OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT) — Bridge Builders Community Foundations (BBCF), the community foundation serving Clarion, Forest, Venango, and Jefferson counties, will award over $250,000.00 in college scholarships to local students for the 2018-19 school year.
“Each year, we receive hundreds of excellent applications–it makes it difficult to choose, but it is a demonstration of the talented and dedicated students in our area,” said Trenton Moulin, Executive Director of BBCF.
“We are proud of these local students and honored to be able to carry out the donors’ wishes and assist these students as they go on to further their education and equip themselves to be lifelong learners.”
“These scholarships would not be possible without the many generous donors who established a scholarship or have given to these scholarships over the years. Their generosity cannot be overstated,” Moulin continued.
The students receiving scholarships graduated from Allegheny-Clarion Valley, Brockway, Brookville, Clarion, Cranberry, Forest County, Franklin, Keystone, Oil City, Punxsutawney, Redbank Valley, Rocky Grove, and Titusville school districts. A total of 181 scholarships will be given out and all are funds and endowments that have been created through Bridge Builders Community Foundations.
The following students will be receiving scholarships:
519Strong-Jeremy Coast Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Barcinas
Elizabeth Kiefer
Emily Luther
Jeremy Troup
Adam Weeter Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Cotton
Alexander Bud Marks Scholarship
Dajere Harris
Anna M. Ewalt Memorial Scholarship
Emily Steigerwald
Anna Marie (Lanzendorfer) Jordan, RN, Nursing & Healthcare Professions Scholarship
Kristin Lowmaster
Arthur (Bud) Van Nort Memorial Scholarship
Emily Everett
Bracken Scholarship
Jenna Breth
Chester A. & Beulah A. Baum Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Barcinas
Zachary Beichner
Tifany Berry
Trevin Chittester
Lauren Conkle
Abigail Cowles
Cheyanne Crispin
Morgan Cross
Elizabeth Dailey
Taylor Dailey
Hannah Duncan
Grace Ecklund
Gabrielle Garmong
Ian Hepler
Ember Hockman
Jenna Huegel
Emily Irwin
Hope Johnson
Elizabeth Kiefer
Erin Merryman
Oleksandr Pryimuk-Pearsall
Rachel Root
Jayne Wolbert
Kaila Yashinski
Kelsey Ziegler
Kera Zimmerman
David W. Humphrey Scholarship
Nicholas Cherico
Hannah Frederick
Spencer Miller
Dustin A. Fletcher Memorial Scholarship
Debilea Chapel
Eugene F. Hanna Scholarship
Emily Jones
Emily Luther
Emily Steigerwald
Adam Taylor
Tyler Weiss
Floyd E. and Anna E. Carbaugh Memorial Scholarship
Emily Everett
Samantha Stoltz
Forest County Taxpayers Association Scholarship
Emily Everett
Francis E. Gibbons Memorial Scholarship
Drew Martin
Francis Jones Weber Scholarship
Sheila Roos
Franklin High School Alumni Scholarship
Quincy Adams
Taylor Aylesworth
Loren Baseler
Alexandra Emrick
Kurtis Hingl
Alex Huff
Tyra McGarvie
Chelsea McKenzie
Becca Spencer
Adam Taylor
Franklin Rotary — Jay French Miller Scholarship
Zane Baughman
Matthew Heasley
Justin Heller
Maria Kleck
Zachary Lyons
Drew Martin
George Francis Rouault Memorial Scholarship
Hayley Byers
Grace Woods Nellis Scholarship
Hannah Young
Gwendolyn Smith Scholarship
Dakota Hetrick
J. Bowman Proper Memorial Scholarship
Steven Barnett
Seth Berlin
Aimee Haslet
Ben Kaltenbach
Bryant Niederriter
Lorraine Pedersen
Rachel Stubler
Danielle West-Habjanetz
Kaitlinn Young
Janet L. Henc Scholarship
Haley Karns
Elizabeth Dailey
James D. Schwab PhD Scholarship
Hannah Kapp
Jean Lucille Frank Scholarship
Truman Littler
Jefferson County 4-H Scholarship
Megan Snyder
Amberley Spicher
Staci Wolfe
Jensin Michael Potts Scholarship
Ashley Finch
Caden Highfield
Jordan Long
John R. Loeffler Memorial Golf Scholarship
Zachary Lyons
Kayla McCandless
Kami Dinger Memorial Scholarship
Kendra Gadley
Kinnear West Forest Scholarship
Seth Berlin
Aimee Haslet
Margery Himes Memorial Scholarship
Madeline Boyle
Debilea Chapel
Hannah Frederick
Emily Gourley
Bryan Layton
Marsha Beichner Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Stoltz
Mary E. Shaner Scholarship
Taylor Geer
Nicholas R. Sanford Memorial Journalism Scholarship
Alyssa Nardozzi
Cassondralee Schwalm
Nicholas R. Sanford Memorial Scholarship
Gabrielle Garmong
Oil City Mayor’s Scholarship
Truman Littler
Paul and Ellen Flickner Girls Basketball Scholarship
Alyssa Beichner
Danica Hurrelbrink
Madison Winger
Abbigail Yeager
Roy E. Sanner Memorial Scholarship
Tifany Berry
Kylynn Boley
Trevin Chittester
Justin Heller
Ruth Persons Bear and Robert H. Bear Memorial Scholarship
Emily Steigerwald
Ruth and Vernon Taylor Scholarship
Bryant Niederriter
Scotty Bashline Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Cotton
Sherman Memorial Scholarship
Brooke Black
Bryant Niederriter
Susan L. Daniels Memorial Scholarship
Matthew Heasley
Maria Kleck
Susie McConnell Memorial Scholarship
Truman Littler
Jasmine Long
Thomas D. Fulton Memorial Scholarship
Bryant Niederriter
Thomas E. McNamara Scholarship
Kaitlinn Young
Troopers Patterson & Richey Memorial Scholarship
Grace Ecklund
Ryan Sines
Tut Toth Memorial Scholarship
Dakota Hetrick
Bryan Layton
Kaia Rearick
Jeremy Troup
Venus Telephone Corporation Scholarship
Hannah Duncan
Jenna Huegel
Elizabeth Kiefer
Erin Merryman
Vera A. Lamey Scholarship
Lillian Anthony
Debilea Chapel
Ivy Chen
Brentley Moffett
Destiny Weiser
Virginia Gordon Russell Scholarship
Brian Jiang
Walter H. Flinchbaugh Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Chittester
Ashley Finch
Bethany Hart
Nicholas Howard
Hannah Kapp
Matthew Meehan
Morgan Meehan
Skye Mitchell
Alexia ONeil
Benjamin Orrvick
Kylie Shaffer
Samuel Weaver
Matthew Weaver
Kelsey Ziegler
Washington Township Community Association Scholarship
Grace Ecklund
Erin Merryman
Will Fabry Memorial Scholarship
Emmalie Dickey
Jessika Lindsey
Alyssa Nardozzi
William H. Locke Scholarship
Lillian Anthony
Haley Bechtel
Peyton Bontz
Debilea Chapel
Ivy Chen
Caroline Deeter
Caden Highfield
Amber Horner
Megan Hudson
Rhiannon Kenniston
Jillian Kutchravy
Madison Lawrie
AnneFrances Lenze
Truman Littler
Jenna Loll
Jordan Long
Benjamin Mizerak
Brentley Moffett
Justin Moffett
Maggie Motter
Hannah Schettler
Destiny Weiser
Lauren Womer
Young Wood Scholarship
Chelsea McKenzie
The scholarship application process begins each year in January and ends in April, and awardees are chosen based on criteria of each scholarship.
“Our vision is to provide an effective way of serving donors and communities by creating and growing endowments that serve the needs in our area,” said Moulin. “Distributing these scholarships is not just about providing funds to students to pay for college, it’s an opportunity to empower young people–the future workforce and leaders of our community. We believe this is what the donors intended when they established these scholarships”
The learn more about BBCF and find a list of funds, visit bbcf.org.
Bridge Builders Community Foundations has its main office in the Historic National Transit Building in Oil City. The Community Foundation was created in 1975 to unify the community foundations serving Clarion, Forest, Venango, Jefferson and other adjacent counties and provide an effective way of serving donors and communities by creating and growing endowments that serve the needs in our area.
