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The Firelands Endowment

The Firelands Endowment Fund is supported by the Community Foundation of Lorain County. The Community Foundation is a non-profit organization that began in 1980 and is dedicated to making all of Lorain County a better place to live and work. The Foundation is governed by a 20 member Board of Directors who hire investment managers who pools all assets to increase investment diversification, thereby reducing costs.

Locally, we have Endowment Trustee's who oversee the accounts managed for The Firelands Local School Districts. These dedicated individuals are able to award as much as 5.5% of the average market value of each account, annually. Earnings are reinvested into the principal to keep the funds growing for future needs. This support will be used to enhance non-required school programs and student scholarships. The Firelands Endowment Fund shall be used for the support and enhancement of Education within The Firelands Local School District.

To date, The Firelands Endowment Trustees awarded 354 scholarships valued at $ 354,000.00 to graduating seniors!

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FIRELANDS SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT
“Connect to a Cause 2021”

Thank you for your continued support of The Firelands Endowment! Through Connect for a Cause the Firelands Endowment was able to initiate a successful campaign to continue supporting our students, staff and community.

Scholarship Opportunities

2022 Endowment Scholarships that are available:

SCHOLARSHIP	TYPE	NUMBER/ VALUE
Milad & Fanny Abraham	General	5 @ $2,000
Susan Beecheler For Future Teachers	Teaching Career	1 @ $1,000
Debbie Cook Fine Arts	Fine Arts	1 @ $750
Firelands Community South Amherst Rotary Falcon Heroes Video	General	1 @ $1,000 1 @ $1,000 1 @ $1,000
Cameron Greene Memorial	General	1 @ $750
John Hostetler	Medical or Agriculture	1 @ $1,000
Jim Solomon Memorial	Sports/ Science	1 @ $1,000
John & Ethel Lupe Memorial	General	1 @ $1,000
Bechtel Family Scholarship (2^ND Year college students only)		1 @ $2,000
The Steve and Courtney Ortner Family FFA Scholarship	Agriculture	1 @ $1,000
H.A. Born Scholarship	Agriculture	1 @ $1,000
Marilyn Immler Memorial Scholarship (connection to old South Amherst School District)	Athletics	1 @ $1,000
Total		$23,500

Applications are available in the Guidance Office or on-line or through a student's Naviance Account. Deadline for application is February 28, 2022.

Congratulations to the 2021 Endowment Scholarship Winners!

Milad & Fannie Abraham 5 @ $2,000

Chayce Baldwin Caden Bomback Renee Clippinger Kristin DeWitt Delaney Overstreet

Bechtel Family 1 @ $2,000

Kaylee Bogs Ashley Strauss

Susan Beecheler 1 @ $1,000

Kelsey Hardwick

Debbie Cook 1 @ $750

Chayce Baldwin

Firelands and South Amherst Rotary & Falcons Heroes Video 4 @ $1,000

Donald Crawford Julia Douzos Samantha Novak Hattie Born Joshua Gallo

Cameron Greene Memorial 1 @ $750

Delaney Overstreet

John W Hostetler 1 @ $1,000

Emilia Lewis

Marilyn Immler Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Samantha Novak

John & Ethel Lupe Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Andre Mooney

Jim Solomon Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Evan Zidar

The Steve and Courtney Ortner Ortner Family FFA 1 @ $1,000

Donald Crawford

H.A. Born 1 @ $1,000

Mitchell Hodges

Donations

Donations to the various accounts allows the Endowment Trustees to continue to support our programs and our students. Your contributions are necessary to keep this program growing and they are sincerely appreciated.

To choose a fund to donate to, please click:

You will be taken to the Community Foundation's website. Under keyword simply type Firelands Schools. You will see all of the different accounts that are set up to benefit a FLSD student or program.

Your donations are sincerely appreciated and will assist students for many years to come.

Trustees

Ann Buchs, President

Jerry Born, Vice President

Dan Pycraft, Treasurer

Kathy Whitmore, Secretary

Barb Bechtel

Bob Danicki

Amy Hignett

Scott Northeim

Kristi Palmer

Tammy Schultz