The Ripon Education Foundation is holding its annual door-to-door Scholarship Drive on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, 2019.
The goal of the Scholarship Drive is to ask every resident of the Ripon community to contribute to the scholarship fund, which supports Ripon students attending either two-year or four-year accredited colleges and universities. All money collected will be awarded as scholarships to graduating seniors at the Ripon High School and Lumen Charter School’s annual awards night on May 16, 2019.
Students from the Ripon Area School District’s high schools will be canvassing the community the second weekend of April to collect donations for Ripon Education Foundation's scholarship fund. Students should be wearing orange fleece vests making them easily identified when they come to the door.
Since 1999, the foundation has awarded more than $150,000 to Ripon students headed for colleges and technical colleges. Last year, the Education Foundation awarded more than $8,000 in scholarships from the drive plus additional scholarships from other funds earmarked for scholarships.
Half the scholarships funded by the drive are awarded on a merit basis through the RHS scholarship application. In order to be eligible to receive a merit scholarship, a student must have participated in the drive at least two years. The other half of the Education Foundation scholarships are awarded through a lottery of student participants in the annual scholarship drive making it beneficial for all students to participate. All students who have participated in the drive are eligible for the lottery scholarships and have their names placed in the lottery draw once for each year of participation.
Residents who will not be home are welcome to leave a donation taped to their door, use the envelope left by the students to mail donations to the Foundation at PO Box 395, Ripon, WI 54971 or donate online at www.riponeducationfoundation.org. Donations made online are securely processed by our fund management partners at the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. Contributions may be tax deductible – please check with your tax preparer.
For more information about the 2019 scholarship drive, visit the Foundation website at www.riponeducationfoundation.org or contact Sue Mokler, Board Member, at moklers@riponeducationfoundation.org or 920-279-1573.
(Ripon Education Foundation)