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May, 2012 Volume 3 Issue 2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund
1
Tragic Car Crash Takes a Life, Injures 2
2
Mary Keim Gets Her Driver’s License!
2
Haiti:: Mission Accomplished
2
Mini Manners Manual: Marriage (Continued)
3
Baby Shower for Renae Schwartz
4
Harvey Swartzentruber Joins Nazarene Church
4
Contact Dee
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What’s New ...May/Spring 2012 Issue
Dee’s News
Emma Miller knows how
difficult it is to further an
education, especially when
a student’s parents aren’t
on-board to help or en-
courage. This is often the
situation many former
Amish
find
them-
selves in,
once they
leave the
Amish.
That’s exactly why Emma, along with
Naomi Kramer, and William Troyer, de-
cided to set up a scholarship fund for
those students who are from Amish back-
grounds. Here’s more info from Emma:
“The Scholarship is called Amish De-
scendent Scholarship Fund and the money
would be deposited directly through the
student's financial aid at the university.
Usually they apply that to tuition first and
if there is any left over, it can go towards
books etc. The majority would likely go to
tuition.
I thought about (the scholarship) many
times during the years I was studying and
I'd mentioned it and people were very
encouraging. On my graduation day I
vowed I would do my best to get it started
and I reached out to two other former-
Amish who are in college and the three of
us put it together. I kept a blog of the
process so you can see it took us very long
to get this far!
We don't know how much the scholarship
will be yet. We have to raise the money.
Hopefully we'll have an estimate by May.
We would like to first help those who came
directly from an Amish background and
have Amish parents who are not supportive
of their decision to study. We feel like those
are the ones who need the most support
and encouragement.
The money will be kept at The Mennonite
Foundation in Goshen Indiana and the
scholarship winner will be chosen based on
grades, need, and a written essay.
The money will come from donations,
which we are still working on. There has
been some interest from sponsors, but we
haven't locked in a large amount yet. We
have faith that we can at least raise enough
money to give one scholarship by June and
then lock in some sponsors who can donate
annually so we're not starting from scratch
each year. I am planning on donating as
well, especially once I'm working full time
again. (I'm finishing up a Masters degree in
May)
Our plans are to award the first
(scholarship) around June/July of this year
which would go towards the fall semester.
Potential applicants should keep an eye on
the website at
.
Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund
We will update the information as soon as
we're ready to take applications. They will
have to fill out a form and write a short
essay and supply copies of their grades
(either GED or college grades) and their
proof of acceptance or enrolment at a col-
lege.
There is a form to fill out on the website
which will go to me or they can email me
directly at
Our website is
:
Face-
book:
”
Thank you for sharing this information,
Emma! Please copy and paste the links
above into your internet browser to donate
or to apply.
Emma Miller
Naomi Kramer
William Troyer
“The task of the
modern educator is not to
cut down jungles, but to
irrigate deserts.”
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