Deadline extended for two scholarships

The Lapeer County Community Foundation is extending the deadline for its Ronald C. Warner Scholarship and the Irma Gelhausen Scholarship to Friday, May 7, 2010.

The Warner Scholarship Fund, named for long-time local educator Ronald C. Warner, was established in 2008 to assist students in pursuing a career in agriculture or education. The student must be a resident of Lapeer County and in his or her third or more year of study with a cumulative GPA of 2.4 or higher. Annual award: $1,000.00

The Irma Gelhausen Scholarship, also named for a long-time local educator, is awarded to students pursuing a career in elementary or secondary education. The student must be a resident of Lapeer County, in his or her third or more year of study with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Annual award: $1,000.00

More information and applications can be found on our website at www.lapeercommunityfoundation.org or by calling the Lapeer County Community Foundation at (810) 664-0691.

Meijer, Lapeer County Community Foundation provide students with backpacks

One-hundred and fifty students will start the year out with a new backpack and school supplies thanks to Meijer, students from the Lapeer County Community Foundation and donations from the community at large.

Meijer director Sandy Molosky said the store met and exceeded its goal this year. Through a donation, the store was able to provide backpacks and supplies for an additional 50 backpacks.

Meijer is happy to reach out to Lapeer students in need of backpacks and school supplies. The backpack program has provided a way for the Michigan-based store to give back to the community through the years.

“It’s been a pleasure working with the Lapeer County Community Foundation providing much-needed school supplies to children in our area,” said Mrs. Molosky.

Students working with the Youth Advisory Council of the LCCF took on the project for the first time last year.

“Meijer and the LA View, which ran an ad for free, helped make the project possible,” said Ashley White, of the LCCF. “Principals provided the names of families and children needing the backpacks.”

Students involved in the LCCF are involved in four service projects each year.

Scholarships worth about $2 million available to LCS students

A new scholarship for 2009, the Ronald C. Warner Scholarship Fund, is just one of many scholarships available to students and former graduates of Lapeer Community Schools.

The season of college and trade school applications is here. A great deal of information on available scholarships can be found at the counseling offices of the District’s three high schools. Detailed scholarship information can be found on the District’s website at the counseling sites for Lapeer East and Lapeer West High Schools.

Additional information on a variety of scholarships can be found at the Lapeer County Community Foundation.

About $2 million each in college-funded, Michigan Promise and local scholarships are awarded to Lapeer students each year.

The new Ronald C. Warner Scholarship is for students in their third or later year in a college or university studying in the field of education and/or agriculture. Ronald Warner was a long-time teacher and administrator in the District and one of the two people that were honored in the naming of Rolland-Warner Middle School. The application deadline is April 15, 2009.



Other scholarships available to Lapeer Community Schools’ students are the Irma Gelhausen Scholarship, Hazel Simms Nursing Scholarship, the Wayne Hildebrant Police Scholarship, among several others.



Many of the applications are due in April.