2018 Scholarship Recipients
We Awarded $253,000 to fifty-nine (59) innovative & pioneering teacher grants & twelve (12) scholarships to deserving seniors.
This year’s distribution came from the Foundation’s 4mil endowment which generated $157,304 in grant awards and $19,772 in scholarships. Another $75,583 was awarded in grants that were gifted through corporations, foundations, & individuals.
Billie Jo has a well-recognized history of supporting Fayetteville schools and as a generous benefactor of the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation.
She served on the Foundation’s Board of Directors and was inducted into the Fayetteville Public School’s Hall of Honor in 1997 in recognition of her efforts to grow the thriving community and school district we’re so fortunate to have in Fayetteville today.
Through the generous support of the Foundation's Taylor-Lackey Fund students at Ramay Junior High participated in the I Am More Than My Skin Color project. This grant allowed students to develop a deeper sense of personal identity and empathy towards others within the context of race relations both past and present through a novel, author visit, research, and student creative writing gallery.
Check out our 2018 Celebration of Excellence Video!
Contributions between April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
| Terri & Vince Chadick | Barbara & Doug Prichard |
| Romona & Hershell West | Brenda & Robert Gullett |
| Holly & David Johnson | Jenessa & Mark Bailey |
| Emma Pierce |
Contributions between April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
Contributions between April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018 toward the George Spencer Memorial Fund
| Dawnelle Fincher | Kathy & Terry Keefe |
| Patti Jacuzzi | Alf Carter |
| Rebekah Smith |
| Claudia Vilato | Emily & Buckley Bridges |
| Stacey Spurlock | Michelle & Ken Kieklak |
| De'Andre Knight | Roberta & Rob Billingsley |
Contributions between April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018 toward Endowment Funds
| Jeanne & Brian King | Connie Dorsey |
| Sharon Michaels | Linnea Linquest |
Contributions between April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
| Nika & Bill Waitsman | Mary & Everett Hawks | Kathy & Mike Moss | Ashley Wilbern | Sheri & Woody Bassett |
| Nancy & Ben Israel | Don Deweese | Tammy Morris | Marjo Burk | Janet Ousterhout |
| Chris Sputo | Garrison Asset Management | Eugene Sekiguchi | MeMe Hagers | Lauryl & Tim Hynes |
| Victoria Coppett & Alan Wilbourn | Sandy & Frank Grammer | Melissa Hayward | Allison Houston | Beth Stropes |
| Kay & Sid Davis | Lolly & Larry Greenwood | David & Jane Gearhart | Roy Horne | Mark Kinion |
| Charlotte Taylor & Tim Hudson | AEP Southwestern Electric Power | Lisa & David Whitaker | Gina & Neal Pendergraft | Simmons Bank |
| Gina & George Shelton | Clinton House Museum | Kathy & Ted Wade | Sara & Jeff Koenig | Jennifer & Kenton Ross |
| U of A College of Educ. & Health Professions |
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