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Why donate to County News
Online?
You are helping to support
our local youth in achieving their college goals
One
reason is CNO is a free
community news, information and opinion service that serves over
30,000 readers every month. Another reason is the website’s
dedication to Darke County youth. CNO supports and promotes the
positive things our young people do. A third reason is CNO provides
an opportunity for local writers and artists to be seen and helps
community organizations promote their events…
But the
main reason is CNO
is a fundraising program for the Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund.
Since SSSF was started in 2009 it has provided over $38,000 in
scholarships to Darke County youth. Since CNO was started in 2011,
County News Online Sponsors and Donors have been responsible for
nearly $23,000 of that.
If we
want to continue
doing this we need your help.
Early
Bird Publisher Keith
Foutz met six of our 2013 scholarship recipients recently in a
fundraising event. Here’s what he had to say…
“I’m
really impressed
with the kids who showed up to help us out,” Foutz said. “This is
a terrific group of young people. I’m pleased to know our efforts
are helping students of this caliber.”
These
students are grateful
for the help they receive. Here are some comments from just a few of
them…
Shelby
Schepis is a 2013
Tri-Village High School graduate.
“I am
very grateful for
receiving this scholarship,” she said. “Years from now when I am
not paying thousands of dollars on students loans, I will be even
more grateful for it.
“Thank
you for giving me
this opportunity to receive this generous scholarship.”
Read the
full text of her
comments here
Ashley
Studebaker is a 2012
Franklin Monroe High School graduate.
“Obviously
a scholarship
is helpful to a family who is putting a child through college. With
the Senior Scribes Scholarship, it has meant a little bit more than
just financial with me,” she said.
“Becoming
a recipient of
this scholarship has told me that I am good at what I love to do and
what I have a passion for. When you want to make Journalism your
career, that is a pretty great feeling.”
Read the
full text of her
comments here
Jordan
Pridemore is a 2009
Franklin Monroe High School graduate.
Jordan
now teaches at an
inner city school in Indiana, noting that many of her students have
children of their own or parents in prison.
“I see
every day what
happens when young people don’t have anyone to believe in them,”
she said, adding the support she received from people like the Senior
Scribes made her college experience possible.
“It
compounds my
gratitude and appreciation for the kind people in Darke County who
are willing to go the extra mile to make a difference in a child’s
life.”
Read the
full text of her
comments here
These
students and many
more have benefitted from SSSF and County News Online’s efforts to
help keep their college expenses under control. In order to continue
doing this, however, we need your help. Please consider putting CNO
on your list of worthwhile causes to support. Any amount you can
donate will be appreciated; it can be made anonymously if you wish.
Many businesses would like to make the community aware of their
support for local youth… we have a variety of options available,
starting as low as $30 a month for a sponsorship space.
For more
information on how
you can help CNO and our local college bound young people, click here
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