Community Foundation Awards $120,000 in Scholarships

(Gettysburg, PA, 5/07/2021) The Adams County Community Foundation (the Community Foundation) today announced $120,000 in new scholarship awards to Adams County students. The amount awarded brings the total amount of scholarships granted by the Community Foundation since its founding to more than $1.2 million dollars thanks to several scholarships

Hailey Steele (left) from Biglerville High School receives the inaugural Ray and Violet Flickinger $5,000 scholarship from Ed Puhl, Community Foundation Board Member (right) and Nate Mares, Community Foundation Scholarship Committee Chair.

funded by private donors and Adams Electric Cooperative.

“Our Scholarship Committee, led by board member Nathan Mares, does an outstanding job matching our donor’s charitable intent to local students to provide scholarships for high education,” noted Community Foundation President and CEO Ralph Serpe. “We celebrate these students as they prepare to embark on their college and technical careers, and to acknowledge the generous donors who help make it all possible.”

Awards from thirty-two scholarship funds at the Community Foundation range from $500 to $30,000 each and go to students planning to pursue or currently pursuing higher education.

2021 scholarship awards include:         

Adams Electric Cooperative Scholarship

          Lianyin Mellinger – Bermudian Springs High School
          Maggie Byers – Big Spring High School
          Haily Showers – Biglerville High School
          Morgan Dennison – Fairfield Area High School
          Hayley Cisney – Gettysburg Area High School
          Wendi Snyder – Littlestown Area High School
          Alexis Gardner – New Oxford High School
          Jeremy Rodgers – Northern High School
          Kyle Buchheister – Shippensburg High School

Adams Electric Cooperative Scholarship Home School, Cyber & Private

          Katelyn Laughman
          Declan Phelan
          Louella Girror
          Jonah Yingling

Albert J. Lentz American Legion Post 202

          Margaret Cliber – Fairfield Area High School
          Ian Bellinger – Gettysburg Area High School

Sherry (Krom) Amig Memorial Scholarship

          Katelyn Motter – New Oxford High School

Thomas E. Arnold Scholarship

          Estrella Zavala Polina – Biglerville High School

Biglerville High School Business Award

          Abagail Green – Biglerville High School

Canner Awards

          Hailey Steele – Biglerville High School

Mary Sue Cline Scholarship

          Nathanial Culp – Biglerville High School

Conewago Valley Scholarships

          Katelyn Motter
          Emma Gilbert
          Caleb Kelley
          LaDamien Williams
          Garrett Swift
          Savanah Winpigler
          Madison Dockter
          Vance Hagarman
          Maxwell Boyer
          Zachary Barnhart
          Cole Forbes
          Mikayla Gebhart
          Courtney Smith
          Linda Bermejo Lua
          Collin Staub

Gettysburg High School Class of 1964

          Jennifer Tassin

Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter Scholarship

          Miriam Glatfelter – Central York High School

Walter P. and Anna Griest Memorial Scholarship

          Rebecca Durbin – Bermudian Springs High School

Harold L. Griffie STEM Scholarship

          Charles Sebright – Bermudian Springs High School

Berne C. Hart Technical Scholarship

          Nathanial Culp – Biglerville Senior High School

Thomas P. Henninger Scholarship

          Aurelia Santoyo – Gettysburg Area High School

Eddie Horst Memorial Scholarship

          Collin Staub – New Oxford High School

George B. Inskip Memorial Scholarship

          Margaret Cliber – Fairfield Area High School

Kermit Jacoby, Jr. Scholarships

          Joshua Fulton – Biglerville High School
          Haily Showers, Biglerville High School

Dale R. King Memorial Scholarship

          Charles Sebright – Bermudian Springs High School

Dr. Ronald Krablin Scholarship

          Lora Bertram – Gettysburg Area High School 

Julie Ann Lochary Class of 2021 Scholarship

          Leah Stevens – Littlestown High School

Julie Ann Lochary 4H Scholarship

          Isabella Bankert – New Oxford High School

J. W. Martin Memorial Math Scholarship

          Gabriel Yeager – Fairfield Area High School

Meghan T. McKinney Memorial Scholarship

          Haily Showers – Biglerville High School

Elizabeth Musselman Memorial Scholarship

          Abigail Finafrock – Fairfield Area High School 

Luella Musselman Paul Scholarship

          Hailey Steele – Biglerville High School 

Greg Richardson Athletic Award

          Whitney Smyth – Gettysburg Area High School
          Gabriel Yeager – Fairfield Area High School

Elizabeth Ferciot Roby Art Scholarship

          Ashlee Pericles – Gettysburg Area High School 

Rotary Club of Littlestown Scholarship

          Hailey Riley – Littlestown High School

Helen & Elton Ruth Memorial Scholarship

          Collin Staub – New Oxford High School

Dalton Cole Schriver Memorial Scholarship

          Sabrina Garvick – New Oxford High School

Rosemary & Leon Tawney Scholarships

          Katelyn Motter – New Oxford High School
          Trinity O’Neill – Bermudian Springs High School
          Bailey Smith – Littlestown High School

Ray J. Wherley Tech/Trade Scholarship

          Vance Hagarman – New Oxford High School

Information about contributing to scholarship awards or applying for scholarship support is available at adamscountycf.org

About the Adams County Community Foundation

The Adams County Community Foundation was created to promote and facilitate charitable giving and to build a permanent civic endowment for Adams County. While the Community Foundation’s Adams County Grants are focused locally, the Community Foundation also provides a home for charitable funds created by donors which may make distributions anywhere in Pennsylvania or across the country. The Community Foundation’s mission is to inspire people and communities to build and distribute charitable funds for good, for Adams County, for ever.

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