Essay winners write about lessons learned through community service Each semester students attend Midland College on Legacy Scholarships, sponsored by The Abell-Hanger Foundation, The Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust, and The Chaparral Foundation. In return for the scholarship that pays their tuition and fees, students contribute 40 hours of community service. Each semester, the Abell-Hanger Foundation sponsors an essay contest to honor students’ community service and to let the students tell their stories of how community service has enriched their lives. Five of those students receive additional $500 scholarships for essays written about that community service. The five winning writers are honored at a luncheon.Excerpts from the winning essays are printed below by semester and year. |
Introducing the Spring 2008 Essay Scholarship Recipients
(from left, Chelsie Robbins, Kelsey Peck, Amanda Tinney, Kacy Hensley and Lauryn Wells)