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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 333 scholarships valued at $380,000.00 since 1991 plus approximately $400,000.00 in staff grants.

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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)		3 @ $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		$28,500

Applications were available in the Guidance Office or on-line or through a Google application. Deadline for application was February 28, 2022.

Congratulations to the 2022 Endowment Scholarship Winners!

Milad & Fannie Abraham 5 @ $2,000

Madison Chenoweth, Mary Dempsey, Gemma Hager, Randi Johannsen, Larren Round

Bechtel Family 1 @ $2,000

Joshua Gallo, Daniel Lima, Madalyn VanCooney

Susan Beecheler 1 @ $1,000

Jadeyn Ramsey

Debbie Cook 1 @ $750

Amanda Mitchell

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

Isabelle Davis, Ian Borton, Maggie Edwards, Rachel Rennie

Cameron Greene Memorial 1 @ $750

Noah Galloway

John W Hostetler 1 @ $1,000

Stephenie Landers

Marilyn Immler Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Alexander Krebs

John & Ethel Lupe Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Natalie Novak

Jim Solomon Memorial 1 @ $1,000

Michael Ranney

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

Noah Galloway

H.A. Born 1 @ $1,000

Noah Galloway

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.

The Firelands Endowment Committee proudly supports the following accounts: