AAUW scholarships for women now available
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce that three AAUW scholarships, with awards totaling over $20,000 for the 2019-20 school year, are now available to women who either reside in the Fort Atkinson School District, are employed in Fort Atkinson, or are a graduate of Fort Atkinson High School. These three AAUW scholarships – the Second Chance, the Jane Shaw Knox Adopt-a-Student Scholarship, and the Jane Shaw Knox Graduate scholarships – work to provide financial assistance to women at every level of post-secondary education. AAUW’s Second Chance Scholarship is...
Read MoreSue Johnson joins FACF’s Board of Directors
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Sue Johnson has been appointed to serve a five-year term on the organization’s Board of Directors. She was nominated by the Fort Atkinson City Council and will be replacing Mary Behling who has completed her term and who will spend 2019 serving the board as past chairman. “Sue will be a valuable addition to this board,” noted 2018 Foundation Chairman Mary Behling. “Her extensive involvement in the community, her knowledge of local issues, and her financial expertise will serve the Foundation well.” Johnson has been a member...
Read MoreAngelina Nsibirwa remembered with generous gifts to the Foundation
The Nsibirwa family of Fort Atkinson recently made two substantial gifts to the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation in memory of their daughter, Angelina Nsibirwa. With the first gift, the family opened a designated fund to benefit the Fort Atkinson Food Pantry. This new fund is an endowed, invested fund that will provide long-term, annual financial support to the Fort Atkinson Food Pantry. A second gift was made to the Foundation’s new AAUW Grants for Gals Acorn Fund, a gift that pushed this acorn fund past the $15,000 threshold, allowing it to become a regular, active scholarship fund....
Read MoreApply Now – Scholarships available for graduating seniors at Fort high
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is now accepting online applications for 38 different scholarships available to Fort Atkinson students. Eleven of the scholarships that are available to high school graduating seniors, without regard to field of study, are briefly described below. Each scholarship has additional requirements so students are encouraged to visit the Community Foundation’s website, www.fortfoundation.org. Here students can learn about all the scholarships being offered by the Community Foundation and carefully select those for which they would be eligible. Some of the...
Read MoreSubject-based scholarships open to FAHS graduating seniors
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is now accepting online applications for 38 different scholarships available to Fort Atkinson students. Twelve of these scholarships – those restricted by field of study and available to Fort Atkinson High School graduating seniors – are briefly described below. Where indicated, these field of study scholarships may also be open to former graduates or residents of the Fort Atkinson area. Each scholarship has additional requirements so students are encouraged to visit the Community Foundation’s website, www.fortfoundation.org for more information....
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