have the honor of connecting the donor with the desire to give back to students who are pursuing higher education."

For the 2012-2013 academic year, the Community Foundation of Henderson County awarded $155,500 in scholarship assistance to 98 students. The Community Foundation awarded 48 new scholarships totaling $71,750.00 and renewed 50 scholarships representing $83,750.00 in assistance.

Criteria for scholarships vary by donor. Generally the scholarships available are categorized by financial need, academics, affiliation and field of study or place of study, and range in award amounts. Available scholarships are announced in December of each year and information can be obtained at any Henderson County high school guidance office, at the Community Foundation office or online at www.CFHCforever.org.

For more information call the Community Foundation office at 697-6224 or visit our office at 401 N. Main Street, 3rd Floor, Hendersonville.