2009 ANNUAL REPORT - Community Foundation of Howard County

Scholarships (continued)
Sadie Townsend Memorial Scholarship Fund
•Nia Bonnafon-Mosley, $1,000
Turnaround Scholarship Fund
•Jennifer Slusher, $500
Western Women’s Scholarship Fund
•Brooke Lewis, $4,000
Frederick E. Wideman, M.D. Taylor Student Athlete
Scholarship Fund
•Geoff Stimler, $1,000
Wiese Oldsmobile GMC Truck Scholarship Fund
•Kylie Hinkle, $1,000
•Katie Maddox, $1,000
•Anthony Martin, $500
•Austin Pearson, $1,000
•Larry Price, $1,000
R. Franklin Zehring Scholarship Fund
•Marion Cherry, $1,000
•Michael Murphy, $500
•Alyssa Odell, $1,000
•Ashley Solomon, $1,000
•Tanika Weber, $1,000
Goodfellows Fund
•Indiana University-Kokomo for the Destination: Education
IUK Scholarships, $3,000
Glen & Jeanne’ Harland Endowment Fund
•Purdue University-Kokomo for the Glen & Jeanne’ Harland
Scholarship, $3,000
Special Project Funds
Civil War Preservation Trust
•Civil War Battlefield Preservation, $50
M. Joyce Cook Scholarship shares a legacy
with future teachers
Joyce Cook was known as
a gifted instructor who had
a passion for teaching. Her
husband, Jerry, supported her
love of teaching, and in her
memory he continued that
support by working with the
Community Foundation of
Howard County to establish
the M. Joyce Cook Memorial
Scholarship.
Joyce earned her bachelor’s
degree from Indiana University and her master’s in education
from Manchester College. In 1963, she started teaching third
grade at Burlington Elementary and taught until 1969 when she
decided to stay home and care for her sons, Jay and Jon. She
returned to follow her passion for teaching in 1982 and retired
in 2001 as a first grade teacher at Northwestern Elementary
School.
Jay remembers his mother for her ability to improve the lives
of others. “Every moment of her life was about making sure
people around her, especially the children, were bettering
themselves,” he said in a short biography about his mother.
“She was a gifted instructor who turned her classroom into
a magical land of learning for her precious students. From
beginning to end, her physical life was a teaching moment.”
The M. Joyce Cook Scholarship is awarded to Howard
County students who are accepted into a program leading
to a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, ministry or
the mission field. With the establishment of this scholarship,
Joyce’s legacy reaches beyond her family and students. It
allows the scholarship recipients to follow their passions and to
follow Joyce’s example of teaching and loving others.
Greater Kokomo/Howard County Community Project
•First Presbyterian Church, Maximum Impact, $9,195
Grant application guidelines vary by county. Please contact the
Community Foundation office (765) 454-7298 or
(800) 964-0508, or visit our Web site (www.cfhoward.org) for
more information on how to apply for a grant.
“Always do right; this will gratify some people and
astonish the rest.”
– Mark Twain
(Above) Young musicians take a break from participating in the
Kokomo Park Band’s Engaging Youth in Music summer concert
program. The project provides activities to encourage youth of different
ages to explore and perform various components of music. The
Community Foundation of Howard County provided funding for the
program.
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