Kelsey Pierce, a Cuba-Rushford
Central School graduate this year, received the Kaleigh Wilday Scholar
Athlete Award.
This scholarship of $1,000 is
awarded to a scholar athlete who is part of a scholar-athlete team during her
or his senior year. The Cuba-Rushford Athletic Awards Committee chooses the
recipient of the scholar-athlete award, which includes the $1,000 scholarship. The Kaleigh Wilday Endowment Fund, established by Cuba residents Ward “Skip” and Greta Wilday in memory of their daughter, makes possible this annual scholarship.
Pierce will attend Jamestown Community College to study early childhood and special education.
Collin Poorman received the Maryetta’s Mission Scholarship for $250
this year.
This scholarship, established by
Maryetta’s Mission c/o of the First Church of Good of Eldred (PA), is awarded
to students who are entering or currently in a post-secondary program for
Christian-based ministerial studies.
Poorman received the scholarship in
2017 as well.
Poorman, a 2015 graduate of Houghton
Academy, will continue his studies in outdoor leadership and education/ministry
at Toccoa Falls College.
Donations to the Kaleigh Wilday Endowment
Fund or Maryetta’s Mission Scholarship Fund can be made at the Cattaraugus
Region Community Foundation, 301 North Union Street, Suite 203, or online at
cattfoundation.org.
Established in 1994, the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
is growing good by connecting donors to the causes they care about most in the
region. Grants from the foundation support many areas, including education,
scholarships, health care, the arts, community development, human service, and
youth development. To learn more, call (716) 301-CRCF (2723), email foundation@cattfoundation.org, or visit online at www.cattfoundation.org. CRCF is also on Facebook
(facebook.com/cattfoundation) and Twitter (@CattFoundation).
