Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund

Goal: $20,000.00

Specific Need

Each year, college tuition and fees continue to increase. From 1989 to 2016, the cost to attend college increased eight times faster than wages. Fewer and fewer of our bright and talented high school graduates' families are able to afford a post-secondary education for their children. Little wonder we have a shortage of teachers, doctors, nurses, information technicians, engineers, social workers, clergy, psychologists, and the list goes on. For fifty-four years, the Meadville Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund has focused on providing scholarships for worthy economically disadvantaged students. We also support the Meadville Middle School Mentoring Program which promotes the success of our students by offering after-school and summer programs that open their eyes to the wonders of science, drama, literature, music, conservation and many other activities.

The specific need:

To raise $20,000.00 for scholarships awarded to outstanding graduates of the Meadville Area Senior High School
To deposit these funds into the Crawford Heritage Foundation to endow this perpetual scholarship fund

Mission

The mission of the Meadville Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund is to award scholarships each year to graduates of the Meadville Area Senior High School who are bright and talented, economically disadvantaged students who exhibit the principles of Dr. King in scholarship and character.

Profile

Since 1968, Meadville Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund has awarded 153 scholarships totaling over $249,000.00.
Three teachers in the Crawford Central School District were recipients of the Dr. King Scholarship. They are Shane Ream, social studies teacher at the Meadville Area Middle School; Armond Walter, music teacher at the Meadville Area Middle School and the Meadville Area Senior High School; Traci Alexander-Balsamo, music teacher at the Second District Elementary School.
Isabela Sepulveda works at Tattered Corners New & Used Bookstore as a bookseller.
Stanley McClure has been a realtor for 23 years with ERA Richmond Real Estate Agency in Meadville.