COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR COX MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Community foundation accepting applications for Cox Memorial scholarship
The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) recently announced they will be accepting applications for a $1,000 scholarship award from the Army Specialist Gregory A. Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Applications are due April 1 and the scholarship recipient will be announced in late May. The scholarship will be awarded during the recipient’s school award ceremony at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
The scholarship is open to any m
ale or female graduating senior who is a permanent resident of Greene County. The student must be planning to attend a two- or four-year postsecondary institution, have a financial need, and plan to major in a field of study leading to a career in public safety (such as police, fire, emergency medical personnel, etc.) or public service (such as education, health related, emergency management, etc.) and/or participate in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) of any service branch.
The scholarship may be used for tuition, room & board, fees and/or books.
For more details about the application process and application form, students should check with their school guidance counselor, or download the guidelines from the CFGC website www.cfgcpa.org/endowed.html
, or call the CFGC office at 724-627-2010.
The Army Spc. Gregory Cox Memorial Scholarship was established by the family of Gregory A. Cox as a tribute to their beloved son and brother and as a means to help students who reside in Greene County and who plan to enter the Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) or enter a career in public safety or public service (not including political service) to fund their college education.
Cox, a lifelong resident of Carmichaels, was a graduate of All Saints School in Masontown and Geibel Catholic High School in Connellsville. On Sept. 27, 2004, while serving on active duty in “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Army Spc. Cox was killed in a Humvee accident. Cox was 21 years old at the time of his death.
The scholarship award is made possible through the contributions of many individuals, businesses and corporations who participate in the Hero’s Run/Walk sponsored by the Greene County Department of Parks and Recreation each year.
The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC), a private, non-profit 501c3 organization founded in 2000, is the central philanthropic vehicle in Greene County for donations of various types and sizes. CFGC currently manages $2.7 million in assets through 50 different funds.
For more information about the Community Foundation, contact Bettie Stammerjohn by phone at 724-627-2010, email cfgc@gmail.com
, or visit www.cfgcpa.org
.