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BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
BUILDING A
vibrant
COMMUNITY
2011
Letter from Chair of the Board and President and CEO
Welcome to the 37th anniversary of the Battle Creek Community Foundation. We are pleased to
share the progress we have made this past year and our vision for the current year.
As national indicators showed a strengthened economic recovery during the past year, the Board
of Trustees of the Battle Creek Community Foundation focused on a vision well beyond our current
horizon. The need for greater change in order to improve and repair the damage to the well-being
of our community became self-evident.
Relying on the broad experience of our local volunteer leadership, the Board of Trustees
engaged in a learning process in order to revise and focus the primary goals of the Community
Foundation. While many of the services that support a strong philanthropic community will
continue, the Foundation has elevated specific work in Education and Health to the highest of
priorities. Included in these prioritized areas is the continued engagement of our neighborhoods
and community residents.
Within the Education focus is the broad vision that no Battle Creek Area resident will be denied
access to post-secondary education due to lack of resources. It is our intention to be inclusive in
both the definition of education, including both traditional high school graduates and adults, and
in the type of college or technical training such as technical trade schools that may become the
goal for area graduates. In Health, the goal is that we live in a community where all residents
are engaged in their own wellness and all babies are born healthy. These focus areas are directly
connected to the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s continued commitment to neighborhoods
and actively engaging residents in creating an environment of wellness and student success.
While some may consider these lofty visions, the leadership of the Community Foundation believes
that the pursuit of these goals is an absolute necessity to build the quality of life that is the basis
for the people of a vibrant Battle Creek.
Brenda Hunt and Ursula Case
Changes are already underway in the manner the Community Foundation must work to achieve
these goals. The requirements and timing in how the generous scholarships held within BCCF are
awarded has been moved in order to pursue greater Federal funding for local students. This will
allow access to more funding for more students. A revised approach in our health area with more
partners and individual engagement to insure that access to healthcare and wellness programs,
especially for those who are planning or expecting to give birth are available and utilized so that
all babies are born healthy.
So much is underway as we enter this new stage in our economic recovery. It is from this point
and period in our history that we begin to launch a new approach full of opportunities that will
benefit all of us in a vibrant community for the future.
Sincerely,
Ursula P. Case, Chairperson, Board of Trustees Brenda L. Hunt, President & CEO
Vibrant: Lively. Dynamic. Energetic. Vivid. Vivacious.
Exciting. Energetic. Vital. Community: Locality.
Residents. Affinity. Comunidad. Communaute’. Comunita’.
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Battle Creek Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report
Profiles
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Battle Creek CAN:
Building a College-Going Community Today
for a Better Tomorrow
Back in 2005, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation opened the eyes of the community to the possibility of making
college a reality for all students in Battle Creek Public Schools and the Lakeview School District through
its 75th anniversary gift of Legacy Scholars. In 2011, the Legacy Scholars (a supporting organization of
the Battle Creek Community Foundation) Board of Directors transitioned the organization to the Battle
Creek College Access Network. This move took an organization that was primarily focused on college
accessibility through affordability and broadened the scope of its mission to tackle all barriers to college
access and success for Battle Creek area students.
Battle Creek College Access Network (CAN)’s innovative approach helps all community stakeholders (from
students to businesses) work together toward the common goal of strengthening the community through
increased access to post high school education. Battle Creek CAN is weaving a tight network to tackle all
barriers to college access. Using a series of dynamic “access channels,” it helps grow youth, parents and
the community into a college-going mindset.
Through the coordination of Battle Creek CAN, Legacy Scholars continues to grow into a thriving
program that is preparing to graduate its first class of students from high school in 2012. With Legacy
Scholars as its solid foundation, Battle Creek CAN now becomes the over-arching structure for college
access for all in the community. The platform is firmly established to expand the same opportunities for
all students to have the same types of resources, no matter where they attend school in Battle Creek.
“My job is to rattle
cages and shake
trees to find all
available resources
to help students
get to college and
then successfully
complete it.”
Selena Melvin
Selena Melvin, Coordinator, Battle Creek CAN
Imagine a Battle Creek in which the goal of higher education is as commonplace as
a TV remote in the living room; where the expectation of going to college is on the
lips of everyone from grandparents to hip-hoppers. Envision our community as a
place where going to college is not an abstract thought, but concrete reality. That’s
the goal of Battle Creek CAN (College Access Network).
“First my mother, then my high school counselor helped put me on the path to
higher education,” Selena shares. “But there were aspects of college that I didn’t
expect.” As a result, Selena’s first year was challenging. Getting there just wasn’t
enough. “Fortunately, I got a second chance,” she says. “And that is the motivation
for me doing this very important work now.”
“There’s no doubt about it,” says Selena Melvin, coordinator of Battle Creek CAN.
“This represents an entire paradigm shift. Today, there’s a mandatory need to go
beyond a high school diploma, and my job is to rattle cages and shake trees to
find all available resources to help students prepare for college, get there and then
successfully complete it.”
Not only does Battle Creek CAN help high school graduates find resources to go
to college or trade school, it helps prepare them for what to expect. It’s a “lens”
that enables parents, teachers, business owners and other stakeholders to see the
big picture, combine forces and remain on the same page in their mutual quest to
provide higher education for local students.
Once upon a time, 12th graders could collect their diplomas and look forward to
any number of open factory jobs around Calhoun County. That was 20th century
thinking. In today’s era of smart phones and iPads, successful completion of trade
school or attainment of a college degree is the new reality.
Selena holds an amazing vision for Battle Creek; one in which the city is thriving,
thanks in large part to the higher quality of living that’s a result of more educated
families. “This program gives us an opportunity to share with parents just what can
happen with a college education,” says Selena. “We have to hammer home the real
and exciting fact that education pays. It literally pays.”
A first generation college graduate herself, Selena understands full well the
unanticipated challenges that can affect the performance of students entering
their freshman year of college.
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Burnham Brook Community Center
A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Battle Creek Community
Foundation and home to:
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•
CentraCare
Massage Pros
Region 3B Area Agency on Aging
Senior Behavioral Health,
a program of Summit Pointe
• Senior Health Partners
• Senior Services, Inc.
• The Fitness Loft
“There’s a wealth
of things here to help
you, ...You just have
to seek them out.”
A Path to
Community Wellness
Betty Moorehead: Her closest wellness ally
Ask Betty Moorehead who she turns to most about staying healthy and she’ll tell you, “I
just look in the mirror.” Betty’s attitude on wellness is simple. “I take responsibility for things
in my life that might affect my health,” says the fit 69-year-old retired Kellogg Company
employee. “I focus on whatever is ailing me, stay aware of any conditions that might run in
my family, and have a good relationship with my doctor.”
That kind of commitment to wellness might seem overwhelming to some, but Betty insists
staying healthy is easier than it seems – especially in Battle Creek. “There’s a wealth of things
here to help you,” she says. “You just have to seek them out.” One of them is the Burnham
Brook Community Center. “Their fitness center is the best kept ‘secret’ in town,” Betty says.
“It’s affordable, staff is friendly, and has state-of-the-art equipment and all kinds of exercise
classes. Burnham Brook also offers information and education programs on topics related to
staying healthy.
Betty takes close care of her spiritual self too. “I do daily prayer and meditation,” she says. “I
surround myself with positive people and take my lead from the Golden Rule.”
Running for her life
Betty also runs. “I did Girls on the Run with my great grand-daughter last spring,” she says. “It
was a lot of fun, and showed her how much I value staying healthy. That’s something I want
to pass on to her.”
Betty Moorehead
Betty Moorehead
Betty Moorehead exercising at
The Fitness Loft at the Burnham Brook
Community Center
Healthy Neighborhoods
in Schools
A cornerstone of any healthy community is the
ability to connect people to each other. Creating
the opportunity for residents to come together is
the hallmark of BCCF’s Healthy Neighborhoods in
Schools. Creating access to the services residents
need completes this “people-first” approach that
opens neighborhood schools as community hubs.
Healthy connections
Together with the Regional Health Alliance and
the Educators’ Task Force, and with support of the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Community Foundation is developing the chance for residents
and their school districts to engage together in creating healthy neighborhoods.
Prairieview Wellness Fair
What does this look like? Look no further than the Prairieview Elementary Wellness Fair. This
fun-filled event was led by a committee of parents, PTA members, and staff from the Calhoun
Intermediate School District (CISD), Calhoun County Health Department, Lakeview School
District and BCCF. CISD’s SPLASH (Supporting Positive Lifestyles and Attitudes Through
School Health) provided a great foundation for this neighborhood event. In addition to two
3K run/walks, led by the local Girls on the Run program, students and local residents had fun
learning about being healthy in a number of ways – from keeping their bodies in motion and
eating the right foods, to the simple act of enjoying themselves.
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Regional Health Alliance (RHA)
The Regional Health Alliance (RHA) is an innovative
partnership of entities and individuals working to
improve the community’s health. With BCCF facilitating
RHA operations, the focus of these collective efforts
revolve around the goals of its six Issue Action Groups:
• 100% access to quality health care
with zero disparities
• All babies will be born healthy and
will thrive
• All school children will have access to
quality health care
• Promotion of a lifelong commitment
to good nutrition and regular physical
activity
• Reducing teen pregnancy
• Eliminate health disparities among
minority/underserved populations
Post Foundation: Here to stay
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Legacy of giving, lost and found
The issue. After a series of fateful corporate transitions in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Post Foods
employees and retirees in Battle Creek found their beloved company without a consistent,
systematic way of collectively giving back to the community they hold so dear.
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The solution. Create a local Foundation that’s of the people and by the people. Partner it
with a rock-solid local entity that will hold close the Post legacy, and then fortify it with the
muscle of a permanent endowment.
The result. The Post Foundation of Battle Creek, whose mission is to help shape and
encourage positive environments and activities of Greater Battle Creek.
Roots run deep
Post founder C.W. Post believed in his people. He also believed in his community, its
schools and its children. Supporters regard the Post Foundation as an opportunity to reestablish those roots and that heritage. Setting the tone for the new foundation through a
strong united front, current and former management and union workers banded together
to reform what is quickly becoming an exciting new philanthropic pillar in the community.
Active neighborhood partner
The Post Foundation’s initial project reinforces its genuine commitment to community,
children and service. In June, a groundbreaking ceremony kicked off a $15,000 playground
enhancement project at Franklin Elementary School – just down the street from the Post
plant. To date, the Post Foundation has accumulated more than $30,000 in its Battle Creek
Community Foundation-managed endowment fund. Its first $5,000 gift to the endowment
was contributed by the Postum Club.
Additional community investments will be in the historic Post Addition and north side
neighborhoods, and eventually spread throughout the city. The Post Foundation Advisory
Committee hopes to grow the new nonprofit and eventually make it autonomous.
2011 Post Foundation Advisory Board
An affiliate of the Battle Creek Community Foundation
The Post Foundation of
Battle Creek is a collaboration
between the Postum Club and
the Battle Creek Community
Foundation to continue
the legacy of C.W. Post. Its
creation is the result of some
out-of-the-box noodling by
several members of the Postum
Club (the longest standing
organization of Post and made
up of dedicated staff and
Groundbreaking for playground enhancements
at Franklin School
retirees).
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“... it’s about
seeing where
you need to
help out and
doing just that –
without waiting
to be asked.”
Jeff Samson:
Giving as Good as He Gets
BCCF Youth Alliance Committee 2011 Senior Celebration
Jeff Samson
Jeff Samson, owner of Malia Mediterranean Bistro
Serving customers, serving the community. For Malia Mediterranean Bistro
owner Jeff Samson, it’s one in the same. As the calm and guiding force of
what many consider downtown Battle Creek’s trendiest restaurant, Jeff is as
passionate about supporting residents as he is running his business.
“My philosophy is if you give, people don’t have to be put in the sometimes
embarrassing position of having to ask,” says Samson, a resident of Battle Creek
for 22 years. “Over the years, people have given to me. That’s helped my life flow
in positive directions, so it only makes sense to want to give back.”
Five-course giving
Case in point, Samson offered up his restaurant to serve as the spot for the
Battle Creek Community Foundation to throw this year’s Youth Alliance
Committee Senior Celebration. “How can you not want to support a group of
kids doing such amazing volunteer work with their lives?” he asks with a smile.
The Youth Alliance Committee (YAC) was formed in 1989 by the Battle
Creek Community Foundation to give youth a platform for their own
philanthropy and giving, ultimately working to help improve quality
of life for area youth. YAC members take an active role in philanthropy
at BCCF, primarily through grantmaking, fund development, engaging
in community projects, and serving in key leadership roles with the
Community Foundation.
The Senior Celebration, a high-energy affair that was punctuated with
sumptuous eats, honored outgoing YAC members, many of whom were
headed off to college.
“It was great helping so many bright and promising youth celebrate their
important work,” Jeff says. “Their incredible passion and enthusiasm was
inspiring; I could just see and feel myself at that age again.”
Like father, like daughter
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Jeff says his commitment to giving is a practice he learned growing up.
“Giving is something I inherited from my dad,” he says. “Now I’m passing
that gift on to my 20-year-old daughter.”
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That philosophy of giving also percolates throughout his business, with
restaurant staff emulating Jeff’s own approach to service. “It’s just like
doing community work; it’s about seeing where you need to help out and
doing just that – without waiting to be asked.”
Family Giving Across the Generations
Erick Stewart: Lessons in giving
Old habits are hard to break, and can be a good thing according to Stewart
Industries co-founder/president Erick Stewart, especially when it comes to
philanthropy across generations.
At 41, Erick has practiced giving since he was a youth. “It was a key part of
my parents’ [Joe and Clara Stewart] philosophy in raising kids,” he says. “My
giving back today is based on my parents’ own habits in that respect, and
their upbringing of me.” According to Erick, “If you’re in business, you need
to take care of your employees, right? Well your employees are a part of
the community; therefore, you need to take care of the community. It’s a
symbiotic relationship.”
A cornerstone of giving for Erick is JECKS, founded by the Stewart family as
a donor-advised fund at the Battle Creek Community Foundation. JECKS
supports efforts centered on family and children issues. But for Erick, that’s
just the beginning. He is also heavily involved with the Urban League of Battle
Creek as Board Chair.
“One of the best things about my work with the
Urban League is supporting education programs
for youth,” says Erick. “Just looking in a child’s
eyes who completed one of the Urban League’s
youth education programs or has received
a college degree from Western Michigan
University, thanks to our scholarship program—
it’s indescribable. Achieving those early dreams
can lead to bigger dreams later in life.”
Urban League Youth Leadership Camp
Erick is also Advisory Board Chair for the Health
Equity Alliance, which advocates for and addresses improvement of health
among communities of color in Calhoun County through education and
partnerships. “It exists to shed light on disparities and find solutions to create
health care access for folks who need it,” Erick says with urgency. “The focus
is on ‘high-bar’ issues like obesity. If we attack the high bars, we make the
community stronger as a whole, and therefore more productive.”
Erick is following in his parents’ footsteps in many ways. A critical one is how
he’s raising his three kids. “Just as my parents are the root catalyst on how
philanthropic I am now, I am instilling those same values into my own kids.”
“My giving back
today is based on my
parents’ own habits ”
Erick Stewart
“I share with my dad
a deeply personal
commitment to giving
to others.”
Drew Schweitzer
Erick Stewart and Drew Schweitzer
Drew Schweitzer: Constructing a legacy
As VP of the venerable Schweitzer Construction, Drew Schweitzer is not
only following in his dad’s footsteps in the family business, the 33-year-old
also is building on his father’s community philanthropy.
Before he passed away, Drew’s businessman father Chris Schweitzer had
established a generous pattern of giving back to Battle Creek. Today, his son
Drew continues this legacy of giving with a passion. But make no mistake;
Drew is forging his own path in this regard with a quiet tenacity that has
invigorated so many around him. “My dad was interested in so many
things – from biking to boating to golf,” says Drew. “After he passed away,
we wanted to honor his memory in a respectful but active way through the
passions that were a part of his life.”
A cornerstone of this was establishing the J. Chris Schweitzer Foundation, a
donor-advised fund of the Battle Creek Community Foundation. “Dad was
interested in a lot of things. Later in life, he got into riding Harleys,” shares
Drew. “So after he died, we set up a memorial ride as a way of honoring
him, but more importantly raising money to send kids with diabetes to a
camp in Fenton, Michigan.”
Drew says those closest to his dad were aware he was a lifelong diabetic,
and a memorial motorcycle ride seemed like a respectful way of
remembering him. The 2007 inaugural ride happened about a year after his
father’s passing and raised $8,000. Last year they raised $18,000. “It takes a
lot of work but what really helps is my dad had a lot of friends; a lot of them
are subcontractors he worked with who really stepped up,” says Drew.
Drew says his sister is equally involved in the Schweitzer family giving
legacy and is planning a benefit bicycle ride. The purpose is to hold a
fundraiser that allows people of all ages to participate, especially youth.
For Drew, giving to the community is an obligation. “I think it’s important for
young people to also give to others. It’s kind of hard to explain, but I share
with my dad a deeply personal commitment to giving to others.”
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Finance & Investments
Fiscal year 2010-2011
The BCCF tradition of strong volunteer leadership and competent staff has guided the Foundation into this emerging
period of economic recovery. In addition to the BCCF Board of Trustees, a nineteen member Finance and Investment
Committee continues to monitor all aspects of the invested assets at the Foundation.
Consistently administering investment and spending policies has sustained the Foundation’s commitment to the community
during the economic downturn by maintaining grantmaking, scholarships and other community support at consistent levels
prior to this period. Greater collaboration and extended partnerships have been utilized to leverage community assets to
generate a greater impact for the community.
During fiscal year 2010-2011, the Community Foundation’s investments were held in 668 Endowment Funds.
The Foundation pools these funds to benefit from a diversified investment portfolio and to maximize returns and streamline
administration.
Accountability Statement
The Battle Creek Community Foundation is fully accountable to the donors and citizens of this community. We invite you
to contact us to obtain any further information that may be useful to you. Our records, with the exception of specific donor
gift information, are public and we are pleased to provide you with more detailed information regarding our operations.
An independent audit is completed each year and the operations of the Community Foundation are governed by a volunteer
Board of Trustees composed of community members. In addition, the Battle Creek Community Foundation willingly and
successfully meets the Council of Foundations measures of standards for Community Foundations.
Education: Knowledge. Enlightenment. Training. Learning.
Educazione. Erziehung. Educacion’. Wellness: Healthy.
Thriving. Flourishing. Robust. Active. Benessere. Sante’. Bienestar.
Total Assets
Support & Revenue
March 31, 2011
$ 104,074,065 March 31, 2010
$ 95,050,900
Contributions/Grants/Bequests
Investment Income
Net unrealized appreciation on Investments
Change in Charitable Gift Annuities
Management Fees
Rental Income
Other Revenue
Total Support & Revenue
$
$5,140,043
$1,089,034
$8,007,237
$2,590
($2,222)
$81,840
$207,877
14,526,399
Expenditures
Grants/Awards/scholarships/Special Projects $7,060,579
Leadership $551,818
Fundraising/Development $685,015
Stewardship $665,987
Total Expenditures $8,963,399
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Assets by Fund Type
As of March 31, 2011
Field of Interest
Donor Designated
Scholarships
Unrestricted
Community Projects
Donor Advised
Annuity Agreements
34%
27%
13%
10%
9%
6%
1%
100%
Honorariums
April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011
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Battle Creek Community Foundation Board of Trustees 2010-2011
A contribution to an endowment fund makes a great
gift when honoring an individual’s retirement, birthday,
anniversary, graduation, service in the community, or
even to honor someone who has done work for you
and won’t take money for the job! Individuals also make
gifts on special remembrance days for their loved ones
who have passed. There are endless ideas for giving to
an endowment fund in honor of an individual, club or
business. A card is sent by the Community Foundation
to the individual being honored, or to the family of the
individual, club or business, indicating that a gift has
been made in their honor.
The following individuals have been honored this past
year through gifts made on their behalf:
In honor of:
Front: Carolyn Brown, Shanay Settles, Judith Cole Williamson, Ursula Case, Sonja Dotson, Deonne Estes, Brenda Minter
Middle: James Garay, Linda Patenaude, Susan Baldwin, Carolyn Ballard, Kathy Rizor Back: Bill Simonds, T.R. Shaw, Jr.,
Dwight Carattini, Marcus Glass, Michael Loudon, Bob DeVries, Jim Sholl, Rick Baron, Benjamin Roosevelt
Battle Creek Community Foundation Staff
Front: Monica Lonk, Lynn Ward Gray, Sarah Percoulis, Holly Munsch, Kathy Szenda Wilson, Annette Chapman, Kelly
Boles Chapman Back: Shelly Miller, Michelle Slayton, Carol Duck, Joann Farnham, Stephanie Fields, Brenda Hunt,
Paulette Porter, Cheryl Hines, Kelsey Jennings, Stacy Wines
All Veterans
“Always Missed, Forever Loved”
“Protecting Our Freedom Always”
Captain Jason Alday
Col. Glenn Alday
Sgt. Bryan Alday
All Veterans, We Shall Honor you Always
Donna Barber
James M. Barber
Harold Block
William Boatman
William Frank Bohannon
Leonard Caluert
Cereal City Lions Honor Guard
Jeff Colquhoun
Mille Corey Memorial Garden
Trey Courtright – Charity Speech
William F. Crutcher, U.S.N.
V. Hazel Culp
Robert O. Dirmeyer, U.S.M.
Mother, Marilyn Dodd (1985), a big
supporter of Kambly School as her family
grew up in Orchard Park
Sister Mary Dodd who volunteered at Kambly
School in the 1970’s
Lisa Edner
Stephen (Step) Farris
Fort Custer Honor Guard
Fort Custer Volunteer Flag Crew
Harold and Patricia Gestring
Samuel A. Gray
Gram Rose Greene
Lt. Col. Allen J. Grieger
Dennis Grundy
Earl L. Guillot, WWII
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Hamady
William G. Hendrickson
Sgt. Steven L. Heyduck, Operation Enduring
Freedom
Spec. 4, David D. Heyduck, Vietnam Era
Richard M. Hines, 2nd Lt., 44th Division,
U.S. Army
A Special Day, Tim and Tami Hodge
Donna (Dee Dee) Mae Hookway’s 66th
Birthday
Stan and Anna Horn
Richard House
Brenda L. Hunt
In gratitude for those who served
The Ivey Family
Friends and Family of Julianna’s Restaurant
who have served
Dave and Liz Kinnisten
William Knapp
Maynard Knight
Merle Knight
Larson Family Veterans
Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Sharon L. Lindauer, SP4, U.S. Army
Mrs. James Mahoney (Jeanne)
Martin Family Veterans
Col. Bob McInnis and wife Betsy, who served
with pride and devotion
Col. Bob and Betsy McInnis’ sons: Dave, Bill,
and Bob, Jr. McInnis
John Melangton
Carolyn and Dale A. Merwin, S.F.C., Korean
Veteran 45th Division
Curtis Miller, Korea
Deb Miller
Shelly Miller
The Family of Marcia Mueller
Mumford Family
Walter A. Murphy, U.S.M.C.
On the occasion of my 72nd birthday, a gift in
memory of my beloved Donna Hookway
John E. Radisch
WWII, Purple Heart
Alex Rein
George E. Rich, 12th Armored (C-66) Liberated
P.O.W.
P.F.C. Francis E. Sanders, 173 Air Borne
Timothy R. Schriemer for defending our
freedom on foreign battlefields
Larry Shouldice
Michelle R. Slayton
Ashley Smith
Dwain E. Smith
Elvin R. Smith
Christmas with our mom, Frances Thornton
Cpl. Sheldon Thornton, U.S.M.
Thursday Honor Guard
Tobias Family
U.S. Air Force Retired
The five Ubelhor brothers
Children and grandchildren of James
VanAmeyden
Penny and Gary Walkinshaw
Linda Wendt
The late Gary F. Williams’ 65th Birthday
Robert Williams
Lionel E. Wood’s 90th Birthday
ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
HONORARIUMS
Annette and Bill Bornor
Harold and Carol Miller’s 60th Birthday
HOMER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
HONORARIUMS
Jeff Daglow
Eric Fogel
Life with Father-Community Theatre
Patricia L. Linton
Melissa McKenna
Henry Orman
J. Thomas Palmer
Don and Mary Smith’s 50th Anniversary
Carol Stewart
Joan Wagoner
Ginny Warner
Art Welch
Battle Creek’s Freedom School
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Heritage Society Member Profile
Henry James “Jim” Cox 1920-2011
2010 Friend of Philanthropy
Brent Fast,(L) Professional Advisor Breakfast host, and
Brenda L. Hunt,(R) BCCF President and CEO, present
James Norlander (center) with the 2010 Friend of
Philanthropy Award.
Fund for Battle Creek Honorary
Donors
Unrestricted gifts enable the Battle Creek Community
Foundation to respond to ever-changing community
needs in order to enhance the quality of community
life. Gifts to the Fund for Battle Creek (Unrestricted Fund)
provide increased grantmaking opportunities to address
the broadest range of local needs. All grants are reviewed
and selected by a committee of diverse community
volunteers. If a donor contributes a total of $5,000 or more
to the Fund for Battle Creek, their name is listed each year
in this special section of our Annual Report.
The Battle Creek Community Foundation honors and
recognizes the following individuals for their generosity to
our community as a Fund for Battle Creek Honorary Donor
and expresses our sincere gratitude for your generosity on
behalf of our community!
Judy Ackerman*
Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda*
Lois Brenner*
Charles H. Bridges*
Ora D. Broad*
Fred and Dorothy Buhler
Hobart and Laura Chipman*
Edna Cook*
Ann D. and Robert de S.* Couch
James P. and Rita L. Davis
Leonard W. and Dorotha C. Dott*
Forrest W. Earl*
Tom and Dolores* Feldpausch
Richard Fitzpatrick
Florence Gavney*
GHS Corporation
Herbert H. Hasson*
Stephen and Sue Ann Jessup
Peter M. Kelley
Roy and Beulah Kendall*
Dr. William M. and Helen P. Kirkland*
George and Doris Laimbeer*
Joseph E. and Virginia L. Lonning*
Mildred Machemer*
Paul and Edna McArthur*
Raymond and Olive McCrary*
Hugh McPherson*
Horace and Pat Mechem*
John and Barbara Melangton
Robert B. and Olive Miller*
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Arnold L. and Viola C. Moffat*
Dr. Emory and Mary Morris*
Melva M. Norman*
Gordon E. and Elizabeth S. Peckham
Gerald and Mary Phelps*
Richard G. and Clara D. Phelps*
Louise H. Phillipps*
Harold A. Phillips*
Eva C. Plummer*
Marguerite S. Roll*
Keith M. and Mary L. Schroder*
Nancy Ann Sharp*
James and Betty* Siemers
Margaret E. Smith
Duane and Maralyn Sutfin
Anna Theodore*
Claire D. Townsend*
Sonya A. Trowbridge*
Frances S. Turner*
Roger N. Turner*
Ruard and Mary Clare Vanderploeg*
Donnis M. Walterhouse*
Fred M. Woodruff and Barbara Deo
Woodruff
S. A. Yannitelli, M.D.*
*Deceased
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Urban League Youth Leadership Camp at the
Urbandale Community Vegetable Garden
Jim was 91 when he passed away, but his love of life, community and giving
continues to leave a legacy that touches the lives of Battle Creek residents. Jim joined
the Kellogg Company after graduating from Battle Creek Central High School in 1938.
His keen interest in math, science and mechanical drawing fueled his enthusiasm
for his early work as a young and talented draftsman. In the ‘40s, Jim served his
country valiantly as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. His tour of duty was historic: he
participated in the famous Omaha Beach invasion on D-Day, as well as the grueling
but victorious Battle of the Bulge.
On return to civilian life, Jim resumed his career at the Kellogg Company, working as a designer in the
engineering department, and distinguished himself in many ways, including developing programs in
mechanical training and corporate technical training. After more than 47 years of service to the company,
Jim retired in 1986. Jim was as committed to community as he was to his wife, family, and career. He was past
president of both the Battle Creek Engineers Club and the Battle Creek/Kalamazoo Chapter of the American
Society for Training and Development. He served on the Policy Advisory Board of the Calhoun Area Career Center
for 27 years and as its chairman for three years. He was also the past president of the Great Lakes Chapter of the
Association for the 30th Infantry Division.
Forever dedicated to manufacturing technology, to assist those entering the field, he established the Bettie &
Jim Cox Scholarship Fund at the Battle Creek Community Foundation. Reflecting on the establishment of this
fund, Jim once stated, “It became obvious that many students became motivated and more interested in their
education after they came to the [Calhoun Area Career] Center and started doing hands-on training.” Since
1997, the power of “doing” and the Bettie & Jim Cox Scholarship have provided an incentive for students who are
pursuing a career in manufacturing technology.
Heritage Society
The purpose of the Heritage Society is to identify and thank those who have expressed their intent to provide
a gift in the future by naming the Battle Creek Community Foundation as beneficiary through their estate
planning or other means, and to those who have made a current gift(s) totaling $10,000 or more. To honor
these individuals and recognize their generosity, the Battle Creek Community Foundation established the
“Heritage Society.” The many examples of giving through Heritage Society members may help others find
a way to fulfill their dreams, or the legacy of a lost loved one, through opportunities available within the
The Battle Creek Community Foundation honors and recognizes the following individuals for their generosity
to this community through the Heritage Society program, and wishes to express our sincere gratitude!
Judy Ackerman*
John Craig Allen*
Raymond R. Allen*
Larry and Susan Anderson
Art and Judy Angood
Jerry and Rita Askler
John and Lisa Avery
Kathleen Baker
James and Susan Baldwin
Stan Beckwith and Barbara Beckwith
Barbara J. McLain Behnke*
John F. and Linda K. Behnke
Nancy and Bill* Betts
Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda*
Aline F. Blanc*
Michael W. Boies*
Cassandra L. Book
Melanie LaPeer-Brann and the late
Detective LaVern Brann*
Jim and Pat Brasseur
Lois Brenner*
Charles H. Bridges*
Betsy L. Briere
A. Robert Briere
Ora D. Broad*
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Brown
Robert W.* and Jo M. Buckenberger
Fred and Dorothy Buhler
Carolyn L. Burnett
Jim and Patty Burnham
Manley and Mabel Capron*
Dwight M. and Susan M. Carattini
Ryan Case* (Family and Friends of)
Hobart and Laura Chipman*
Chris and Betty Christ
Carolyn and Peter Christ
Drs. P. Jeffrey and Diane Colquhoun
Edna Cook*
Richard Corey*
Robert L. Coriell*
Ann D. and Robert de S.* Couch
H. James and Bettie J. Cox*
Fred and Sharon Crandal
Roberta H. Cribbs
Jack C. and Phyllis E. Curtis*
Giri R. Dandamudi, M.D.
Harry and Helen Davidson*
Deland and Sharon Davis
Edwin H. Davis, Jr.*
David H.* and Susan S. Day
Ella and John Dean, Jr.*
Sidney V. DeBoer
Helen G. DeVine
Robert and Eleanor DeVries
Bonnie Lou DeYoung and Family
Leonard W. and Dorotha C. Dott*
Edward L. and Joanne M.* Drewno
Samuel and Teresa Durham
Melvin H., Doris A., and Fovette E. Dush*
Forrest W. Earl*
Adelene S. Elliott*
Thomas E. Elliott, M.D.
Tom and Dolores* Feldpausch
Ann Margaret Flanders*
*Deceased
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Roger E. and Patricia A. Fosdick
Louis and Beverly Frey
Florence Gavney*
Sharon K. Gawlak
Greg and Joanne Geise
E. Paul and Lillian Gieser
Fred and Sarah Gillette
Jack and Donna Gray
Dale,* Kathleen, Bryan, and James Griffin
Bob and Norma Hamilton
Marcia T. Harbert
John Harper
Merlin* and Marian Hart
Herbert H. Hasson*
James R.C. and Donna Jean Hazel, Jr.
Joseph J. and Marion L. Hempel*
Harriet C. Henderson*
Margaret L. Hensley*
Virginia M. Hensley
Barb and Jerry Hill
Lois M. Hill*
Charles and Mary* Hines
J. Kline Hobbs*
Donald and Martha Hodder*
Nancy L. Hoeltzel
Marguerite E. Hook*
John and Mary Jane Howard*
Gretchen and Paul Humiston
Brenda L. Hunt
Anne and Dave Hunt
Stephen and Sue Ann Jessup
Lillian A. Jones
Mahesh and Roshan Karamchandani
Paul and Sandy Kehoe
Peter M. Kelley
Roy and Beulah Kendall*
Dave and Liz Kinnisten
Dr. William M. and Helen P. Kirkland*
Doris Klaussen*
Pauline A. Kline
Douglas and Jane (Klopp) Trites
Daniel and Catherine Kunitzer
George and Doris Laimbeer*
William Laimbeer, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. LaMothe
Stanley L. and Anne M. Lemanski*
Cordelia W. Lesiow
Roger and Sue Lewis
Howard M.* and Edith M. List
Joseph E. and Virginia L. Lonning*
David and Catherine Christ Lucas
Ruth L. Lucas*
Margaret Maas*
Mildred Machemer*
Clark Maddox
Mary E. Maley
Russell and Ruth* Mawby
Paul and Edna McArthur*
Raymond and Olive McCrary*
John and Alea McGill
Jim McHale
Helen McKay*
Norma W. McKenzie
Hugh McPherson*
Jim and Mary McQuiston*
Horace and Pat Mechem*
Elaine* and John Melangton
Robert B. and Olive Miller*
Robert B.* and Pattricia E. Miller
Clara L. Miner-Fuller*
Arnold L. and Viola C. Moffat*
Lucile E. Moore*
Dr. Emory and Mary Morris*
Mike and Peggy Mullins* Family
Katherine A. Neeley
Mary L. Nelson
Dr. Ralph D.* and Rev. Audra M. Nickerson
and Deborah K. Nickerson*
Melva M. Norman*
Thomas F.* and Gloria J. Olin
Peter S. and Susan E. Ordway
Carmen V. Osberg*
Marilyn E. Parks
Gordon E. and Elizabeth S. Peckham
Jim and Olive Pessetti
Jerry C. and Janet M. Petersen
Robert T.* and Sandra L. Petersen
Gerald and Mary Phelps*
Richard G. and Clara D. Phelps*
Louise H. Phillipps*
Harold A. Phillips*
Jacqueline Pieper*
Roger and Kim Pitzer
Ann Platusic*
Eva C. Plummer*
Dr. Paul V.* and Evelyn A. Ponitz
Barbara J. Porter
Jean Powers*
Manfred* and Josephine Probol
Philip and Maria Ptacin
Tad and Bonnie Randolph
Marv and Jane Ratner
Leo and Olivia Caroline* Rayl
Walter and Jacqueline Redmond*
Norma J. Reed
Jim Richmond
Gwendolyn A. Roberts*
Jim and Roberta Rocho
Marguerite S. Roll*
Betty M. Root*
Maxwell G. Root*
Georgia M. Rothberg*
Susan E. Rush
Bernice Sackrider*
Keith M. and Mary L. Schroder*
Nancy Ann Sharp*
Aaron* and Mary Shaver
Lou Ann Sherman-Mawby
Jo Ann Shumway
Zon R. Shumway
Joyce A. Sickle
James and Betty* Siemers
George and Veronica Slagle*
Margaret E. Smith
Ronald S. and Linda V. Sootsman
Luella Sovern
Theodore E. Sovern
Ethel Sterling*
John and Patti Stetler
Marion P. Stetler*
Joseph M. and Clara J. Stewart
Mark and Susan Stuart
William G. and Marion E. Stuckle*
Burrel and Deanna Stults
Herbert and Clara* Swafford
Richard and Geraldine Taylor
Shelvy and Gertrude Tedrow*
Anna Theodore*
Maxi and Don Thomason
Charles A. Tornabene*
Michael J. and Kathleen M. Toth
Sonya A. Trowbridge*
Frances S. Turner*
Arnold and Margaret Van Zanten*
C. Glen Walter and Edite B. Walter, M.D.
Donnis M. Walterhouse*
Carolyn J. Warner
Howard J. Westrick
Jake Westrick*
Leonard L. White*
Glenn and June Williams*
Kattie M. Williams*
Norman and Helen Williamson*
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson
Bob and Nan Windsor
Sherwood B. and Constance G. Winslow*
William P. and Frances H. Winslow
George U. and Susan D. Wise
Faith E. Wood*
Lionel E. and Rynilda M. “Muzzie”* Wood
Fred M. Woodruff and Barbara Deo Woodruff
S. A. Yannitelli, M.D.*
Santo* and Maria Zanetti
Mark Zanotti
Dr. Roman Zaplitny* and Dr. Sophie Zaplitny
Thomas R. Zelinsky*
ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
HERITAGE SOCIETY MEMBERS
Lynwood and Adele Alverson
William and Annette Bornor
Paul and Shirley Frederick
Nicholas and Rose Offenbacher*
Domenick and Grazia Pontoni* Scholarship Fund
Eladio R. and Judy M. Ramirez
Mark and Susan Stuart
HOMER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
HERITAGE SOCIETY MEMBERS
Lawrence and Ruth Crandall
Doris Folk*
Richard Folk
Richard and Janet Folk
Arthur Keillor
Grace Falconer Kleis
Chris and JoAnne Miller
Patrick R. and Deborah L. Miller
George and Betty* Petredean
Paul and Maurine Sinclair*
Ruth R. Smith
David and Donna* Swope
Stanley J. and Judith L. Swope
Memorials
April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011
For more than three decades, the Battle Creek Community Foundation has been helping families and friends honor the lives of those who have passed away with memorial
options designed to fit every need, every family, and every life. With loss, family and friends feel the need to carry on the legacy or tribute to the loved one. Maybe your loved one
always wanted something changed in the community…maybe that person had a strong passion for a certain area of interest or program…maybe that person never received
recognition for an accomplishment(s) in their lifetime. A memorial gift is a special way to honor your loved one – year after year – and at the same time, do good things in the
community in their name. When a gift is made to an endowment fund in memory of an individual, a card is sent by the Community Foundation to the family of the deceased,
indicating that a gift has been made in their memory.
We remember the following individuals who were recognized through thoughtful memorial gifts to the Community Foundation this past fiscal year:
Tributes
Kattie Mae Williams 1939-2011
Kattie’s dedication and
commitment to the
community was well
known throughout Battle
Creek. Her devotion to St.
Phillip Catholic Church was
evident by her willingness
to volunteer wherever
she was needed, from
ushering Mass, to helping
with mailings for the
church, assisting with senior ministries and working in
the thrift shop. She also volunteered at the Humane
Society-Calhoun Area and Binder Park Zoo. Kattie was a
jeweled Ambassador and Heritage Society Member at
the Battle Creek Community Foundation, where in 2006,
she established the Williams-Richardson Endowment
Fund for Money Management to provide resources for
individuals needing financial education.
Kattie began her career while in high school, working
as a co-op student for Michigan Bell, and retired in 1989
from AT&T. She enjoyed, photography, cooking soul food,
attending local baseball games and listening to music at
the Farmer’s Market in downtown Battle Creek with her
best friends, Norma Reed, and her dog, Peppe. Kattie’s
heart was as big as her smile and she will be greatly
missed by all who knew her.
Donald Bartlett Pope 1914-2011
A dedicated volunteer, Don
served his community well. In
addition to his 34years on the
Pennfield School Board, he was
a lifetime member of the Battle
Creek Host Lions Club, faithful
member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, an active member
of the Nottowa Trails Boy
Scout Council, the YMCA , the
Southwest Michigan Council on
Aging, and a volunteer for the Battle Creek Community
Foundation. Don was an athlete and jogging enthusiast,
and often placed first in his age group while running in
10K races. At the age of 95, he set the world record for
swimming the 200 meter back stroke.
Know as a Master Gardener, Don’s friends and family
appreciated his ability to grow and harvest the very best
tomatoes and gladiolas, which he graciously shared.
He was also a proud volunteer at the Leila Arboretum.
When his wife of 66 years, Evelyn Louise Pope, passed
away in 2007, Don established the Leila Arboretum
Society/Donald & Evelyn Pope Fund at the Battle Creek
Don moved his family to Battle Creek in 1953, and was
the plant manager for Sullivan Milk Products until 1969,
when he was hired as a microbiologist for the Kellogg
Company, retiring in 1980. A devoted father of two, Don
was particularly proud of his 10 grandchildren, who
lovingly share stories of working the garden with him as
well as the many core values he instilled in them.
Carlton Allwardt
Allan B. Anderson
Roland E. Anderson, WWII
Robert Andrews
Ronald J. Angus
Jimmy Arnold
Corporal Arthur, U.S.M.C.
Avenue of Flags
Keith Baker
Eleanor F. Beary
Charles Bell
Burr Bevier
Joan M. Bibbings
Nancie A. Bigler
John G. Bilecke
Harold Mark Bird
Sharon E. Blankenburg
Richard P. Bloch
Charlotte G. Boven
Bob Boyer
Daniel Bradstreet
Herbert W. Breitbach
Darle I. Brundage
Carlton Bur
Donald James Butler
George Bykowski
Marilyn Canfield
Lloyd Chaddock, U.S.N., POW
Charles Chapman
Eddie Charameda
Lewis Charles
Scott A. Chimner
Jackson D. Clay
Michael Cloyd
Richard F. Colburn, U.S.A.F.
Walter Cole, WWII
Bonnie L. Colquhoun
James B. Cook
Antonie Cooper
Richard D. Cox
Charles F. Crumpton
Mary Cummings
Carl Cummins
Jon Cutsinger
Rick Cutsinger
Tony Darnell, WWI
Lt. Col. Deland H. Davis (Air Force)
Ralph Davis, WWII
Ralph L. Deal
Worthington DeBoer, U.S.A.F., WWII
Leona Mae DeMaso
Lawrence DeBow
Sgt. Leland DeMond, Co. A. 119th
Bernard DeYoung
Marvin H. DeYoung, WWII
Edward G. Dietrich, WWII
Roger H. Dillenbeck
James Diver
Riley A. Doubleday
Brian Lee Doyle
Clyde Dunham
Fovette E. Dush
Dale Easter
Gail Easter
Billie Elliot
Frank Elliot
George E. Ellis
Mary F. Fausey
Delores Feldpausch
Thomas G. Fliearman
Thersa Irene Wood Fransisco
Lawrence Frantz
Lt. John Frazier, U.S.A.F., M.I.A.
Robert French
Edwin Friedel, WWII
Harold Fry
Harold Furlong, M.D.
Frances T. Futrell
Herbert R. Futrell
Peter Futymoski
Betty Futymoski
Merlin C. Gackley, WWII
Jack Garnes
Herbert Gertz, WWII
Robert D. Gifford
Gerald Good
William Good, KIA
Robert F. Graves, WWII
Rosamund Greene
Dale Griffin
Jack Griffin
Colonel Edwin W. Hakala, U.S.M.C.
Rex Edward Hall
Melvin Hanna
Lester Harrison, WWI
Allan E. (Trip) Haywood, III
Arthur H. Heilman
Russell Hein
Marlene Henson
Sgt. Albert L. Heyduck, WWII
Gordon Hix, WWI
Royce Hix, WWI
James F. Hixon, U.S. Army
Harden Hoffman
Jack Hoffman
Donna (Dee Dee) Mae Hookway
Robert M. Howes
Bernard A. Hudson
Mary E. Hudson
Virginia M. Hunt
In Dedication to Those Who Served
Our Great Nation
In Memory of all Veterans
In Memory of those Who Served
Brad Jackson
Robert Jackson
Jack Jackston
Kieffer G. Johnson
Lonnie K. Jones
William L. Josephsen
Emil Justian, WWII, Purple Heart
Jack Karel
George G. Keane, WWI
Erik P. Kehoe
P.F.C. James F. Kinglsey
Roy F. Kline, PS4, Korea, U.S. Army
William Knapp
Herbert A. Koerner
Lloyd C. Kraft
Walter Kreiter
Hedwig M. Kunda
Darrien Ahmad LaGrand
Stuart Allan Lassen
Norman F. Lawrence
Anne M. Lemanski
Stanley L. Lemanski
Andrew Lepper
Thomas H. Lightbody
Walter J. Loughlin
Captain Stanley T. Lowe (Army
Medical Corps)
James Luplow
Susan Luplow
Jimmy D. Lusk
Jon Mackinder
Richard Lee Mackinder, Sr.
Bart Maddix
George G. Mallinson
Sarah A. Marcy
Joseph R. Marshall
Max Martens
Don Matrone
Sgt. Anthony Matteoni
S. Carroll Maylath
Kimberly McBain
Col. Donald K. McClure, U.S.A.F.
Retired
David McDil
Ronald Lee McGinnis
Eugene McKay, Jr.
Bernice McKinney
Mary Elizabeth McQuiston
Herman Medema
Ron Mell
Wilovene Miller
Kenneth E. Mohl
Peggy Mrozinski
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mullins
Justin Mureika
Peter Mureika
William Murphy, Korean War
Roland Myers
Rob Nendorf
Never Forgotten
Francis P. Noteboom
James M. O’Leary, Army, WWII
Floyd C. Oglesby
Jon R. Olson
William H. Osterman, Army, WWII
Wilma Jean Osterman
James H. Padgett
Roberta Palmer
Joanne Parker
Helmut Petrich
Kathy Petrich
Sgt. John W. Phelps
Raymond R. Pick, Korea
Richard Ploof
Carl Price
Jack Price
James Price
Ray Price
Manfred (Fred) Probol
Emma Pugh
Robert Rabbitt
Phyllis M. Radike
Margaret A. Randall
Jack A. Reynolds
Glenn Robbins
Dr. Charles L. Roberts
Lloyd G. Robins, WWII, Korea and
Vietnam
Daryl D. Roche
Delores Roche
Jacob M. Roller
Aloysius Rosochacki, Army, WWII
Harold Sanford
Harry G. Schau
Marinus Schipper
Mari Schmidt
Anne Schwartz
Earl P. Seilheimer
Jean Serota
John Michael Shaw, U.S.N.
John R. Shaw
Orval G. Shepler
Richard F. Shields
James A. Shouldice
Cpl. Thomas Clifton Simpson, U.S.
Army, Korea
Margaret Skidmore
Willie Skinner
Charles Slauson
William R. Smetana
Arthur Smith
Dwain Smith
Joanne Smith
Roger Jacob Smith
Gerald Sompels
Jim Stanfield
Kristin D. Stange
E.M.C. Clifford F. Stier
Betty Stoothoff
William Strough
Hilda Sundberg
E. James Swan
Ruth E. Swan
Lamar Sykes
Ira Thorburn, WWII
Those Who Have Lost Their Lives
Fighting for Our Freedom and
Liberties
Jack Traut
Lillian Traut
Stanley J. Troyan
George J. Trusock
John D. Vaira
Richard Van Nortwick
Harold E. Van Werden
Charles Vander Ven
William Vander Ven
Mary VanWinkle
Andrew Ver Hage
John Ver Hage
Veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam
Gabriel James Walling
Richard F. Whitmore
F. Ray Wigner
Floyd Robert Wilber
Gary F. Williams
Glennerose Willoughby
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wisser, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Wright
Theda Yarnell
Donna M. Yaudes
Robert M. Yaudes
Marjorie Yurk
Andrew T. Zanetti
Roman Zaplitny, M.D.
Edward Zbiciak
Phyllis Zbiciak
Dr. Bertram Zheutlin
ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION MEMORIALS
Elizabeth (Susie) Bornor
Albert (Bud) Brunner
Hudean Burk
C. Lenore Fuller
Sarah Foulkes
James “Jimmy” A. Hansen
Tom Hardy
George Irons
Shirley Mitchell
Mary K. Mohley
Dennis Oberlin
Leila E. Osgood
Helen Louise Smith
Art Szarajko
Maxine Turner
David Tuttle
HOMER AREA COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION MEMORIALS
Aaron Acker
Raymond Amsler
Carol Bartholic
Frank Bartholic
Bess Blair
Maude Blair
Marilyn Douglas
Elsie Dye
Maurice Dye
Bernita Edgerton
Ruth Hamilton
Clayton A. Hopp
Glen Horton
Paul Keifer
Eilene Ladd
Judy Smith Nichols
Ben Rockwell
Elsie Rockwell
Betty Shorkey
Bob Smith
Robert L. Smith
Donna Stacy
Donna Swope
Phil Taylor
Kay Vanderford
Fred Vanderlip
Rose Vanderlip
Mary E. Wildt
Maurie Wildt
Louise Leach Williams
Ben Wilson
Mildred Wilson
Frances Yeck
Lorene Yost
Remember Our Children Fund
“For the child much missed who lives always in me,
for the children, our future, who need us to care.”
-Anonymous
April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011
The Remember Our Children Fund was established to be used as a memorial fund for those who lose a child or other
loved one. By “other loved one,” we mean that everyone is somebody’s child regardless of their age. Anyone may
contribute to this fund in memory of a loved one to have their name included in the ongoing tribute. Any time
individuals contribute to this fund in memory of a child (or other loved one), the child’s name will be included in this
ongoing tribute in memory of the lives of these beloved children of our community. Honorary gifts to this fund will
also be included in this ongoing tribute.
This fund has been established to support programs that promote healthy character development in children, focus
on preventing youth violence, promote safe and healthy environments, and develop personal and interpersonal skills
that children need for success.
We remember the following individuals with love in this ongoing tribute in their memory:
Michael Q. Allen
Matt Andrews
Kevin Belden
Angela Nicole Booy
Crystal S. Bowman
Horace Buckner
Daniel Owen Cinzori
Allyson S. Craft
Dana Todd Earl
Andrew Scott Evans
Tyler J. Fox
Sarah M. Hager
Leon E. Hooten, Jr.
Leon E. Hooten, Sr.
Leon E. Hooten, III
Lucia Anna DiBenedetto Hooten
Jennifer Jacobs
Christopher L. Juhnke
Andrew R. Lepper
Laurie Marie Hooten Nelson
Mercedes Sprague
Page Sprague
Kristin DeAnne Stange
Betty Sue Stanley
Gabrielle S.M. Towery Gutman
Eric M. Towery
Jim Upston
We remember the following individuals with love in this ongoing tribute in their honor:
Friends and family who shared in Jaime and Matt Merlington’s wedding day, August 23, 2008
In honor of the late Kristin DeAnne Stange for her birthday, March 4th.
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Funds Held
BUILDING A
Community Project Funds
vibrant
COMMUNITY
Fort Custer National Cemetery
Community Project Funds are nonendowed funds held at the Battle Creek Community Foundation for various projects,
groups, and organizations within the Battle Creek area. They provide an important opportunity for BCCF to offer service and
leadership to the community. These funds present large variations in size, activity level, fee structure, and longevity.
Adam and Eve Fountain of Hope Community Project Fund
Adult Education Assistance Community Project Fund
Alano Club of Battle Creek Community Project Fund
Arts and Culture Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Chamber Foundation – Collective Leadership for
Community Change Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Chamber Foundation – Self Employment Program
Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Chamber Foundation – Silent Observer Community
Project Fund
Battle Creek Civic Theatre Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Arts and Culture Operating Fund
Battle Creek Community Prayer Breakfast Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Disc Golf Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Diversity Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Festivals “Int. Summer Fest” Community Project Fund***
Battle Creek Festivals “Cereal” Community Project Fund***
Battle Creek Festivals Community Project Fund
Battle Creek LULAC Project Fund
Battle Creek Skate Park Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Sports Promotion Economic Development Community
Project Fund
Bedford Fire Department Community Project Fund
Brass Band of Battle Creek Community Project Fund
Bridges to Cultural Understanding Alliance Community Project Fund
Burnham Brook Billiards Club Community Project Fund***
Burnham Brook Center – Facilities Title Holding Company)
Burnham Brook Community Center Program and Activities
Community Project Fund***
Burnham Brook Dance Club Community Project Fund***
Burnham Brook Golf League Community Project Fund***
Burnham Brook Singers Club Community Project Fund***
Burnham Brook Woodshop Club Community Project Fund***
Calhoun County Community Foundation Alliance Community
Project Fund
Calhoun County Fire Prevention Week Program Fund
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association Community Project Fund
Climate Change Coalition of Battle Creek Community Project Fund
Community Center Access Community Project Fund
Court Kids Community Project Fund
Dental Needs Community Project Fund
Discover Your Talent Community Project Fund***
Doty Native Flower Garden Association Community Project Fund
Downtown Residential Housing Community Project Fund
Downtown Youth Internship and Engagement Community
Project Fund***
Easy Accessibility Community Project Fund
Educational Success Community Project Fund***
Elementary Enrichment Community Project Fund***
Emmett Township Fire Department Auxiliary Community Project Fund
Employer Collaborative Community Project Fund
Endless Envelope Community Project Fund
Expert in Residence Fund
Fairgrounds Transition Fund***
Fallen Officers Memorial Fund
Families for Peace Community Project Fund
Federal Funding Opportunities Community Project Fund
Fiduciary Services Community Project Fund
Fine Arts Special Assistance Community Project Fund
First Tee of Battle Creek Community Project Fund
Fort Custer National Cemetery Community Project Fund
Freedom School Community Project Fund
Future Leaders Award Community Project Fund
Gear Up Community Project Fund
Get a Museum for Battle Creek Area Community Project Fund
God’s Kitchen – Battle Creek Community Project Fund***
Hart’s Lake Conservation Community Project Fund
Hayley’s Ride Foundation Community Project Fund
Hazel Special Assistance Fund
Health Care Leadership Forum Fund
Health Community Project Fund
Healthy Lifestyles Community Project Fund***
Healthy Neighborhoods Community Project Fund***
Healthy Neighborhoods in Schools Fund – WKKF Community
Project Fund***
Heritage Battle Creek – Programming Community Project Fund
Heritage Battle Creek-Rebecca Shelly Community Project Fund
Roberta Hettinger Fund
J. Kline Hobbs Access to the Arts Community Project Fund***
Homeless Coalition of Greater Battle Creek and Calhoun County
Community Project Fund
I Have a Dream Foundation Community Project Fund
Inspiration Fund - WKKF Community Project Fund***
International Festival of Lights Community Project Fund
Keiffer G. Johnson Memorial Fund***
KMA Community Project Fund
Joanne J. Konkle Community Project Fund – Calhoun County
Medical Care Facility
Lakeview Lions Club Community Project Fund
Latino/Hispanic Community Project Fund
Legacy Scholars Community Project Fund
Legacy Scholars KCC Supporting Organization Fund***
Legacy Scholars Supporting Organization Fund***
Little Ninja’s KMA Community Project Fund
Livable Communities Project Fund
Stacy Livingston Live Love Laugh Foundation Community
Project Fund***
LUPUS Community Project Fund
Maternal and Infant Health Education Community Project Fund
Maternal Advocate Program
Merritt Commons Community Project Fund
Michigan College Access Network Community Project Fund
Robert Miller Jr. Parkinson’s Memorial Fund***
Julia V. Milner Park Fund
Mobile Fresh Food Community Project Fund
NAACP Community Project Fund
National Center for Food Protection – WKKF Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Franklin Site Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Lakeview Site Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Mt. Zion Site Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Northeast Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Shared Expenses Community Project Fund
Neighborhood Food Pantry – Urbandale Site Community Project Fund
Nonprofit Accountability Fund
NorthPointe Woods Scholarship Fund
The Others Community Project Fund***
Pooled Capacity Building Fund
Postum Club Community Project Fund
Professional Development (Staff and Volunteer) Community
Project Fund
Project 20/20 Community Project Fund
Project Hope Community Project Fund
Project Team Up Community Project Fund
Promoting Excellent Nursing Care for Elders (PENCE) in Calhoun
County Coalition Community Project Fund
Regional Health Alliance – School Based Wellness Community
Project Fund
Resources for Youth Community Project Fund
River Legacy Project Fund***
Rose Community Project Fund***
Safety Net Fund for the Battle Creek Community Project Fund
Safety Net Fund – WKKF Community Project Fund
Seeds of Growth Fund
Sojourner Truth Administration Fund
Sojourner Truth Memorial Community Project Fund***
Southwest Michigan Boy Scout 2010 National Jamboree
Assistance Fund
Southwest Michigan Youth Community Project Fund
Spanish American Association Community Project Fund
Spring Grove Hills Neighborhood Community Project Fund
Strive Program Community Project Fund
Summer Educational Scholarships Community Project Fund
Superior Women’s Community Project Fund
Support a Dream Community Project Fund
Symbiosis Community Project Fund***
UBUNTU Community Project Fund
Urban League Young Professionals Group Fund
Volunteer Community Kitchen Project Fund
Chris Wigent School Wellness Program Community Project Fund
Women in National Defense Special Project Fund
Women of Worth/Successful Students Community Project Fund
Woodland Park and Nature Preserve General Support Fund
YAC Service Community Project Fund
Yellow Ribbon Community Project Fund
Youth Build Battle Creek Administrative Support Community
Project Fund
Youth Build Community Support Community Project Fund
Youth on Boards Training Community Project Fund
Field of Interest Funds
These funds provide permanent support for a specific field of interest where funds are not committed to a particular
organization. You may choose to support a specific area such as the arts, education, health, human services, or other. A
volunteer committee then makes grants to the most appropriate programs and organizations serving this area.
George, Roberta, and Shari Adams Fund for Special Education
Teachers
American Business Women’s Association Unity Chapter
Education Fund
Ann J. Kellogg School/Lincoln School Graduates Life Enhancement
Education Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Adult Education
Scholarship Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Children’s Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Education Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Fund for Battle Creek
Battle Creek Community Foundation Health Fund
Battle Creek Community Foundation Trustee Fund
Ora and Norman Broad Fund
Randall E. Brock Recognition Fund
Buhler Children’s Fund
Manley and Mabel Loomis Capron Fund
Peter J. Christ Leadership Fund
Susan S. and David H. Day Youth Leadership Fund
Melvin H., Doris A., and Fovette E. Dush Education Fund***
Melvin H., Doris A., and Fovette E. Dush Health Fund***
Douglas R. Ewing Memorial Fund for TTP Awareness
Families Against Murder/For Equal Justice (F.A.M.E.) Fund
Oscar H. and Hazel Frey Flanders Fund
Fort Custer Honor Guard Council Endowment Fund to Honor
Military Veteran
Norman Frazier Memorial Fund
Robert and Nadine Gifford Educational Fund
Dale G. Griffin Ride for Life Fund
Joseph J. and Marion L. Hempel Fund
Margaret and Virginia Hensley Fund
Heritage Center Foundation Fund
Doris Klaussen Special Education Fund
Michael Labadie Music Fund
Legacy Scholars Program Fund
Hunter Ty Lesiow Memorial Fund
Michigan Society for Mental Health, Calhoun County Chapter Fund
Robert B. Miller Sr. Leadership Fund
Helen Montgomery Musician Fund
Kimmy Newberry Memorial Fund
Paul Nicolich Harper Creek Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Richard S. (Clair) Poole Fund
Porter Fund
Walt and Jackie Redmond Education Fund
William and Nancy Richardson Community Fund
Charles E. and Mary H. Richmond Memorial Fund
Sherriff Fund
Luella M. Sovern Endowment Fund
Substance Abuse Treatment Fund
Jimmie Carpentier-Taylor Memorial Fund
Shelvy and Gertrude Tedrow Fund
Anna Theodore and Mary Theodore Memorial Fund
Leonard L. White Educational Fund
Sherwood B. Winslow, M.D. Distinguished Lectureship Fund
Woodland Park and Nature Preserve Endowment Fund
Donor Advised Funds
A Donor Advised Fund is for those who would like
to establish a fund with the Battle Creek Community
Foundation and want to make suggestions from time
to time on distributions. Through a Donor Advised
Fund, you can have an active hand in your charitable
giving, as well as suggest which organizations should
be supported, such as your high school or college,
church, or other favorite charity. Many donors
send out several donations throughout the year to
different charities of their choice. Having a donor
advised fund takes the burden off the donor, as the
Community Foundation completes all due diligence
regarding review of the charitable need and sending
the grant. This type of fund is a great way to stay
involved in the use of your gift!
Angelcheeks Foundation Fund
Arnesby – Mawby Fund
Jerry and Rita Askler Fund
Avery Family Fund
Battle Creek Museum Fund
Michael W. Boies Memorial Fund
Angela Nicole Booy Memorial Fund
Buckenberger Opportunity Fund
Buhler Fund
The Buikema/Oursler Charitable Partners Fund
Gordon F. Burrows Memorial Fund
Boya G. Byelich Fund
Carattini Scholarship Program
Ryan Case Memorial Fund for Assistance to Families of Critically Ill Children
Fund for Children’s Dreams
Chris and Betty Christ Family Fund
Ellen and Teri Christ Memorial Fund
Colon and Rectal Surgery Center Medical Fund
Dandamudi Family Fund
Robert and Eleanor DeVries Fund for the Visual and Performing Arts
Verne and Bonnie DeYoung Family Fund
Lokeswara R., Asajyothi, Anusha, and Nithin V. Edara Family Fund
Dave and Sue Eddy Community Fund
Farley Estes Dowdle Fund
Gieser Family Fund
James R.C. and Donna Jean Hazel, Jr. Community Fund
Juliee T. Hazel Norman Fund
The Hembroff-Formsma Family Fund
Margaret L. and Virginia M. Hensley Fund
Barbara Knapp Hill and Jerry L. Hill Fund
Gretchen B. and Paul A. Humiston, Jr. Fund
Anne and Dave Hunt Fund
Hunter Fund
J.E.C.K.S. Fund
Louis N. and Leona I. Jones “Ritzee” Fund
Mahesh and Roshan Karamchandani Family Fund
Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund
B. and J. Kirkwood Fund
Kiwanis Arts Fund
Andrew R. Lepper Memorial Fund
Mawby Family Fund
John and Alea McGill Fund
Meyer’s Toy World Fund
Donald and Gloria Miller Fund
Mission Eyes Foundation of Southwest Michigan Fund
L.M. “Mike” Mullins Memorial Fund
Ralph D. & Audra M. Nickerson Fund
Thomas F. Olin Family Foundation Fund
Susan and Peter Ordway Fund
Carol M. Ott Memorial Fund
Marilyn E. Parks Fund
Proteas Fund
J. Chris Schweitzer Foundation Fund
Segal Family Foundation Fund
James E. Sherman Family Fund
Jo Ann Shumway Fund
Zon R. Shumway Fund
Stanley L. and Vivian E. Skidmore Memorial Fun
Stetler-Piper-Vanderveer Family Fund
Joe Stewart-WKKF Trustee Fund
Tami Joy Enterprises Fund
Frances Thornton Historical Society Fund
Sonya Trowbridge Memorial Fund
Tsoumas Initiatives Fund
Walker Family Fund
Ruth Rowena Whitaker Fund
Donald R. and Barbara H. Wilson Fund
Bob and Nan Windsor Fund
Nathan and Gloria Zanotti Family Fund
Field of Interest Funds (advised)
These funds provide permanent support for a specific field of interest where funds are not committed to a particular organization. You may choose to support a specific area
such as the arts, education, health, human services, or other area. The Selection Committee for the “Advised” funds consists of the donors and/or others the donors choose to
serve on the selection committee. The committee awards grants to programs or organizations serving the chosen area of interest.
Francis “Jim” Ackley Fund
Amanda Fund
Battle Creek Growth Fund
Battle Creek Rotary Club Educational Fund
Dominic C. Brown Fund for Early Suicide Prevention (ESP)
Clifton V. Bullock Minority Education Fund
Calhoun County Cancer Control Coalition (5C)
Endowment Fund***
Cates Family Education Endowment Fund
Child Abuse Prevention Endowment Fund for Calhoun County
Cultural Arts Fund
Staff Sgt. Michael Dickinson II Memorial Fund
Dreams of Children Endowment Fund
Peter R. Ellis Youth Fund
Emergency Medical Services Fund, Battle Creek Area
Rev. William Files Male Scholars Program
Friends of Norine Fund
Fulfilling a Dream Fund
Generation Next Fund
Glenn Cross Arts and Infrastructure Fund
***Denotes new funds established between April 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011
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Greater Battle Creek Homeless Coalition Fund
Thelma Greer City Tree Fund
Robert E. and Norma C. Hamilton Memorial Fund
Health Department Community Fund
Jean Krohn Education Fund***
Darrien Ahmad LaGrand Memorial Scholarship Fund for the
Music Center of South Central Michigan***
William E. and Patricia A. LaMothe Educational Fund
Legacy Scholars Student Success Endowment Fund
Peggy Sofia Mrozinski Memorial Youth Fund
Deborah K. Nickerson Memorial Fund for Breast Cancer
Optimist Club of Battle Creek Memorial Youth Fund
Robert N. Ostrander Fund for Pennfield Cub Scout Pack 328
and Boy Scout Troop 374
Kenneth B. and Mary L. Puls Family Fund
Remember Our Children Fund
Jacob M. Roller Fund
Cindy S. Ruble Educational Endowment Fund***
Mary H. Ruth Memorial Fund
Randy Sanger Memorial Fund
Charles H. Slauson Memorial Fund***
David A. Smith Memorial Fund
William G. and Marion E. Stuckle Fund
Pat Tornabene Education Fund
Jack and Lillian Traut Youth Fund
Chris and Myrtle Tucker Memorial Fund
Martin J. “Marty” Wendt Memorial Fund
Sgt. Gary F. Williams Memorial Law Enforcement
Program Fund
Williams-Richardson Fund for Money Management
Organizational Endowment Funds
The Community Foundation offers Organizational Endowment Funds, in which it holds and manages assets for charitable organizations. Local organizations can
support their long-term objectives by creating an Organizational Endowment Fund with the Battle Creek Community Foundation.
AccessVision Fund
Alano Club of Battle Creek Endowment Fund
Altrusa Day Nursery, Inc. Fund
Alzheimer’s Association Fund
Arc of Calhoun County Fund
Art Center of Battle Creek Fund
Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center Fund
Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls’ Chorus Fund
Battle Creek Brass Band Fund
Battle Creek Child Guidance Clinic Fund
Battle Creek Christian School Fund
Battle Creek Civic Theatre Fund
Battle Creek Community Chorus Fund
Battle Creek Historical Society Fund
Battle Creek Host Lions Club Fund
Battle Creek Memorial Park Association Endowment
Fund
Battle Creek Morning Musical Club Youth Division
Fund
Battle Creek Symphony Gould Memorial Fund
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra Fund
Battle Creek Youth Orchestra Fund
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Fund
Edward J. and Doris B. Geise/Binder Park Zoo Fund
Boy Scouts of America – Southwest Michigan
Council Fund
Boys and Girls Club of Battle Creek Fund
Burnham Brook Community Center Title Holding
Corporation Endowment Fund
Calhoun Christian School Scholarship Fund
Calhoun County Chapter/American Red Cross Fund
Catholic Vocation Fund
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Fund
Cheff Center for the Handicapped Fund
Maida Schwarzkopf Civic Theatre Fund
Community Inclusive Recreation Fund
Dexter Lake Church of God Fund
Doty Native Flower Garden Association Fund
Emily Andrus Home Fund
Family and Children Services Endowment Fund
Family Health Center of Battle Creek Fund
First Presbyterian Church Fund
Food Bank of South Central Michigan Fund
Fort Custer National Cemetery Fund
Glowing Embers Girl Scout Council Fund
Good Samaritan Hospice Fund
Goodwill Capital Fund
Guardian Finance and Advocacy Services Fund
Habitat for Humanity Fund
Haven of Rest Ministries, Inc. Endowment Fund***
Healthy Community Activity Group Endowment Fund
Humane Society-Calhoun Area P.E.T.S. Fund
Junior Achievement Fund
Junior League of Battle Creek Fund
Junior Theatre/Mary McQuiston Fund
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Autism Society Fund
Kambly School Fund
Kingman Museum Collections Fund
Kingman Museum of Natural History Fund
Lakeside Treatment and Learning Center Fund
Larry Anderson EMS Improvement and Technology
Fund
Leila Arboretum Society Fund
Marian E. Burch Adult Day Care and Rehab Fund
Ruth E. Mawby Memorial Garden Fund
The Mentoring Fund
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Fund
Michigan Youth Livestock Scholarship Fund
Music Center of South Central Michigan Fund
NorthPointe Woods Fund
Nursing Clinic of Battle Creek Fund
Operation Grad Mentorship Program Fund
Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan
Education Fund
Redemption Lutheran Church Fund
Region 3B Area Agency on Aging Endowment Fund
Patricia A. Root Clothes for Kids Fund
Rotary Club of Battle Creek Fund
S.A.F.E. Place Fund
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center Fund
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center Leadership
Fund
Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center
Endowment Fund***
St. Peter Lutheran Church Fund
St. Thomas Fund
Substance Abuse Council of Greater Battle Creek Fund
Substance Abuse Council – Rehab Fund
Visiting Nurse Services of Southern Michigan Fund
Volunteer Center of Battle Creek –Romney Fund
Willard Library Fund
Woman’s Co-op Endowment Fund
Y Center of Battle Creek Fund
Yorkville Community Church General Endowment
Fund
Organizational Endowment Funds – Named
An individual can help support a local charitable organization of their choice by establishing an organizational fund that is managed by the Battle Creek Community
Foundation. This type of fund will support the long-term objectives of the organization and allows the donor’s name to be attached to the name of the fund.
American Red Cross – Calhoun County Chapter/
Bernice Sackrider Volunteer Forum Fund
American Red Cross – Calhoun County Chapter/Betty
Beese Safety Service Training Fund
American Red Cross – Calhoun County Chapter/
Charlie Hines-Don Thomason Executive Director
Fund
American Red Cross – Calhoun County Chapter/Mjr.
Helen B. Hollins Volunteer Nurses Fund
Arts and Industry Council/Richard G. and Clara D.
Phelps Fund
Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools/Dr. Gordon E. and
Elizabeth S. Peckham Fund
Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools/Joseph F., Vincent
E., Paul L. Bauman and Sister Marianelle Bauman,
I.H.M. Memorial Fund
Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center/
Harold Greene Fund
Battle Creek Family YMCA/McPherson Fund
Battle Creek Family YMCA/Robert B. Miller Fund
Battle Creek Symphony/Binda Fund
Battle Creek Symphony/Ethel C. Sterling Fund
Battle Creek Symphony/Lonning Fund
Battle Creek Symphony/Robert B. Miller Fund
Battle Creek Symphony/Slagle Fund
Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc./Gretchen B. and
Paul A. Humiston, Jr. Fund
Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc./Keith M. and Mary
L. Schroder Fund
Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc./Lonning Fund
Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc./Robert B. Miller
Fund
Brass Band of Battle Creek Endowed Chair Fund/Dr.
Waldo E. Frankenstein
Brass Band of Battle Creek Endowed Chair Fund/
Marilyn Frankenstein
Burnham Brook Community Center/Preston and
Marge Kool Scholarship Fund
Calhoun County Medical Care Facility/Fern F. Robinson
Memorial Fund
First Congregational Church Fund/Robert B. Miller
Fund
First Congregational Church/ The McKay Fund
First Congregational Church/James H. and Betty J.
Siemers Endowment Fund
First Congregational Church/Leonard W. Dott and
Dorotha C. Dott Memorial Fund
First Presbyterian Church/Robert L. Coriell Memorial
Fund
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan/McPherson Fund
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan’s Heartland/
Richard G. and Clara D. Phelps Fund
HandsOn Battle Creek/Doris B. Laimbeer Fund
Heritage Battle Creek/Pioneer Homestead
Endowment Fund
Heritage Battle Creek/Robert B. Miller Fund
Humane Society of South Central Michigan/Olivia
Caroline Rayl Fund
Humane Society of South Central Michigan/Robert
B. Miller Fund
Humane Society of South Central Michigan/Robert L.
Coriell Memorial Fund
International Youth Foundation/Arnold G. Langbo
Fund
Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan/Thomas
F. and Gloria J. Olin and Peter and Susan Ordway
Fund
Kellogg Community College/Leonard W. Dott and
Dorotha C. Dott Memorial Fund
Kellogg Community College/McPherson Fund
Leila Arboretum Society/Donald and Evelyn Pope
Fund
LifeCare Ambulance Service/Anderson Fund
The Music Center/Gretchen B. and Paul A. Humiston,
Jr. Fund
The Music Center/Lois Hill and Anna Redden Fund
The Music Center/Mildred R. DeBoer Memorial Fund
The Music Center/Orville E. Strang Fund for the
Community Chorus
Rotary Club of Battle Creek/McPherson Fund
Salvation Army/Melvin H., Doris A., and Fovette E.
Dush Fund
Shriner’s Children Hospital/Melvin H., Doris A., and
Fovette E. Dush Fund
Southwest Michigan Council-Boy Scouts of America/
Cathy Heinonen Fund
BCCF Ambassador Program
For years, the Battle Creek Community Foundation was known as the community’s “Best Kept Secret.” The
Ambassador Program was implemented to help spread the word about the special opportunities available at
the Community Foundation. An Ambassador is one who spreads the word about the Battle Creek Community
Foundation – in their own environment, at their own pace, and at a level in which they are comfortable.
Currently, there are more than 300 individuals participating in the Ambassador Program.
Becoming an Ambassador is easy: attend two trainings and you receive your Official BCCF Ambassador pin. A
training consists of joining Community Foundation for lunch or dinner at a host organization in the community
where attendees learn about the facility and the activities of that organization. Once individuals receive their
Official BCCF Ambassador status, they may start earning their jewels to become a “Jeweled Ambassador.
” The “Royal Ambassador” is the highest level and has earned all five jewels.
Thanks to our Ambassadors, the Battle Creek Community Foundation is no longer the best kept secret. The support
and dedication of the Ambassadors both to the Community Foundation and to our community are priceless!
OFFICIAL BCCF AMBASSADORS
Lynwood Alverson
Teri Barker
Shanette M. Bowser
A. Robert Briere
John R. Bromley
David H. Brown
Ursula P. Case
Carolyn Christ
H. James Cox*
Ginger Cutsinger
Dave Eddy
Kristina Farnham
Gregory B. Geise
Donna Gray
Jack W. Gray
Anne J. Hacker
Ruby Howard*
Brenda Jackson
A.J. Jones
Jean Krohn
Kathleen Lake
Paula Langston-Ware
Dr. Velma Laws Clay
Linda Linke
Denise Little
David P. Lucas
Joan McWhorter
David Nielsen
Carol M. Ott*
Laura Otte
Marcia A. Owen
Art Pearce
Bill Pechota
Manfred Probol*
Jim Richmond
Homer Root
John J. Ropp
Ann Rosenbaum
Crystal A. Rucker
Dionisio Sanchez
Marcia L. Schaberg
Marty Schimmelpfenneg
Elizabeth J. Settles
Patti Sholler-Barber
Rebecca A. Squires
Kim Tabor
Kendra Thompson
Raymond Thompson
Ellie Toutant
Jo Van Boven
Sam Van Boven
Doug VanPatten
Janet VanPatten
Julie VanPatten
Vicki VanPatten
C. Glen Walter
Torlisa “T” Warrior
Dawn Worthington
Don Worthington
BCCF JEWELED AMBASSADORS
1ST JEWEL (Aquamarine)
Peter J. Christ
Roberta H. Cribbs
James A. Stevens
2ND JEWEL (Ruby)
Amanda Andrews
James Baldwin
Susan Baldwin
Rick Baron
Sonya Bernard-Hollins
Kurt D. Calder
Connie L. Dawe
Susan S. Day
Sean Dugan
Mike Cooper
Sharon K. Gawlak
Brenda Hart
Don Matrone*
Sumako M. Nebel
Kathy D. Rizor
Rosetta Sanders
Lynn Seidel
***Denotes new funds established between April 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011
Estella Spates
Lindsay Swisher
Richard P. Taylor
Edite B. Walter, M.D.
Denise M. Washington
Judith Cole Williamson
3RD JEWEL (Sapphire)
Amy Bauman
B. J. Etheridge
Tony Garland
Dwight Grandgenett
Rita Grandgenett
Dorothy E. Height
Linda Patenaude
Marline Prather
Pat Root
4TH JEWEL (Emerald)
Andrew Freemire
Joellen Maurer
Nancy Hoffman Westcott
Sandy Whitehead
ROYAL AMBASSADORS
5TH JEWEL (Diamond)
Congratulations to our BCCF Royal
Ambassadors – Diamond Level!
Judy Ackerman*
Rose J. Bivens*
Ceatte McCaskill Boards
Betsy L. Briere
Carolyn Brown
Dwight M. Carattini
Ciera R. Crawford
Eleanor DeVries
Robert DeVries
Da’Lin Fisher
Gabriel R. Fitzpatrick
Patricia A. Fosdick
James Garay
James R.C. Hazel, Jr.
Elizabeth S. Peckham
Gordon E. Peckham
Jonathan Penrod
Luke Penrod
Norma J. Reed
Margaret E. Smith
Chelsea Stevens
Jan Tolf
Howard J. Westrick
Kattie M. Williams*
Southwest Michigan Council-Boy Scouts of America/
McPherson Fund
Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan/Bill
Knapp Memorial Fund
St. Philip Catholic Church/The Constance, Mary Anna
and Clement Lewandowski Music Endowment Fund
St. Thomas Episcopal Church/George and Doris
Laimbeer Fund
Willard Library/Campbell Fund
Willard Library/Denman Fund
Ambassador Profile:
A Commitment to Community Giving
Gordon and Elizabeth Peckham are amazing. He has a PhD
with four degrees from three schools, and was a former Harper
Creek Community Schools superintendent. She enjoyed a
storied career as an RN, working as Director of the Michigan
Nurses Association and helped then-Governor Milliken codify
all nursing related laws in the State of Michigan. But that’s not
why there’re so special.
Gordon served with distinction aboard a Navy combat warship
during World War II, and Elizabeth worked in support of our
veterans at the VA. But what makes the Peckhams so amazing
is their unwavering level of commitment to Battle Creek.
For the Peckhams, (married 63 years, with six children, 16
grandchildren & half-a-dozen great grandchildren), giving
comes in many forms. Generous financial donations are only
part of the story. Since 1971, when the couple moved here
from Mt. Clemens, each has steadily given to Battle Creek in
meaningful ways. Gordon was among the people who helped
pioneer Battle Creeks’s public access TV station, AccessVision
(AV). He also served as board president of the Humane
Society-Calhoun Area. Wife Elizabeth served faithfully as one
of AV’s initial volunteers, and also has volunteered at the Red
Cross and with her church.
“Helping others and our community is an important way of
doing something we can be proud of,” she shares.
When the Battle Creek Community Foundation created
its Ambassador Program, it certainly had residents like the
Peckhams in mind. Both possess a deep understanding of how
the Community Foundation’s role can magnify an individual’s
philanthropic impact in Battle Creek.
For instance, Gordon’s enduring love of animals inspired him to
found the Humane Society-Calhoun Area P.E.T.S. Fund through
the Foundation. Not to be outdone, Elizabeth, with her passion
the arts, established a Community Foundation giving fund to
support the Battle Creek Civic Theatre. But make no mistake:
there’s no philanthropic “competition” between husband and
wife. Rather, the pair simply enjoy a matrimonial union that has
through the years been rooted in helping others.
“We’re into making a lasting impact,” says Gordon. “Giving
through the Battle Creek Community Foundation helps us do
just that.”
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Scholarship
Funds and
Recipients
COMMUNITY
Educate. Support. Build a Community.
How do I set up a scholarship fund?
• Contact the Battle Creek Community Foundation (BCCF)
Philanthropic Resource Center.
• Staff will set a meeting with the fund representative(s)
(donor) where the purpose, criteria, selection process
and amount of the scholarship are established and
captured in a fund agreement.
Who can set up a scholarship fund?
• Scholarships are established by members of the
community for many reasons, a tribute to a friend
or loved one, a memorial tribute, or to support similar
interests such as sports, music or the arts.
• The BCCF staff continue to guide the process from the
time it is established.
What amount is needed to begin a fund?
• A minimum of $5,000 is required to establish a fund.
• A minimum of $10,000 is required to distribute
scholarships from the fund.
• Cash, securities or other properties may be gifted to
establish a scholarship fund.
How long will the scholarship fund last?
• Scholarship funds are endowed to provide scholarships
... For good. For ever. For all.
How is the scholarship committee formed?
• The donor can establish a scholarship selection
committee or a scholarship committee within the BCCF
may assume this responsibility (Clubs or organizations
that establish a selection committee must currently
recruit over half the committee from non-members).
Recipients & Scholarship(s) received
How can students learn about BCCF scholarship
opportunities?
• All scholarships descriptions and the application are
available on the BCCF website: www.bccfoundation.
org. Deadlines vary throughout the year, so check back
on the website, or contact the Foundation for assistance
or more information.
How can I connect to other community resources to
help support my education?
• The Battle Creek College Access Network (Battle
Creek CAN) assists students with preparation as they
determine the next step in their education. Contact the
Battle Creek CAN office at 269.719.8CAN (8226).
Are BCCF Scholarships just for college?
• BCCF Scholarships are for post-secondary education
and training – this could mean a certificate program,
vocational school, technical school, technical training,
or courses at a two-year or four-year institution.
Battle Creek Community Foundation Funds
John Craig Allen Scholarship
Mr. Allen was a highly respected English teacher at Battle Creek Central High School
from 1926 to 1936. He later went on to accept a position as director of personnel at
General Foods. Mr. Allen especially loved music and drama and often traveled to New
York and Europe to see top programs in the fine arts.
Alanna L. Allen
Project Gear Up
Silvia Ambrocio
Nandita Anand
Gill-Kline, Lavern K. & Helen L.
Edward L. & Joanne M. Drewno
Mitchell, Lena G. Bonham, Marian
G. Shirk,Wolf Family
Rohit V. Anand
Andert Family Fund, Dr. Roman Zaplitny Memorial
American Association of University Women-Battle Creek Branch Scholarship
Since its first meeting in 1881, AAUW has been a catalyst for change. The Battle Creek
Branch of AAUW began in 1917, when 17 women joined together to do war relief work.
Since that small beginning, the Battle Creek AAUW has grown to be a vital, talented
group of women who work together to promote education and encourage positive
societal changes.
American Business Women’s Association Unity Chapter Education Fund
Rebecca M. Anderson
Vanessa E. Armstrong
American Association of University Project Gear Up
Women –
Battle Creek Branch
Connor M. Augustine
Project Gear Up
Emirrora L. Austin
AaronW. Howard, Rev. CliftonV.
Bullock Minority Education
This fund awards scholarships to high school graduates or non-traditional students residing
in Calhoun County who will be attending a community college, university or technical school.
Special consideration will be given to ABWA Unity Chapter members or their daughters.
The AMMMS Scholarship
The AMMMS Scholarship was established for the purpose of
providing scholarships to Battle Creek area students. Eligible
applicants are graduating seniors of Battle Creek area schools who
pursue a degree in engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
Other criteria will be based upon GPA/ACT scores and student’s service to the community.
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Brad H. Baltutat
Dan Petersen Memorial, U of M
Ryan Barrett
Battle Creek Area Emergency
Medical Services Fund
As Scene By… Richard & Shirley DeRuiter Scholarship Fund for Future Visionaries
Tori E. Bauman
Project Gear Up
Clay Bautista
Project Gear Up
In recognition of the impact Richard and Shirley DeRuiter, founders of Scene
Magazine, have had on our community, their children established this fund in 2009.
Because of their firm belief in the strength and attributes of our local community,
the DeRuiter Fund supports students who pursue their post-secondary education
at a local college/university.
ASMO Manufacturing, Inc. Scholarship
The ASMO Manufacturing, Inc. Scholarship was established to provide
scholarships to graduates or graduating seniors from the Battle Creek
area. Selection criteria is based on academic achievement, career plans,
and involvement in school and community activities.
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Battle Creek Area AMBUCS Scholarship
Danielle Behrndt
Matthew S. Benzik
LloydW. Heselschwerdt Memorial Elizabeth Mary List, Joe Brutsche
Memorial
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Tyler E. Berg
Zachary S. Berning
Glenn & JuneWilliams Chapel Hill Allyn L. Miller, Ratner
United Methodist Church
The objective of the Battle Creek Area AMBUCS Scholarship Fund is to enhance
direct therapy services to functionally handicapped and disabled citizens by
providing financial assistance to men and women for professional training in
the various fields of clinical therapy.
Battle Creek Area Emergency Medical Services Fund
This fund has been established for the purpose of providing scholarships
to Battle Creek area students who are or will be pursuing a career within
emergency medical services and plan to work or volunteer in the emergency
medical services field within the greater Battle Creek area.
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Battle Creek Community Foundation Adult Education Scholarship
This fund was established by the Battle Creek Community Foundation Board of
Trustees. The BCCF Adult Education Scholarship will provide access to education
for adults, specifically those not classified as “graduating high school seniors.”
Madelyn M. Bivens
Austin J. Blaine
Cody A. Blommer
CACC Automotive Service
Technology
Rev. CliftonV. Bullock Minority
Education, Project Gear Up, Louis &
Margaret Martin Educational
Support Endowment, S. Emmett
Brown
Hallie B. Boles
Kathryn E. Borders
Ashlee L. Borgerson
Stephen T. Bosse
Chase W. Brainard
Bailey R. Broderick
Jasmine N. Broomfield
Anthony R. Brown
Christian R. Brown
Mario S. Brown
Chad M. Bullock
Kaneesha B. Burks
Ian C. Bush
Carlee E. Campbell
Khaliid J. Canales-King
Cameron B. Carson
Austin T. Case
Alissa E. Castellanos
Dario Chavez
Anna M. Chida
Jensen A. Clark
Cara J. Clingan
Ashlyn M. Coats
Nadia M. Coleman
William J. Conine
Brad R. Cooney
Cierra D. Cotton
Battle Creek Central High School
Class of 1951
Ann Platusic Memorial
Battle Creek Health System Medical Staff Scholarship
Jalen K. Bogan
The Battle Creek Health System Medical Staff Scholarship was established to support
students whose career goals are specifically in a patient-oriented program such as
nursing, medical technician, dental hygienist, etc. Applicants must live in the greater
Battle Creek area and plan to attend an educational institution in southwest Michigan.
Battle Creek Kennel Club Scholarship
The Battle Creek Kennel Club is a member of the American Kennel Club. It encourages
and supports good sportsmanship and responsible dog ownership. This scholarship
is awarded to a student currently attending the College of Veterinary Medicine at
Michigan State University.
Carlos M. Gutierrez
JulieeT. Hazel Norman
Calder-Gilbert Math & Science
Project Gear Up
Battle Creek Lodge #12 Free & Accepted Masons Scholarship
The Battle Creek Lodge #12 Free & Accepted Masons, established January 14, 1847, belong to the oldest
and largest fraternal organization in the world. They are deeply involved in helping people by creating
scholarship programs, performing public service activities, and supporting many community-based
charitable projects.
Battle Creek Rotary Club Educational Fund
This fund, established to provide a scholarship to one Battle Creek area student
who plans to attend an accredited college/university, and one who plans to pursue
vocational or technical training beyond high school. To become eligible for the
scholarship, each Battle Creek area school is asked to submit the name of one
candidate from their graduating senior class for each category.
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Cory Bracy
Lakeview Schools Class 1961,
AaronW. Howard
LloydW. Heselschwerdt Memorial
Dan Petersen Memorial
Project Gear Up
The Bhan Family Scholarship
Established in 2008, with a true and demonstrated conviction to prevent what appears
to be our nation’s slipping position in the area of math and science, Mrs. Bhan stated
“We need more bright scientists for our future. We want to support students going into
the science field … and we hope this may add some encouragement and ultimately
contribute positive outcomes to our society.”
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Carlos M. Gutierrez
Battle Creek Central High
School Class of 1951, Ratner,
Thomas H. Elliott
Breanne Blodgett Memorial Scholarship
Education,William E. Boards, Jr.
AaronW. Howard, Rev. CliftonV.
Bullock Minority Education, Robert
L.Weiher Memorial
Through the combined efforts of the Climax Rotary Club and other local individuals, the
memory of a little girl with a gentle smile and kind heart, Breanne Blodgett, will live on
each year through this fund. Breanne, who was energetic, loving and full of life, will be
remembered as a little hero after her organs touched eight individual’s lives.
William E. Boards, Jr. Scholarship
William E. Boards, Jr. was always willing to help people and believed in touching the
lives of young people by supporting their educational goals. Throughout his career
as an educator, businessman, and community leader, he offered his time, talent and
support to help build a better community. This scholarship was established as a tribute
to William Board’s accomplishments.
Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell
Ceresco Community Club
Marjorie A. Pastor
Henrietta Curtis, Barbara Curtis
& Jack Curtis Memorial
Detective LaVern S. Brann Scholarship
This scholarship was established in loving memory of Detective Brann by his family for
the purpose of providing scholarships to individuals who are considered a minority by
race or representation in the police officer profession. Detective Brann was killed in the
line of duty on May 9, 2005. One of the many tributes stated, “his smile was contagious,
attitude always bright, and integrity steadfast.”
Project Gear Up
Lakeview Schools Class 1961
Rev. Clifton V. Bullock Minority Education Scholarship
The Reverend Clifton V. Bullock came to Battle Creek in 1976 as pastor of Washington
Heights United Methodist Church. Reverend Bullock is remembered as an individual
who promoted among youth the value of taking responsibility for your own life, getting
an education, and helping your community.
CACC Clara Miner-Fuller, Carlos M. Project Gear Up
Gutierrez, Rev. CliftonV. Bullock Minority Education, Kiwanis/Hebble
Memorial, Urban League,Youth
Alliance Committee – Russell G.
& Ruth E. Mawby Honorary
CACC Automotive Service Technology Scholarship
This fund has been established for the increasing number of qualified auto service
technicians in the Calhoun Area Career Center’s service area. Scholarship recipients
are graduates of the Calhoun Area Career Center Auto Service Technology Program,
who are pursuing a career in automotive technology.
Battle Creek Lodge #12 Free
& Accepted Masons, Lavern K.
& Helen L. Mitchell
Project Gear Up
Edite BalksWalter, M.D.
CACC Clara Miner-Fuller, Leland,
Dorothea, & Barbara McLain,Walt
& Jackie Redmond Education Fund
CACC Connie Dillard Scholarship
Eligible recipients for the CACC Connie Dillard Scholarship are graduating students
from the Calhoun Area Career Center. Students must be enrolled in a non-traditional
occupation (any occupation in which women or men comprise 25% or less of total
employment) and enrolled at a post-secondary training school.
CACC Clara Miner-Fuller Scholarship
“The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.” Psalm 121:8. This fund was established by Clara Miner-Fuller
as a memorial tribute to her deceased husbands, Charles Miner and George Fuller.
Clara passed away on December 1, 1990.
Project Gear Up
William G. & Marion E. Stuckle
Kiwanis/Hebble Memorial
Project Gear Up, Gifford-Burgy
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Personnel Scholarship
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The Calhoun County Chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School
Personnel (MARSP) was established in 1923, with four objectives, two of which
directly impact the education of our youth, 1) to furnish a practical basis for united
action among those devoted to the cause of public education and 2) to promote
voluntary participation by its members in civic and educational affairs.
Calhoun County Medical Society Alliance Nursing Scholarship
Emily L. Cracolici
Vincent Cracolici
Paul & Mavis Pitzer Public Service Dr. Roman Zaplitny Memorial
Kelsey L. Craft
Ciera R. Crawford
In GodWeTrust, MitchelleT. Savage Thomas H. Elliott
Memorial,William G. & Marion
E. Stuckle
This scholarship was established to provide scholarships to students who are residents of or employed
in Calhoun County and enrolled in a nursing program at an accredited Michigan college/university,
or the nursing program at Kellogg Community College. It is the Alliance’s hope that the scholarship
recipient will be employed in Calhoun County for at least one year following graduation.
Anita M. Clark Mathematics Scholarship
The Anita M. Clark Mathematics Scholarship was established in 1993 with funds from the Milken Family
Foundation National Educator Award. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial support for
academically successful students graduating from Marshall High School who are pursuing a career in
mathematics or a field related to mathematics.
Bettie & Jim Cox Scholarship
Ngun T. Cuai
Megan M. Cvetnich
Felize Cristine Jule Dangcil Kyle A. Davis
Joseph J. & Marion L. Hempel
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Crider/Bom- Ann Platusic Memorial
Nursing, Lavern K. & Helen L.
mersbach, Lakeview Schools Class
Mitchell, Lena G. Bonham, Martin 1961
J.“Marty”Wendt Memorial,William G. & Marion E. Stuckle
Project Gear Up, Hugh F. McPherson
This fund has been established for the increasing number of individuals entering the
field of manufacturing technology in the Calhoun Area Career Center’s service area,
including but not limited to; welding, computer assisted design, machine shop and
drafting. Eligibility is limited to CACC manufacturing technology program graduates.
Roberta H. Cribbs Scholarship
As a retired Kellogg Company employee, civic leader, community and political activist,
Ms. Cribbs has devoted a great deal of her life to enhancing the lives of others. Most
precious to her are young people. Her scholarship fund helps minority students from
her alma mater, Battle Creek Central, afford college.
Margaret A. Dechant
Project Gear Up
Grant A. DeMoss
Ceresco Community Club
Zachary R. Downey
Minges Family
Christina R. Durkin
Nursing
Crider/Bommersbach Scholarship
This fund is being established to recognize all educational personnel who are committed to the
success of all students and those in the community who celebrate the small and large successes of
every student. This also celebrates those students who have continued to work through adversity to
complete their high school educations with clear plans for post-secondary goals.
Dandamudi Family Scholarship
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Sarah E. DuVall
Project Gear Up
Elaina M. Elizondo
Megan N. Ethier
Calhoun County Medical Society Robert & Margaret Randolph
Alliance Nursing, Rev. CliftonV.
Bullock Minority Education, Joseph
J. & Marion L. Hempel Nursing,
Dan Farmer
A local physician’s positive volunteer experience led to the establishment of the
Dandamudi Family Scholarship Fund in 2010, a fund comprised of two separate
scholarship funds under this one name. Awarded under the Dandamudi Family
Scholarship name are graduating seniors who attended the Battle Creek Area
Math and Science Center for four years.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is
to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities
throughout the world, including the Battle Creek Alumnae chapter, chartered in 1980.
Locally, the sorority began soon after it chartered to award scholarships to communityminded, academically-gifted minority women.
DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc. Scholarship
Torie G. Farmer
Segal Family
Da’Lin C. Fisher
Project Gear Up, Martha Matrone
Altenburg Memorial, Norene
Keaton, Urban League
Emma K. Fishnick
Julie Karamchandanit
Brianna C. Fitzpatrick
Clifton J.Woods Memorial, Project
Gear Up, Gifford-Burgy, Helen M.
Cavanaugh Memorial
DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc. has established a scholarship to pay homage
to qualities such as trustworthiness, modesty, integrity, sincerity, cooperation, vision,
innovation and creativity. This award is designed to celebrate the whole student and selects its recipients
based on extra-curricular activities, work experience, personal recommendations, interview and an essay.
Edward L. & Joanne M. Drewno Scholarship
Edward L. & Joanne M. Drewno established this scholarship to recognize and honor
their parents, Stanley and Josephine Drewno, and Lloyd and Martha Mason, who by
their example and guidance, instilled in Edward and Joanne good moral values and
respect for and a desire to help other people. Edward retired from Post Cereals in 1984,
and Joanne retired in 1985 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Melvin H., Doris A., and Fovette E. Dush Scholarship
Asha C. Fortson
Melissa P. Galizio
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen Roosevelt
L. Mitchell
Maranda C. Gary
Elisha Glass IV
Al Leibert Family, Rev. Clifton
V. Bullock Minority Education,
Project Gear Up
Melvin H. & Doris A. Dush as well as their daughter, Fovette E. Dush were deeply
committed to philanthropy in their hometown of Battle Creek, making grants to some
20 organizations annually, leaving a lasting legacy in our community. Although they
are no longer with us, their positive impact on our youth & love for this community are
evident through the establishment of this and other funds.
Thomas H. Elliott Scholarship
Thomas H. Elliott was born in Pennsylvania and after completing the 8th grade, began
working in the coal mines of that region. At age 23, he came to Battle Creek and
worked for the Kellogg Company for 41 years. He was a God-fearing man, whose word
was his bond. Although he only completed school through the 8th grade, he always
valued the pursuit of higher education.
Alexa A. Glau
Dr. Mathikere Rajachar Memorial, Project Gear Up, Joseph J.
& Marion L. Hempel Nursing
Amber N. Glomb
Doris Klaussen
Britt D. Gooding
Project Gear Up
Bronson J. Goodsell
AmyYeastTennis, Project Gear Up,
Maxwell G. Root
Ken Ervin Athletic Scholarship Fund
This fund was established in honor of Ken Ervin for being “the voice of high school sports” in Battle
Creek for over 25 years. Ken, a Highland Park, Michigan native, graduated high school, joined the Navy
then attended college in Virginia. Locally, he’s been a balloon festival announcer and has broadcast
local sports for WBCK and baseballs minor leagues at Bailey Park.
Oscar H. & Hazel Frey Flanders Scholarship
Oscar Flanders was born in Sherwood, Michigan in 1878 and eight years later, the family moved to
Battle Creek. The Frey family was also one of the state’s early settlers, coming to southern Michigan
in the late 1860s. Hazel met Oscar on the streetcar she took home from work. Their daughter, Ann,
established this fund in honor of her parents, who “encouraged a love of reading, music and the arts.”
Lakendria K. Graham
Project Gear Up
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Kelly J. Gratz
AaronW. Howard
Ashley N. Gray
Nursing
Jordan E. Green
Project Gear Up
R. G. Frantz AFL-CIO Technical Trades Scholarship
The R. G. Frantz AFL-CIO Technical Trades Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing
educational scholarships to local individuals associated with organized labor. Strong emphasis is placed
on merit, need, and academic achievement.
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Gifford-Burgy Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Robert and Nadine Gifford. Robert was a former
member of the Battle Creek Public Schools Board, the Calhoun Intermediate School
Board, and the Kellogg Community College Board of Trustees. Nadine was active as
a church school teacher and an active fundraiser for causes in the community.
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Micah N. Hamlin
Leah K. Harden
Milan J. Harden
Alexandria J. Hawkins
Matthew T. Hazel
Bei Y. He
Ramiro J. Hernandez
Leesa M. Herzing
Dominque A. Hickman
Bradley R. Hicks
Andrew T. Hlawnceu
Van S. Hnem
Project Gear Up
Leland, Dorothea, & Barbara
McLain
Gill-Kline Scholarship
Project Gear Up, Leland, Dorothea, Joseph J. & Marion L. Hempel
& Barbara McLain
Mitchell, Lena G. Bonham
Eligible recipients are graduating seniors of any public or private high school in the Battle Creek area
(or) adults residing in the Battle Creek area who are returning to college, and who will be pursuing a
degree in nursing, if not, another field of study may be considered. Recipients must be able to exhibit
strong community involvement and maintain a specified level of academic performance.
Carlos M. Gutierrez Scholarship
Carlos M. Gutierrez was Chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company from 1999 until
2005, when he was named United States Secretary of Commerce under the Bush
Administration. Mr. Gutierrez had a thirty-year career with the Kellogg Company,
and through his inspiring leadership, has left a strong legacy in this community.
Kathy Petrich Music
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Rev. CliftonV. Carlos M. Gutierrez,William E.
Bullock Minority Education, Paul & Boards, Jr.
Mavis Pitzer Public Service
Ann Platusic Memorial
Gysel/Morton Scholarship
The Gysel/Morton Scholarship was created in honor of Rev. Jim Gysel and Rev. Dave
Morton of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. Recipients of this award are persons
interested in pursuing a theological career or full time ministry. Students must be
graduates of any Battle Creek area school and have completed an undergraduate
degree.
Joseph J. & Marion L. Hempel Nursing Scholarship
When Marion Hempel established a scholarship in her name and her late husband Joseph’s honor,
her vision for that fund was clear and purposeful. During Joseph’s time in nursing care, he and Marion
became aware of the profound need for skilled nursing and the great dedication those professionals
bring to their work. This scholarship is awarded in that spirit.
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen Donna (Dee Dee) Hookway
L. Mitchell, Louis & Margaret
Memorial, John Craig Allen
Martin Educational Support
Endowment
Al Leibert, Reverend George &
Project Gear Up,
Jean Seifert Memorial, Lakeview Hugh F. McPherson, Urban League
Schools Class of 1990,Theodore N.
Thomas Memorial
Sherry Hill Memorial through Junior Achievement of S.W. Michigan Scholarship
This scholarship is in honor of Sherry’s memory. Sherry D. Hill spent
her professional life helping others, young and old. During Sherry’s five
years with Operation G.R.A.D., she served as program director for Junior
Achievement and became a voice for many of the students and a sounding board for those students
who needed a listening ear and a shoulder to lean on.
Aaron W. Howard Scholarship
The Aaron W. Howard Scholarship was established by the parents, family and friends of
Aaron Howard. Pfc. Howard died in February 1991 while serving in the U.S. Army in the
Persian Gulf War. He was a 1989 Lakeview High School graduate.
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Tluang Hniang
Luke Hovarter
Michael J. Howrey
Kari Hummell
Mayra Hurtado
Katherine A.
Infantes-Cordova
Zachary D. Ingram
Naveed A. Iqball
Kameron A. James
Brianna M. Jaques
Trayana L. Jefferson
Brittanie T. Jones
Sarah A. Jones
Michael D. Joyal
David Kemp III
Mackenzie L. Kendall
Van R. Khar-Mang
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Rev. CliftonV.
Bullock Minority Education
Anita M. Clark Mathematics
Frank & Elizabeth Zanetti,
Richard S. (Clair) Poole
In God We Trust, Mitchelle T. Savage Memorial Scholarship
The In God We Trust, Mitchelle T. Savage Memorial Scholarship was established to
provide educational opportunities beyond high school for Battle Creek area graduates
or graduating seniors. Eligible recipients will be graduating seniors from Battle Creek
area public and private schools who will be attending a college that is a member of
the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
Carlos M. Gutierrez
Project Gear Up
Georgia Rothberg, Gill-Kline, Pieper
Memorial,William G. & Marion
E. Stuckle
Richard & Elizabeth Jones Scholarship
Education, Satish Koneru
The Richard & Elizabeth Jones Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to
individuals residing in Calhoun County who will be obtaining an education in graduate school at the
University of Michigan. Eligible applicants must exhibit financial need and the potential to succeed in a
graduate school program at the University of Michigan.
Julie Karamchandani Scholarship
This scholarship was established as a memorial by her parents, Dr. Mahesh C.
and Roshan Karamchandani, family, and friends. To her parents, she was like a beautiful
flower that bloomed in the garden for a very short span of time, but during this short
stay she charmed the hearts of all the people she came across. Julie was a very warm,
friendly, and loving child with a great interest in music and painting.
Stephan M. Jackson
Project Gear Up
Project Gear Up
AaronW. Howard
Project Gear Up
Norene Keaton Scholarship
The Norene Keaton Scholarship is for Battle Creek area high school graduating seniors
planning to attend Michigan State University. Norene loved all aspects of Michigan
State University, from academics to sports. Norene always was highly motivated to pay
back in some way for the outstanding education experience and social environment
that she was provided at MSU.
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Brenda Jones
Kellogg Company – Tony McGee Scholarship
The Kellogg Company – Tony McGee Scholarship was specifically established to
support scholarships for minority students who seek educational opportunities
beyond high school. Priority consideration will be given first to those who plan to
attend a historically black college or university (HBCU), second to four-year Michigan
colleges, and third to Kellogg Community College.
Scott E. Kinnisten Scholarship
The Scott E. Kinnisten Scholarship was established in 1992 by the parents, family
and friends for deserving students from the Battle Creek area who distinguished
themselves in the classroom. Scott was a 1985 graduate of Lakeview High School who
participated on the varsity golf team and was selected to the All-State Golf Team. He
went on to Western Michigan University on a partial golf scholarship.
Endeavor Charter Academy
8th Grade
Lakeview Schools Class of 1990
Battle Creek Kennel Club
ASMO Manufacturing Inc.,
Breanne Blodgett Memorial
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Katlin Kellogg
Richard S. (Clair) Poole
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Project
Gear Up
CACC Clara
Mine-Fuller, Doris Klaussen
Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell, Battle Creek Rotary Club Educational
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Kiwanis/Hebble Memorial Scholarship
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This scholarship was established by the Kiwanis Club of Battle Creek to honor
the Andrew and Esther Hebble legacy. This scholarship further demonstrates the
Kiwanis Club’s commitment and long tradition of caring for young people in the
community. Applicants must have demonstrated leadership skills, community
service commitment, and maintained a specified level of academic performance.
Doris Klaussen Scholarship
Jarrae R. King
Richard T. King, Jr.
Harry & Helen Davidson Family, Project Gear Up
Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell,
Memorial, Kellogg Company-Tony
McGee
Stephen T. King
Education, Project Gear Up
Garrett J. Kissinger
Project Gear Up
Doris Klaussen was a special education pioneer, founder of Goodwill Industries, and
principal of Ann J. Kellogg for 25 years. Under Klaussen’s principalship, Ann J. Kellogg
was the first elementary school in the United States to mainstream special education
students. Doris was honored by having the special education school named the Doris
Klaussen Developmental Center. She passed away in 1998.
Satish Koneru Scholarship
Dr. Prasadarao and Lakshmi Koneru established this scholarship to honor their
son, Satish Koneru, who died in 1985 at age 23. Satish is remembered as a considerate
and compassionate young man, who even during the most difficult moments of his
illness, faced each day with courage and accomplished many of his personal goals.
Felicia R. Knox
AaronW. Howard
Robert A. Konkright
Nursing,William G. & Marion
E. Stuckle
Amy R. Lampman
Lucas M. Laughlin
CACC Clara Miner-Fuller, Richard S. Bettie & Jim Cox
(Clair) Poole
Ron LaParl Scholarship
Eligible students must have worked as an employee or caddie of the Battle Creek Country
Club within the preceding twelve months, must exemplify the highest degree of loyalty
to the Battle Creek Country Club and its members, and must possess a specified level
of academic achievement from the most recent educational facility attended.
The Love Family Memorial Scholarship
Wednesday M. Lee
Project Gear Up, Gifford-Burgy
Cung S. Lian
Melissa W. Liu
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen Carlos M. Gutierrez
L. Mitchell
Kenneth J. Magee
Project Gear Up
This scholarship is established in memory of the late Roger Alan Love, Sr. The fund pays
tribute to his loves and passions throughout his life of children, family, farming, and
anything mechanical. Roger believed children are our future and therefore he believed
in all children and their education.
Sid Maddox Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Mary Helen “Sid” Maddox was a registered nurse for over 30 years, of which more
than 25 years were spent at Battle Creek Health System. She passed away February
14, 2000. Recognizing her as an outstanding nurse, compassionate, dedicated and
knowledgeable, as well as being a special, gentle, and caring person, her family,
friends and associates established this scholarship in her honor.
Ann M. Malone
Nursing
Samuel W. Manring
Kevin B. Swafford Memorial
Dylan R. Manthei
Doris Klaussen
Amanda K. Marriott
Alumni Association, Project Gear
Up, Gill-Kline, Lena G. Bonham,
Lynne Margaret & Merri Kay
Hulscher Memorial, Battle Creek
Rotary Club Educational Fund
Ronald Clark McDaniel Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established by family and friends to carry on Ronald Clark “Ron”
McDaniel’s value of education. After graduating in the top ten of his class at Pennfield
High School, Ron served in the United States Air Force, obtaining presidential awards
and honors. He managed to balance his commitment and love for his family and sports
while exhibiting an unequaled work ethic.
Tom & Ev McHale Scholarship
The Tom & Ev McHale Scholarship was established to provide scholarships to Battle Creek area
students who seek education beyond high school. Eligible applicants are participants of the
Miss Battle Creek Pageant.
Julia Marry
Project Gear Up, Joseph J.
& Marion L. Hempel Nursing,
Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell
Shameka A. Mason
Project Gear Up
Lal N. Mawi
Project Gear Up, Joseph J. &
Marion L. Hempel Nursing
Taylor J. McCoy
Urban League
Leland, Dorothea, & Barbara McLain Scholarship
The Leland, Dorothea, & Barbara McLain Scholarship was established by Barbara in honor of her parents
who provided a good home and strong upbringing for her. Barbara, a 1945 graduate of Argubright
Business College in Battle Creek, has had a lengthy and successful career at the Kellogg Company.
Robert L. Nendorf Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established in loving memory of Robert L. Nendorf by family and
friends. A 1964 graduate of Comstock High School, Rob enlisted in the U.S. Marine
Corps in 1966, served a tour of duty in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart for injuries
sustained in battle.
Emma K. McKenzie
Taffy Hernandez Memorial
Edith Mejia
Edric L. Miller
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Project Gear Project Gear Up
Up, Georgia Rothberg, Jack. K.
Mawdsley, Joseph J. & Marion L.
Hempel Nursing, Lena G. Bonham,
Daniel P. Mingle
AaronW. Howard
Carolyn Nordstrom Scholarship
The Carolyn Nordstrom Scholarship was established for graduating seniors from Battle
Creek public and private high schools who will be pursuing a degree in public relations
and communications at Michigan State University. Candidates should demonstrate
potential to succeed in their college curriculum.
Optimist Club of Battle Creek Memorial Youth Scholarship
Patricia T. Morel
Julian Ptacin, Roosevelt
Valerie E. Morel
Brandy J. Morgan
Dennis L. Mott
Joe Brutsche Memorial, Julian
Paul & Mavis Pitzer Public Service Donna (Dee Dee) Hookway
Ptacin, Norma J. Reed, Roosevelt,
Memorial
Youth Alliance Committee – Russell G. & Ruth E. Mawby Honorary
The Optimist Club of Battle Creek is a voluntary organization of civic-minded
men and women that have joined together for progressive thought and action
in community service.
Shelton C. Penn Memorial Scholarship
Judge Shelton “Cosmo” Penn is described by those whose lives he positively touched
as fair in the courtroom, kind, compassionate, understanding, and a good man who
treated everyone with respect. This fund, established in 2009 by his wife, Sadie Penn,
is a testament to their belief in education and awards to students attending the
University of Michigan Law School, his alma mater.
Amy L. Mowry
CACC Automotive Service
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Lauren E. Murray
Dr. Paul & Evelyn A. Ponitz
Courtney C. Nava
Catherine A. Nethery
Battle Creek Area Emergency Med- Lionel & MuzzieWood Family
ical Services Fund, Jake & Howard
Westrick
Pessetti Family Scholarship
The Pessetti Family Scholarship was established to provide financial assistance to graduates from Battle
Creek area public or private high schools. Candidates will be eligible and selected upon entering their
junior year of college. Students should demonstrate community involvement, good work ethic while
attending school, and/or involvement in sports, clubs, etc.
Kathy Petrich Music Scholarship
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Established in 2009 as a memorial tribute by friends and colleagues, Kathy was director
of choral activities for Marshall Public Schools. Her high school groups consistently
earned first division ratings in Michigan, national and international competitions. Kathy
was held in the highest of esteem by her colleagues and students for her compassion,
dedication, selflessness, and commitment to excellence.
Pieper Memorial Scholarship
The Pieper Memorial Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing
scholarships to Battle Creek area students who seek educational opportunities beyond
high school. Applicants must be planning to enroll at a two or four-year college or
university, trade school, or similar learning institution until completion of the specific
program of study.
Daih T. Ngun
Kevin D. Noble
Monique L. Norton
Cameron J. Ohrt
Adam S. O’Neill
Sean P. O’Neill
Ann Y. Oo
Bailee L. Orman
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen Julie Karamchandani
L. Mitchell
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen Ann Platusic Memorial, DandaL. Mitchell
mudi Family, Joseph J. & Marion L.
Hempel Nursing, Mary D. Durham
Paul & Mavis Pitzer Public Service Scholarship
Paul & Mavis Pitzer, lifelong public service employees, believed good people could
and should work in areas that promote the well-being and betterment of society.
Recipients must exhibit good character and a propensity toward public service
through volunteerism, service to others, or service to the community.
Youth Alliance Committee – Rus- AaronW. Howard
sell G. & Ruth E. Mawby Honorary
Harry & Helen Davidson Family,
Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell,
Memorial
Breanne Blodgett Memorial
Roger & Kim Pitzer CACC Scholarship
This fund was established in honor of Kim Pitzer, who attended the CACC in 1977.
Roger & Kim obtained their education through hard work and a commitment to
their goals. They have established this scholarship to help other individuals obtain
and achieve their goals. Roger and Kim believe that those of us who have benefited
from our community should give something back.
Ann Platusic Memorial Scholarship
Believing in the power of higher education, friends and family established this fund in
2007. Ann was born in Alberta, Canada and was naturalized as an American citizen in
1949. Ann worked for Michigan Carton Company for 10 years and Kellogg Company for
31 years until her retirement in 1970. In retirement, she enjoyed working as a beautician
in a salon above the former Speaker Pharmacy.
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Chad M. Osenbaugh
Keanu J. Palmer
Rachel E. Parks
Dustin T. Patterson
Trevor A. Patterson
Sarah R. Peck
Kristine M. Peterson
BreAnna J. Phillips
Michelle E. Pitchure
Erica A. Plotas
Skylar S. Pollard
Samantha K. Rastoskey
Clara A. Reed
Corey L. Rench
Brandon L. Rewa
Christopher Ridley
I Rin
Kellie K. Riter
Donald A. Rittenhouse
Chelsea J. Robinson
Lori M. Root
Marie E. Rose
Taylor J. Rowe
Mario Rusnak
Leland, Dorothea, & Barbara
McLain
CACC Clara Miner-Fuller,
Paul & Mavis Pitzer Public Service LloydW. Heselschwerdt Memorial
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., Project Gear Up,
Helen M. Cavanaugh Memorial,
Higdon Memorial, Robert & Margaret Randolph
Dr. Paul V. & Evelyn A. Ponitz Scholarship
This fund was established to support graduates or graduating seniors who will be pursuing a degree
at a four-year accredited university or a community college. Recipients must demonstrate the same
characteristics shared by Dr. Ponitz: goal oriented, dedicated, energized, and fully committed to
obtaining a degree.
Annette Marie Probol Scholarship
Jo Probol, wife of the late Manfred W. “Fred” Probol established this fund in memory of their daughter,
Annette Marie Probol, who passed away August 7, 1954. This fund is a way for the family to give back
to those who, over the years, have supported their educational goals and dreams.
Ann Platusic Memorial, Bill Evans Project Gear Up
Memorial Athletic, Project Gear Up,
Gifford-Burgy, Maxwell G. Root,
Ronald Clark McDaniel Memorial,
Tad & Bonnie Randolph
Project Gear Up
Rev. Earl F.Young & Rev.William
Young, Jr. Memorial
Richard S. (Clair) Poole Scholarship
This scholarship opportunity has been created in memory of the late Richard S. Poole.
Mr. Poole began his 44-year career with the Kellogg Company in 1918. John L. Kellogg,
son of the company founder, W.K. Kellogg, hired Mr. Poole, a machinist, to keep the
cereal factory machines running smoothly. Richard Poole’s hard work and dedication
helped him achieve the status of Senior Vice President.
Julian Ptacin Scholarship
Honoring Julian’s memory led to the establishment of this fund by the Ptacin family,
students, friends and community members. While Julian’s untimely death will linger,
his accomplishments and potential as an individual will be honored annually through
the Julian Ptacin Scholarship. Recipients must demonstrate actions that support
anti-drinking and other positive lifestyle behaviors.
Calhoun County Medical Society
Alliance Nursing, Sid Maddox
Memorial Nursing
John Craig Allen
Project Gear Up
Project Gear Up, Maxwell G.
Root,Walt & Jackie Redmond
Education Fund
Radiology Consultants, P. C. Kellogg Community College for Radiographer
Training Scholarship
This fund was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to Battle
Creek area residents pursuing a career in radiography. Preference will be given
to those who will commit at least one year of employment in the Battle Creek
area following the completion of their educational program. Applicants must attend this program
at Kellogg Community College.
Georgia Rothberg, Glenn & June
Williams Chapel Hill United
Methodist Church,
Joseph J. & Marion L.
Hempel Nursing
Harper Creek Optimist Memorial,
Harper Creek
Mitchell, Lena G. Bonham
Project Gear Up
Dr. Mathikere Rajachar Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established by his family in memory of Dr. Rajachar and is dedicated to
his leadership and commitment to education. He believed that by obtaining a good
education, you can achieve anything. He obtained his education through hard work
and ambition to reach his goal in life. He always wanted to help others who were
willing to learn.
Robert & Margaret Randolph Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Robert and Margaret Randolph in their Last Will and Testament to
assist or enable worthy Battle Creek area public high school graduating seniors to pursue their education.
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Rev. Clifton
Pessetti Family
Fin’s Journalism
Judi Dolezal Memorial
Project Gear Up
Leslie Rardin Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Bill Rardin, along with the Battle Creek Enquirer to honor Leslie’s
memory for the purpose of providing scholarships to graduating local high school seniors who plan
to study journalism, creative writing, or a related field.
Ratner Scholarship
The purpose of the Ratner Scholarship is to reward students from Calhoun County who
have achieved academic success, exhibited good character and performed services
for their communities. Marv and Jane Ratner stated, “We hope that the scholarship
recipients will achieve continued academic success and continue their record of service
in their communities.”
Paul & Mavis Pitzer Public Service, Herbert & Clara Swafford CitizenYouth Alliance Committee – Rus- ship, Juliee T. Hazel Norman
sell G. & Ruth E. Mawby Honorary
Carlos M. Gutierrez
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Walter and Jacqueline Redmond made a generous contribution to the Battle Creek
Community Foundation to be used for scholarships for Battle Creek area students
who are seeking education beyond high school. Involvement in Junior Achievement programs will be
considered as a favorable factor in the selection process.
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Thiam L. Sang
Jennifer C. Sangliana
Project Gear Up, Lavern K. & Helen AaronW. Howard, AmyYeast
L. Mitchell
Tennis, DENSO Manufacturing
Michigan, Inc.
Zoe M. Saye
Stanley L. & Anne M. Lemanski
Tauren Schils
Calhoun County Chapter of the
Michigan Association of Retired
School Personnel
Roosevelt Scholarship
The Roosevelt Scholarship was established to support juniors and seniors of Battle
Creek area high schools, as well as the Calhoun Area Career Center, and homeschooled or alternative school students that reside in these districts. To be eligible,
a team of three students will prepare a project with emphasis on team work, goal
setting, and presentation in the area of personal savings and finance.
Betty M. Root Scholarship
Betty M. (Kiblinger) Root graduated from Delton Kellogg Agricultural High School in
1940. She was a member and Past Matron and Life Member of the Prudence Nobles
Chapter #366 of the Eastern Star. Eligible applicants are graduating seniors from Delton
Kellogg High School.
Maurice Rose, Jr. Scholarship
Sarah K. Seng
Class of 1951, Carolyn L. Burnett,
Project Gear Up, John Craig Allen
Faith M. Sharp
Nursing
Spencer R. Shirreffs
Ashley Shook
Glenn & JuneWilliams Chapel Hill DENSO
United Methodist Church
This fund strives to help support, encourage, and educate African American young men from singleparent homes who are without the assistance or guidance of a biological father in their lives. The
recipient will be encouraged to continue throughout their college years to live their life to its fullest by
staying focused on education, striving to do their best, and pledging to a drug-free lifestyle.
Georgia Rothberg Scholarship
Georgia Rothberg was a school nurse. She was very concerned about cancer research
and volunteered many hours with the American Cancer Society. In establishing
this scholarship fund, it was Georgia’s hope that dedicated nursing careers would
develop from this assistance. Emphasis should be placed on academic performance,
financial need, character and citizenship, and motivation to succeed.
Rashonda J. Short
Project Gear Up
Jonna K. Sidnam
Project Gear Up
Joel R. Simons
Ratner,Thomas H. Elliott
Zoe G. Sims
Bhan Family
Anita M. Clark Mathematics
Jacqueline A. Slaby
Project Gear Up, Helen M.
Cavanaugh Memorial
Justin Smith
As a civic leader and ambassador for Battle Creek, Anne Schwarz is remembered fondly
by many people in the community. Mrs. Schwarz was an inspired volunteer with S.A.F.E.
Place, Leila Arboretum, the Battle Creek City Parks and Recreation Department, and
Junior League. In 1988, she received the Battle Creek Enquirer’s George Award for her
civic activities.
Segal Family Scholarship Fund
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Delfina Sitar
Anne E. Schwarz Scholarship
Molly V. Smith
Elizabeth Mary List, Georgia
Rothberg, Jake & HowardWestrick,
This fund was established to honor the life work of Eli Segal, devoted father and
grandfather. Mr. Segal was a professor of Media Communication and a media
historian. He devoted his life to teaching students the art of communication and the
joy of drama, radio and movies. This scholarship provides an avenue to continue his
tradition of helping students achieve success.
Thomas R. Shaw Scholarship
It is with great pride and a deep sense of humility that the Shaw family presents this
scholarship in honor of Thomas R. Shaw. Thomas, born April 2, 1935, was a lifelong
Battle Creek resident and a third generation funeral director. He remained dedicated to
his community his entire life. He was an active civic and professional leader, a devoted
family man and supporter of education and youth.
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Patricia Smith
Lakeview Schools Class 1961
Karlie B. Snyder
CACC Connie Dillard
Kaitlin E. Solovey
Battle Creek Central Hall of Fame,
Project Gear Up
Desiree E. Spencer
Alliance Nursing,William G. &
Marion E. Stuckle
Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center – Dr. Mehmet (Zihni) Yilmaz
Memorial Fund
This fund was established by Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center in 2011 in honor
and tribute to Dr. Yilmaz, who served as the centers medical director for over 15 years.
Known to many in local medical staff circles as the “Doctor’s Doctor.” Dr. Yilmaz was
adored by his patients and his peers, ultimately taking care of thousands of members
of our community.
Officer Mike St. John Scholarship
Hannah E. Spring
Carl C. Gawart Memorial
Anna J. Stephens
Battle Creek Rotary Club
Educational Fund
Chelsea L. Stevens
Andrew P. Strang
Battle Creek Central Hall of
Walt & Jackie Redmond Education
Fame , Project Gear Up, Hugh F.
Fund
McPherson, Joseph J. & Marion L.
Hempel Nursing
This fund was established in honor of Officer Mike St. John, longtime Battle Creek Police
Officer assigned to the downtown beat. Officer St. John wanted this fund to “reach
out a helping hand” to students who may have experienced challenges in life. Eligible
candidates will be Battle Creek area graduating seniors pursuing their education at one
of the local Battle Creek colleges or universities.
J. K. Stanford Memorial Scholarship
Rose Miller and her family established this scholarship in memory of their loved one,
J. K. Stanford, who was a talented auto mechanic. According to Rose, “My brother
J. K. was as good as a mechanic; it seemed like he could simply listen to a car run and
tell you what was wrong. He was such a compassionate, kind-hearted person, who had
a love of cars from an early age.”
Angel G. Strong
Nursing
Carson L. Sweet
AaronW. Howard, Robert
& Margaret Randolph
Samantha M. Tackett
David L. Taylor
AaronW. Howard, Battle Creek
Central High School Class of 1949
William G. & Marion E. Stuckle Scholarship
The late William Stuckle and his wife, Marion, long recognized the importance of encouraging
individuals to select nursing as a profession in our society, and the need for constant update in their
training. Marion Stuckle was a Red Cross volunteer and William was a retired local businessman.
Taylor Scholarship
The Taylor Scholarship was created by Richard and Geraldine Taylor. The Taylor’s, longtime residents of
Battle Creek, believe that many people need extra help to enter or return to the workforce. The Taylor
scholar receives a monetary award and accepts the challenge to achieve their training requirements in
order to complete their employment goals.
Kypree D. Taylor
Louis & Margaret Martin Educational Support Endowment
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Kum H. Thang
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Lavern K.
& Helen L. Mitchell, Memorial
Kortnie L. Thomas
Project Gear Up
Ashleigh M. Tilley
Project Gear Up
U of M Scholarship
The U of M Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to
students who will attend the University of Michigan and that have graduated from high
schools within the service area of the University of Michigan Club of Calhoun County.
Urban League of Battle Creek Scholarship
The ULBC, founded in 1966, is an affiliate of the National Urban League, a historic civil
rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the
standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The ULBC is proud
to support minority students from the Battle Creek area who are actively involved in the community
and pursuing their academic goals.
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W. K. Kellogg High School Alumni Association Scholarship
The W.K. Kellogg High School Alumni Association Scholarship was established for
the purpose of providing scholarships to descendents of W.K. Kellogg High School
graduates who seek educational opportunities beyond high school. Eligible applicants
must have completed one year of college, or if attending a trade school, the scholarship
may be applied to the first year.
Danielle A. Tilley
Carson Tobias
Anita M. Clark Mathematics,
Calhoun County Chapter of the
Michigan Association of Retired
School Personnel
Kevin B. Swafford Memorial
Autumn J. Turner
Darcey Turner
Michael R. Veich
Kelsey L. Vosler
Nicholas F. Walker
Filmore Walker IV
Brittany A. Walter
Kaleigh A. Walters
Christine R. Walton
Curtis A. Warren
Project Gear Up
Edite Balks Walter, M.D. Scholarship
Frank & Elizabeth Zanetti
This fund was established to help women seeking degrees in biology, chemistry,
physics and human or animal medicine. Dr. Walter is a graduate of the former
Springfield High School. Through the assistance of various scholarships, she graduated
cum laude from Kalamazoo College. Dr. Walter remains an inspiration and believes,
“Women Can Do Science and Should Do Science.”
Art & Izora Ward Scholarship
Arthur Mason Ward, Sr. and Izora Vereachia Ward met at Tennessee State University
where they both received Bachelor’s degrees. They moved to Battle Creek in 1955
and became committed servant leaders at their church, Mt. Zion African Methodist
Episcopal Church. Their mission was to effectively serve civic and religious organizations
to foster a higher quality of life for their community.
Bettie & Jim Cox
Thomas R. Shaw
Toda America Inc.
Education, Dandamudi Family,
John Craig Allen
Martin J. “Marty” Wendt Memorial Scholarship
Marty’s love of nature spanned his lifetime. Marty was always collecting and learning
something new and sharing this wisdom with those around him – he was always
a teacher. As a teacher, he shared his passion for life and nature with his students at
Harper Creek, but outside the classroom, he helped young people wherever he found
them. Marty was also an accomplished artist.
Sid Maddox Memorial Nursing,
Lionel & MuzzieWood Family
Project Gear Up, Roger & Kim
Pitzer CACC
Sgt. Gary F. Williams Memorial Law Enforcement Program Fund
In 1999, this fund was established in loving memory of Sgt. Gary F. Williams to, in part,
provide scholarships to individuals obtaining a degree in law enforcement. Gary’s law
enforcement career spanned 25 years until his retirement from the Battle Creek Police
Department in 1993. He was a kind, compassionate person, and was always giving of
his time, without thinking twice.
Glenn & June Williams Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Scholarship
This fund was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to students of
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church who seek educational opportunities beyond high
school. Applicants must be graduating seniors who are active members themselves,
or family of active members of the Chapel Hill United Methodist Church.
Chelsea N. Washington Hosanna E. Washington Michelle L. Weaver
Carlos M. Gutierrez
Doris Klaussen
Keith M. Wemple
Demetria A. White
Dominique C. White
Chad J. Whitten
Gregory D. Williams
Jade E. Williams
Jasmine C. Williams
Lacei S. Williams
Mark D. Williams
Gabrielle L. Willis
Christopher J. Willoughby Sarah N. Wood
Brenda L. Hunt & Robert & Eleanor
DeVries, Scott E. Kinnisten
Lionel & Muzzie Wood Family Scholarship
The Muzzie Wood Scholarship was established in loving memory of Muzzie by her
family after she passed away on March 16, 2001. In 2010, her husband’s name, Lionel,
was added to the fund name and its support of Battle Creek area students expanded.
Muzzie loved the outdoors, Lionel laughingly recalls a time she wore her sneakers in
the river, knee-deep, and caught a salmon bare handed.
Project Gear Up
AaronW. Howard, Florence Leaffy Harper Creek
Tucker Class of 1929 Memorial,
Project Gear Up, Maxwell G. Root
Amy Yeast Tennis Scholarship
This scholarship recognizes senior tennis team members from Battle Creek area schools.
Amy competed as a student at Lakeview High School and Western Michigan University,
being inducted into the WMU Hall of Fame in 1997. Amy died unexpectedly on
December 21, 1985. In that same year, she was ranked the #1 Singles Player in the U.S.
Tennis Association Women’s Amateur Conference.
Rev. CliftonV. Bullock Minority Education, Louis & Margaret Martin
Educational Support Endowment,
Urban League
Rev. Earl F. Young & Rev. William Young, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is in memory of the late Reverend Earl F. Young and Reverend William
Young, Jr. Reverend Earl F. Young was the founder and pastor of Macedonia Missionary
Baptist Church from 1959 to 1982. Reverend William Young, Jr. was pastor at Macedonia
from 1982 to 1997. Both dedicated their lives to the spiritual needs and overall well
being of all Battle Creek citizens.
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Rev. Clifton
Gifford-Burgy, Roberta H. Cribbs
Anne E. Schwarz, Project Gear
Up, Joseph J. & Marion L. Hempel Alliance Nursing, Project Gear Up,
Nursing, Lena G. Bonham
Nursing
Project Gear Up
Youth Alliance Committee – Russell G. & Ruth E. Mawby Honorary Scholarship
The Youth Alliance Committee Scholarship was established by the members of YAC in
1994. In 1995, the dedicated commitment of Dr. Russell G. and Ruth E. Mawby to the
youth of our community was recognized by re-naming the scholarship in their honor.
Like the honorees, the members are dedicated to improving the quality of life of their
fellow youth in the Battle Creek community.
Frank & Elizabeth Zanetti Scholarship
The Frank and Elizabeth Zanetti Scholarship was established by Santo and Maria Zanetti
to honor Santo’s parents who moved from Italy to the United States in 1924. The Zanetti
Scholarship is awarded to students who exemplify academic and leadership skills and
plan to attend Kellogg Community College.
Russell Scott Hein Memorial
Project Gear Up, Joseph J. &
Marion L. Hempel Nursing
Loren M. Wright
AaronW. Howard, Ratner
Dr. Roman Zaplitny Memorial Scholarship
A noted physician in the Battle Creek community, Dr. Zaplitny was a committed
member of the medical profession. Dr. Zaplitny was born in Tarnopil, Ukraine, and
immigrated to the United States in 1950. In honor of his work in the Battle Creek
community, the Dr. Roman Zaplitny Memorial Scholarship was established upon
his death in 1994.
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The following affiliates have a significant education focus and are affiliated with a specific school district or system:
Battle Creek Academy Foundation Funds
Aline F. Blanc Scholarship
The Aline F. Blanc Scholarship was established in 2005 by longtime friend
and travel companion, Carolyn Burnett. Carolyn, as the administrator of her
estate, felt it no greater honor than to establish a scholarship in Aline’s name.
Aline, a 1931 graduate of Battle Creek Academy, was extremely talented,
spoke French, and loved china painting and antique collecting.
Additional Battle Creek Academy Foundation Funds include:
Battle Creek Academy Endowment Fund
Battle Creek Academy Fine Arts Education Support Fund
Battle Creek Academy Support Fund
Roland Bartram Scholarship
Evelyn Conkell Memorial Scholarship
Fogg-Steely Donor Advised Fund
Stephen F. Fox Memorial Scholarship
Merlin M. and Marian M. Hart Fund
Hazel Forney Herrick Scholarship
Dr. Peter and Laura Hong Memorial Scholarship
Sammy Howard Endowment Fund for the Battle Creek
Academy Foundation
Herbert and Elsa Ponting Foundation Scholarship
Zachary P. Steely Music Scholarship
Linda Anne Tyler Memorial Fund
Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools Foundation,
Inc. Funds
Kathleen Carpenter Garland Memorial Scholarship
Kathleen Carpenter Garland was a wonderful mother and wife who loved
nursing. She received her nursing training at Leila Hospital in Battle Creek.
After working as a floor supervisor at Leila for many years, Kathleen went
on to work for a local doctor’s office, and then Eaton Corporation, until her
retirement in 1982.
Additional Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools Foundation, Inc. Funds include:
Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools Foundation Fund
St. Joseph Catholic School Fund
St. Philip Catholic Central High School Class of 1975 Community Project Fund
St. Philip Catholic Central High School Class of 1975 Endowment Fund
St. Philip Catholic Central High School Fund
St. Philip Middle School Endowment Fund
These scholarship funds serve Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools students through
their affiliation with the Battle Creek Community Foundation
Joe Brutsche Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is a memorial tribute to Earl “Joe” Brutsche IV who lived the
Boy Scout oath and law in his daily life and never hesitated to help a friend
regardless of the time of day. Joe was a 2006 graduate of St. Phillip Catholic
Central High School. It is hoped that individuals receiving this award will
continue to display the same character, dedication and willingness to
give as Joe did.
Stanley L. & Anne M. Lemanski Scholarship
The Lemanskis were a very warm and loving couple. The family has long
been a supporter of Catholic education and the values of setting educational
standards and achieving them. The Lemanski Scholarship recognizes
graduating seniors from St. Philip Catholic Central High School. Selection
will be based on academic performance, academic merit, leadership abilities,
and financial need.
Elizabeth Mary List Scholarship
This scholarship is given in loving memory of Elizabeth Mary List. “Liz” was
ranked in the top four in the graduating class of 1969 at Battle Creek Central
High School. “Liz” loved music and played the piano. The song, “Climb every
mountain,” sums up her courage through her long illness which she termed
her impossible dream. For 20 years, Liz battled a disease that finally took her
life in 1992.
Norma J. Reed Scholarship
The Norma J. Reed Scholarship was established by Norma to assist exemplary
graduating seniors of St. Philip Catholic Central High School who have applied
themselves to their academics and other activities. “I never had a college
education, but I’ve always wanted a degree. I want to make it available for
today’s youth. To every recipient, I say, Give it your best shot!”
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Jake was employed by Clark Equipment Company for over
27 years. His son, Howard Westrick, a 1957 graduate of St.
Philip Catholic Central High School, worked in the plumbing
and pipe fitting industry for 33 years. A strong work ethic,
personal responsibility, dependability, and punctuality are
traits exhibited and valued by both Howard and Jake and
acknowledged through this scholarship.
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Matthew S. Benzik
Courtney C. Nava
Valerie E. Morel
Zoe M. Saye
Molly V. Smith
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Jack W. & Donna B. Gray Scholarship
Battle Creek Public Schools Educational
Foundation Funds
Angood/Arnold Scholarship
The Angood/Arnold Scholarship Fund was established in memory of the
parents of Judith Arnold Angood and Arthur Angood: Bernard and Marguerite
Angood and K. L. “Ping” and Marian Arnold. Arthur and Judith decided to give
the support that may be impossible for young people to receive at home so
that they may reach their goals and possibly return to contribute to the community.
Robert H. & Olive E. Barney Scholarship
Robert H. Barney and Olive E. Zaback graduated from Battle Creek Central High
School in 1932 and 1934 respectively, married in 1937, and remained lifelong
residents of Battle Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Barney believed in hard work, respect,
academic achievement and community involvement. Their children have
established this fund to assist worthy graduating seniors from their parents
alma mater.
Battle Creek Central Hall of Fame Scholarship
Battle Creek Central Hall of Fame Scholarship was established for graduating
seniors from Battle Creek Central High School. Eligible candidates will be
students of good moral character, involved in some form of community
service and any extracurricular activities.
Battle Creek Central High School Alumni Association Scholarship
The Battle Creek Central High School Alumni Association Scholarship was
established to provide scholarships to individuals who reside within the Battle
Creek Public School District, or graduates of Battle Creek Central High School.
Recipients must demonstrate extra-curricular or community involvement,
exemplify trustworthiness, respect for others, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
Battle Creek Central High School Class of 1949 Scholarship
This fund was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to students
and graduates of the Battle Creek Public Schools and direct descendants of
members of the Battle Creek Central High School Class of 1949 who seek
educational opportunities beyond high school.
Battle Creek Central High School Class of 1951 Scholarship
The BCCHS Class of 1951 have enjoyed a camaraderie and spirit over the years
that has been a source of pride. It is their intention to reward students who
have achieved academically, demonstrated positive citizenship and exemplify
the following character traits: trustworthiness, fairness, respect for others,
caring, responsibility and citizenship.
Battle Creek Public Schools WKKF Carson Scholars Endowment Fund
The BCPS WKKF Carson Scholars Scholarship Fund, established in 2009,
aims to recognize and reward Battle Creek Public School students in grades
4 through 11. Emphasis is placed on students’ performance and desire to
maintain a strong academic record, as well as strong humanitarian qualities
that have a positive impact on society.
Lena G. Bonham Scholarship
Lena G. Bonham established this fund through an estate gift to the School
District of the City of Battle Creek for the purpose of providing scholarships
to graduating seniors from Battle Creek Public Schools who seek educational
opportunities beyond high school in the field of nursing, “who shall be deemed
worthy and in need of assistance in that pursuit.”
S. Emmett Brown Scholarship
The S. Emmett Brown Scholarship Fund was a vision of Reverend Bobby Holley
in 2011. This fund was established in honor and recognition of S. Emmett
Brown’s athletic accomplishments and his giving back to young people in the
Battle Creek community. It is S. Emmett Brown’s hope that this scholarship will
help a young person’s dream of a college education come true.
Helen M. Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship
Helen Cavanaugh was a history teacher at Battle Creek Central High School
from 1929 – 1936. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and
continued teaching as a professor of history at Illinois State University from
1946 – 1973.
Tom Danna Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established by Tom’s family as a loving memorial tribute to his
life and the positive impact he had on others. Known as “Pops” to many, he was
a native of Battle Creek and graduated from Battle Creek Central High School.
Tom attended Eastern Michigan University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in
History and a Master’s Degree in Counseling.
The Jack W. & Donna B. Gray Scholarship was established for graduating seniors
from Battle Creek Central High School. Eligible candidates will be students
of good moral character, involved in some form of community service,
extra-curricular activities and have a specified level of academic performance.
Financial need may be considered but will not be the primary decision factor.
Georgia L. Howard Scholarship
This fund was established to honor Georgia L. Howard by her children, who
acknowledge her as the “mother of mothers,” in recognition of her kind, loving
and helping spirit for all children in hopes that those who receive it will be
blessed and be a blessing. Recipients who are helped by this scholarship should
have the mindset to then help someone else.
Lynne Margaret & Merri Kay Hulscher Memorial Scholarship
The Lynne Margaret & Merri Kay Hulscher Memorial Scholarship was
established by Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hulscher in memory of their daughters,
Merri Kay and Lynne Margaret. This scholarship is awarded to Battle Creek
Central High School graduating senior women who have excelled in academics
and athletics as Merri and Lynne exhibited during their time at Central.
Helen Kirkland Scholarship
Helen Kirkland established this fund through a trust fund aimed at supporting
“worthy students enrolled in the nursing courses at the Kellogg Community
College and who are in need of financial assistance.” Eligible candidates will be
graduating seniors of Battle Creek Public Schools who will be attending Kellogg
Community College.
Kraft Foods Scholarship
The Kraft Foods Scholarship was established to support students interested
in skilled trades or manufacturing technology careers. The support from this
fund assists in improving career options for minorities and women in the skilled
trades.
Al Leibert Family Scholarship
To honor Al’s amazing career and love for sports, the Al Leibert Family
Scholarship was established in 2007. Al Leibert, a coach, teacher, and former
principal, has given this community a profound legacy of personal action,
perseverance, compassion and love. The positive effect he still has on lives,
will ripple outward and down throughout the generations.
Louis & Margaret Martin Educational Support Endowment Scholarship
The Louis & Margaret Martin Educational Support Endowment Scholarship
was established to serve as a source of encouragement and support to African
American male graduating seniors from Battle Creek Central High School. It
celebrates Lou and Margaret Martin’s many years of professional, personal and
deep seated community commitment to improving educational outcomes for
young people.
Jack K. Mawdsley Scholarship
This scholarship was established to honor Dr. Mawdsley’s service and
commitment to educating youth. Dr. Jack K. Mawdsley provided excellent
leadership as superintendent for the Battle Creek Public Schools from 1973 to
1986. His commitment to youth includes service as a classroom teacher and
high school counselor to secondary school principal and superintendent.
Richard McKenzie Memorial Scholarship
Richard McKenzie was a gifted science instructor at Southwestern Junior High
School who made learning fun. Acknowledged by both peers and students as
a master teacher, Rich shared his warm humor and love of life with all that knew
him. Rich also had a deep appreciation for nature and enjoyed bird watching,
camping and canoeing.
W. James McQuiston Scholarship
W. James McQuiston is remembered for his commitment to community.
His service and leadership to community and non-profit causes spanned a
fifty-year period in Battle Creek. He was known for his wit, his clear, concise
advice, and his attention to financial detail. Today, many organizations continue
to exist as a result of Jim McQuiston’s vision.
Rusty Melges Memorial Scholarship
The Rusty Melges Memorial Scholarship was established in 1998 to provide
scholarships to male graduating seniors from Battle Creek Central High School
who are scholar/athletes, seeking educational opportunities at a college,
university or technical school.
Memorial Scholarship
The Memorial Scholarship, established in 1920 from a variety of gifts to the
School District of the City of Battle Creek, has evolved from a student loan
program to its current scholarship fund. Over the years, those with a heart
for Battle Creek Public Schools and its students have made individual and
memorial gifts to this fund.
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Bill Evans Memorial Athletic Scholarship
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The Bill Evans Memorial Athletic Scholarship was established as a memorial
tribute to the life of Bill Evans. His 27 year education career included time at
Battle Creek Central High School, where he was chairman of the business
department, wrestling coach, coaching three individual state champions, and
athletic director. He was also a City of Battle Creek sports promotion director.
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Lavern K. & Helen L. Mitchell Scholarship
Helen L. Mitchell established this fund through an estate gift to the School
to graduating seniors from Battle Creek Public Schools who seek educational
opportunities beyond high school.
Desiree Fields Memorial Scholarship
The Desiree Fields Memorial Scholarship was set up by a local doctor for the
purpose of awarding scholarships to female students raised by their single
father. Candidates must be Battle Creek Central High School graduating
seniors seeking college or technical training. This fund is awarded as part
of the Dandamudi Family Scholarship Fund.
Floyd C. and Gwendolyn M. Oglesby Scholarship
Floyd and Gwen Oglesby always had an interest in helping students to improve
their lives through education. Both were active in the schools and community
throughout their many years in Battle Creek. Floyd was involved as a teacher
and coach at BCCHS, counselor at KCC and mayor of Battle Creek. Gwen’s
involvement included family, the Community Chorus and dental hygienist.
Project GEAR UP Scholarship
The GEAR UP Scholarship is the educational financial assistance component of
the Western Michigan University GEAR UP Learning Centers project, funded in
part by the United States Department of Education. The objective is to provide
renewable scholarships to graduating seniors of the Battle Creek Public School
system who seek educational opportunities beyond high school.
Maxwell G. Root Scholarship
Maxwell G. Root graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1937.
He was a life member of the Benevolent Order of the Elks Lodge Chapter #131
and active with his alma mater, serving on its Alumni Committee and the Class
of 1937 Reunion Committee. Eligible applicants are graduating seniors from
Battle Creek Central High School.
Higdon Memorial Scholarship
The Higdon Memorial Scholarship was established by Sharon Gawlak in
honor of her parents, Maude and Harold Higdon. Sharon’s parents were
life-long residents of Battle Creek who exemplified a strong work ethic.
Sharon continued the family value by obtaining her college degree and
serving as a teacher at Northwestern Junior High School for 30 years.
Marian G. Shirk Scholarship
Marian G. Shirk established this fund through an estate gift to the School
to graduating seniors from Battle Creek Public Schools. Candidates must have
achieved a specified level of academic achievement, be in the top 25% of their
high school graduating class and plan to attend Kellogg Community College.
Hugh F. McPherson Scholarship
Hugh F. McPherson was a successful Battle Creek area businessman, who
chose to share his success with a number of organizations. The McPherson
Scholarship was established based on his desire to help the students of his
adopted alma mater, Battle Creek Central High School, achieve their goals.
Florence Leaffy Tucker Class of 1929 Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is to be awarded annually to a Battle Creek Central senior
woman scholar-athlete who has also demonstrated service to her school
and community.
Tad & Bonnie Randolph Scholarship
Tad and Bonnie Randolph were classroom teachers in the Battle Creek Public
Schools for many years. Bonnie taught Spanish at W. K. Kellogg, Southwestern
and Battle Creek Central High School. Tad was a social studies teacher at
Southeastern, W. K. Kellogg, and Battle Creek Central High School. Recipients
must have academic merit and strong moral character.
Chuck Turner Scholarship
Established in 2000 by Central High School and friends of Chuck Turner
in honor of his 29 years of dedicated service to the Battle Creek Public
Schools. His coaching accomplishments are legendary, leading the Bearcats
to 564 wins, 19 District, 7 Regional, 15 League, and 5 MHSAA/Semi-final
Championships. He was named City Coach of the Year 14 times and Regional Coach
of the Year 7 times.
James E. Sherman Memorial Scholarship
Jim Sherman graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1955
and attended Western Michigan University. Participation in extra-curricular
and school activities provided him first-hand lessons in the importance of
responsibility, discipline, fairness, and respect. Jim was a superb craftsman
in the printing field. His family established this scholarship in Jim’s memory.
Wolf Family Scholarship
This fund was established for the purpose of providing scholarships to
graduating seniors from Battle Creek Public Schools who seek educational
opportunities beyond high school at Kellogg Community College. Eligible
candidates must have attended elementary school (Valley View Elementary)
and/or middle school (Springfield Middle School) in Springfield, Michigan.
Additional Battle Creek Public Schools Educational Foundation Funds include:
Clifton J. Woods Memorial Scholarship
Mr. Woods was a life member of the NAACP, the Urban League and the Battle
Creek Civic League. He was also a 60-year member of Strothers Masonic Lodge
No. 3 Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation. In 1988, at 92 years of
age, Mr. Woods received the Senior Citizens’ Award and District Award from the
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc.
Battle Creek Central 100th Anniversary Fund
Battle Creek Central High School Hall of Fame Community Project Fund
Battle Creek Public Schools Education Fund
Battle Creek Public Schools Memorial Brick Fund
BCPS/GJM Athletic Fund
Carson Scholars Support Fund
Outdoor Education Center/Clear Lake Camp Fund
These scholarship funds serve the Battle Creek Public Schools students through their
affiliation with the Battle Creek Community Foundation
Martha Matrone Altenburg Memorial Scholarship
The Martha Matrone Altenburg Memorial Scholarship was established by her
family and friends after her untimely death. This scholarship is awarded annually
to female seniors of Battle Creek Central High School to provide advanced
training/college study with an emphasis in the area of business.
Carolyn L. Burnett Scholarship
Carolyn Burnett established this fund for one simple truth, “I would not have
gone to college had it not been for the scholarship I received.” Carolyn wanted
to help others as she had been helped, knowing when others support your
educational dreams in some way, you should do your best and persevere over
whatever the obstacles are to succeed.
Clarence & Ruth Cole Memorial Scholarship
Judith Cole Arnold and LaVaughn Cole established this scholarship in memory
of their parents, Clarence and Ruth Cole, who maintained a life-long interest
in the education of young people in the community. Their primary interest
was helping young people develop to their full potential. Clarence and Ruth
Cole realized that by giving to others, it would come back in abundance.
Harry & Helen Davidson Family Scholarship
Harry served as the superintendent of the Battle Creek Public Schools for a
number of years and later became the first executive director of the Battle
Creek Community Foundation. Much of Harry and Helen’s work in this
community can be exemplified today through the Foundation’s growth
and a strong community value for the education of our young people.
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2011 Recipients
Alanna L. Allen
Brianna C. Fitzpatrick
Wednesday M. Lee
Rashonda J. Short
Silvia Ambrocio
Asha C. Fortson
Cung S. Lian
Jonna K. Sidnam
Vanessa E. Armstrong
Elisha Glass IV
Kenneth J. Magee
Jacqueline A. Slaby
Connor M. Augustine
Alexa A. Glau
Amanda K. Marriott
Kaitlin E. Solovey
Tori E. Bauman
Britt D. Gooding
Julia Marry
Chelsea L. Stevens
Clay Bautista
Bronson J. Goodsell
Shameka A. Mason
David L. Taylor
Madelyn M. Bivens
Lakendria K. Graham
Lal N. Mawi
Kypree D. Taylor
Jalen K. Bogan
Jordan E. Green
Edith Mejia
Kum H. Thang
Stephen T. Bosse
Micah N. Hamlin
Edric L. Miller
Kortnie L. Thomas
Jasmine N. Broomfield
Milan J. Harden
Daih T. Ngun
Ashleigh M. Tilley
Christian R. Brown
Alexandria J. Hawkins
Monique L. Norton
Danielle A. Tilley
Kaneesha B. Burks
Dominque A. Hickman
Ann Y. Oo
Curtis A. Warren
Cameron B. Carson
Van S. Hnem
Keanu J. Palmer
Chelsea N. Washington
Dario Chavez
Zachary D. Ingram
Trevor A. Patterson
Demetria A. White
Anna M. Chida
Stephan M. Jackson
Sarah R. Peck
Dominique C. White
Jensen A. Clark
Kameron A. James
Kristine M. Peterson
Gregory D. Williams
Nadia M. Coleman
Trayana L. Jefferson
Skylar S. Pollard
Jasmine C. Williams
Cierra D. Cotton
David Kemp III
Samantha K. Rastoskey
Lacei S. Williams
Ngun T. Cuai
Van R. Khar-Mang
Brandon L. Rewa
Mark D. Williams
Kyle A. Davis
Jarrae R. King
Christopher Ridley
Gabrielle L. Willis
Margaret A. Dechant
Richard T. King, Jr.
Chelsea J. Robinson
Sarah N. Wood
Sarah E. DuVall
Stephen T. King
Thiam L. Sang
Da’Lin C. Fisher
Garrett J. Kissinger
Sarah K. Seng
Taffy Hernandez Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established in loving memory of Taffy Hernandez by her
family. Students receiving this award must be graduating seniors of Harper
Creek High School and exhibit leadership, community involvement, work
experience, and provide an essay on their educational goals.
Donna (Dee Dee) Hookway Memorial Scholarship
Donna (Dee Dee) Hookway was born in Massachusetts on August 18, 1944.
She passed away on October 13, 2009. She loved being with people, sharing
experiences and experiencing new things. She traveled across the U.S. and
around the world with her husband, Charlie. She was witty, charming and
the kind of person who took great pleasure in making others happy. She never
met a stranger.
Harper Creek Community Schools Education
Foundation Funds
Ceresco Community Club Scholarship
The Ceresco Community Club was established in 1922. The club purchased
what came to be known as the Ceresco Community Hall, allowing Ceresco
residents a place to enjoy community events. The Hall was sold in 1994, and
the proceeds established the Ceresco Community Club Scholarship Fund.
Allyn L. Miller Scholarship
The family and friends of Allyn Miller established this scholarship fund in honor
of his 37 years of dedication to Harper Creek Community Schools, where he
served as an outstanding teacher, counselor, and administrator.
Mark Evans Memorial Scholarship
The Mark Evans Memorial Scholarship was established for the purpose of
providing scholarships to Harper Creek students who seek educational
opportunities beyond high school. The scholarship recipient will be a
graduating senior of Harper Creek High School who is the highest scoring
National Merit Commended Student as determined by his/her scores on the
PSAT.
Paul Nicolich-Harper Creek Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Several community members worked with the Nicolich family to establish this
fund in memory of Circuit Judge Paul Nicolich who passed away suddenly in
1990. He was known as a friend to young attorneys and those who knew him
stated, “He was a friend and a fine colleague and a good judge. He was patient,
fair and he served the people well.”
Carl C. Gawart Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of Carl C. Gawart, a former
superintendent of Harper Creek Community Schools. Mr. Gawart exemplified
the traits of honesty, integrity, and devotion to duty. Mr. Gawart was a devoted
administrator who strove to provide the best educational opportunities to
the students of the Harper Creek Community Schools.
Herbert & Clara Swafford Citizenship Scholarship
The Herbert and Clara Swafford Scholarship was established for the purpose of
providing scholarships to graduates or graduating seniors from Lakeview High
School and Harper Creek High School, who seek educational opportunities
beyond high school at a four-year college or university. Recipients of this award
should demonstrate good citizenship.
Harper Creek Scholarship
Harper Creek Community Schools Educational Foundation Fund was
established for the purpose of providing scholarships to Harper Creek
graduates and graduating seniors who seek educational opportunities
beyond high school, including college, other post-secondary education
or training institutions.
Kevin B. Swafford Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established in 2009 by family and friends in memory of Kevin
Swafford. No specific grade point is required however; the applicant should
possess the characteristics of someone who is working hard on their academics,
taking hard classes but not necessarily a straight “A” student.
Nicholas Rocca Memorial Scholarship
The Nick Rocca Memorial Scholarship was established for the benefit of
graduating seniors of Harper Creek High School who are interested in
furthering their study of music at the college or university of their choice.
2011 Recipients
Dave Studer Athletic Wrestling Scholarship
In honor of Harper Creek’s wrestling coach, Dave Studer, the Dave Studer
Athletic Wrestling Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing
scholarships to Harper Creek students. Applicants must have been a member
of the Harper Creek wrestling team for three years, exhibit character and
leadership and plan to attend a four-year college.
Zachary S. Berning
Bradley R. Hicks
Dennis L. Mott
Autumn J. Turner
Kathryn E. Borders
Samuel W. Manring
Corey L. Rench
Chad J. Whitten
Ian C. Bush
Emma K. McKenzie
Taylor J. Rowe
Hannah E. Spring
Grant A. DeMoss
C. Glen Walter Scholarship
In honor of his many contributions to the students, school and community,
friends and supporters have formed the C. Glen Walter Fund. Glen’s career
in education began as a teacher at Harper Creek Junior High in 1962 and
progressed to principal in 1966 which ultimately led to superintendent.
After 33 years with Harper Creek Community Schools, he retired in 1995.
Additional Harper Creek Community Schools Education Foundation Funds include:
Beatrice B. Forward Memorial Fund
Robert C. Frook Memorial Athletic Program Fund
Nancy Hyde Honorary Fund
Diane Stinson/Jan Amy Extended Day Activity Fund
These scholarship funds serve Harper Creek Community Schools students through
their affiliation with the Battle Creek Community Foundation
Christa Ferree Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 1992 by the family and friends of Christa
Ferree, who passed away in 1991. Enthusiastic, compassionate and out-going
are some of the words that fit Christa perfectly. She played softball, was a
cheerleader, and served as vice president of her class. The family hopes that
recipients of this scholarship will do their best to achieve and attain their
highest goals.
Harper Creek Optimist Memorial Scholarship
In May 1994, the president of the Harper Creek Optimist Club authorized the
establishment of a scholarship fund to be awarded to graduating seniors from
Harper Creek High School. Applicants for this award must have a specified level
of academic performance and show evidence of community service.
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West Michigan Aviation Foundation Funds
James F. Hettinger Scholarship
This fund was established in 2008 by the board of directors and staff of Battle
Creek Unlimited, Inc. to celebrate and honor the visionary leadership of
James F. Hettinger at the time of his retirement, as he ended his BCU career
as President and CEO. This fund represents a heartfelt expression of gratitude
for his commitment to community, education, jobs and sustainable families.
Brenda L. Hunt & Robert and Eleanor DeVries Scholarship
This fund was established to support Calhoun County graduating seniors
pursuing a career in aviation. The fund is named in honor of the President
and CEO of the Battle Creek Community Foundation, Brenda L. Hunt, by
the major benefactors, Ellie and Bob DeVries. The scholarship focus seeks to
provide assistance to scholars who secure their education and employment
right here in our community.
Additional West Michigan Aviation Foundation Fund:
West Michigan Aviation Foundation Community Project Fund
2011 Recipients
Keith M. Wemple
Juliee T. Hazel Norman Scholarship
“We carry on her caring for strangers and friends alike; for community
and woman-kind no matter what the plight.” The Juliee T. Hazel -Norman
Scholarship was established to honor the memory of Juliee T. Hazel Norman.
Throughout her life, Juliee served in positions of leadership at school, church,
dance, college, career, and community.
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Marjorie A. Pastor Scholarship
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This fund was established in 1989 by family, friends, and Charles Pastor in
memory of his wife. Marjorie A. Pastor, was a graduate of and highly respected
and dedicated educator at Lakeview High School, serving as chairperson of
the English Department and high school counselor. Throughout her career,
she strived to foster integrity, responsibility, honesty, self-direction and
intellectual curiosity.
Pathways to Scholarship
Lakeview Schools Educational Foundation Funds
Andert Family Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of the late Norman J. Andert,
a music educator, and Irene E. Andert, a retired healthcare -professional to
provide a graduating Lakeview High School senior support in pursuing careers
in the fine and healing arts for the betterment of human kind.
Henrietta Curtis, Barbara Curtis and Jack Curtis Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship, originally established in 1989,
honors Barbara Curtis, wife of Jack C. Curtis and
mother of Randy, Jane and Vicki; and Henrietta
Curtis, Jack’s mother. Jack Curtis’ name was added
to this memorial scholarship after his passing in
2009. Jack is a 1941 graduate of Lakeview High
School, and his children are all Lakeview graduates.
Judi Dolezal Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is given in memory of Judi Dolezal who directed the Student
Service Center at Lakeview High School from 1994 - 1998. Judi battled leukemia
until her passing on June 23, 1999. In her short time at Lakeview High School,
her infectious laugh and refreshing zest for life were often a brilliant shining
light for many students. Judi could see and bring out the good in everyone.
Marie & Frank Eldridge Memorial Scholarship
The Marie and Frank Eldridge Memorial Scholarship was established in 1989 by
Pat Fosdick and Richard Eldridge to honor their parents. The Eldridges were active
in the Lakeview community, longtime supporters of Lakeview High School and
loyal fans of Lakeview Spartan athletic teams. As Spartan sports boosters, the
Eldridges offered encouragement to many young student athletes.
Fin’s Journalism Scholarship
The Fin’s Journalism Scholarship was established to support Lakeview High
School graduating seniors. Special consideration is given to candidates
pursuing a career in journalism; participants of journalism classes, school
newspaper, magazine, or yearbook; and those actively engaged in the work,
going beyond the “requirements” to pursue interests or get the job done.
Lloyd W. Heselschwerdt Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is for Lakeview High School graduates who have completed
the equivalent of at least 24 credit hours of college/university classes.
Preference may be given to the non-traditional student who has taken time
away from college and is now seeking to continue his/her studies.
Lakeview Schools Class of 1961 Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 1991 as a legacy to Lakeview High School
graduates. The primary objectives of this scholarship are to assist adults who wish
to finish high school, attend Kellogg Community College or both. Scholarship
recipients who demonstrate outstanding achievement at KCC will be
considered for partial financial assistance at a four-year institution in Michigan.
Lakeview Schools Class of 1990 Scholarship
The scholarship will be awarded to Lakeview School District graduating
seniors who have academic potential and some financial need. Community
and school engagement and good citizenship may be considered.
Al Leibert Scholarship
Al Leibert became an assistant principal at Lakeview High School in 1971.
He then served as principal of Westlake Elementary from 1980 to 1986.
After retirement, Al helped coach girls’ track and freshmen football for ten
years. This scholarship was initiated by Bobby Holley to honor an outstanding
educator and mentor to many.
Minges Family Scholarship
Frances Minges Delmerico Isaac implemented this scholarship in recognition
of the 150+ years the family has resided and been active in the Lakeview area.
Frank Minges, her father, was a member of the first Lakeview Consolidated
Schools Board. Laura Minges, her mother, was active in the PTA, serving a term as
its president. Their children included Philip, Rachael and Frances.
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Pathways to Scholarship was established to provide scholarships to area
individuals who reside within the Lakeview School District, or those graduates
of Lakeview High School who seek educational opportunities beyond high
school. Recipients are those individuals who exhibit above average grades,
community involvement, attendance, communication skills, abilities, and
cooperation.
Reverend George & Jean Seifert Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of George and Jean Seifert by their
children. The recipient must be a Lakeview High School graduate, a resident of
the Lakeview School District, or have a connection with the Lakeview School
District.
The Special Achievement Scholarship
The Special Achievement Scholarship was established for the purpose
of providing scholarships to Lakeview High School graduating seniors,
international students attending Lakeview High School or alumni with special
learning, development or language needs who seek educational opportunities
beyond high school.
Theodore N. Thomas Memorial Scholarship
Theodore N. Thomas was the principal of Lakeview High School from 1942
until his retirement in 1974. Affectionately known as “Mr. T,” he was a beloved
and respected principal who symbolized honesty, responsibility, integrity
and the importance of education in and out of the classroom. This scholarship
was established by his wife Ruth, who also taught at the elementary level
in Lakeview during her career.
Additional Lakeview Schools Educational Foundation Funds include:
George Byelich Student Athletic Scholarship
Teri E. Christ Memorial Endowment Fund for the Support of
Dyslexia Education
Rose Ferguson Scholarship Fund
Lakeview High School Baseball Boosters Community Project Fund
Lakeview High School Commemorative Brick Fund
James H. Mahoney Memorial Sports Fund
Kay and Karl Randels Grant for the Arts Endowment Fund
Dr. Robert D. Spencer Education Grant Fund
Steve Straub Sports Camp Scholarship
Mary Ellen Vanderveer Scholarship Fund
These scholarship funds serve Lakeview School District students through their
affiliation with the Battle Creek Community Foundation
Lakeview Class of 1968 Scholarship
The Lakeview Class of 1968 Scholarship was established in 2009 as a legacy
to its graduates and as a promise to Lakeview High School future graduates.
Recipients are Lakeview High School graduating seniors or graduates who have
demonstrated academic success and show strong character and compassion
through involvement in community service.
Ralph L. Deal Memorial Music Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2010 in memory of Ralph L. Deal, general
music teacher for the Lakeview School District elementary schools, teaching
vocal music for 25 years. His love of music and continued after his retirement
with an additional 10 years of teaching the part time music program for St.
Joseph Catholic Schools. He also served as choir director and/or organist for
numerous area churches.
Mary D. Durham Scholarship
Mary graduated from Plainwell High School in 1962 and received a B.A. in
Public Administration from Western Michigan University in 1989. She worked
as a secretary at several schools in the Lakeview School District including for
the Superintendent. She was a member of First Congregational Church and
enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, working in the garden and
taking photographs.
Russell Scott Hein Memorial Scholarship
The Russell Scott Hein Memorial Scholarship was established by his family in
October 1988. Russ received his credentials from Lakeview High School, Kellogg
Community College and the Calhoun Area Career Center. He received his
journeyman’s tool and die card October 5, 1987 and passed away October 31,
1987. This scholarship is to help fulfill the dreams of young people.
Lakeview Area Council PTA Scholarship
The Lakeview Area Council PTA Scholarship is the oldest awarded scholarship
in Lakeview. Desire for additional learning opportunities, volunteerism in the
community, extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and financial
need are all taken into consideration for selection of this scholarship.
Richard R. Montgomery Memorial Scholarship
The Richard R. Montgomery Scholarship was established by his family and
friends with the hope that recipients will display the same character and
compassion to better their community as did Dick Montgomery. Dick was a
talented, enthusiastic person whose positive attitude enriched all who had
the good fortune of knowing him.
Dan Petersen Memorial Scholarship
This memorial fund was created from contributions by Dan’s friends and several
of the organizations to which he belonged. Dan Petersen was a 1975 graduate
of Lakeview High School. If he could, Dan would remind us that high school
and life, like athletics, can and should be a great experience, but should be
enjoyed while not neglecting the other skills and traits that remain with us
for life.
Herbert & Clara Swafford Citizenship Scholarship
The Herbert and Clara Swafford Scholarship was established for the purpose of
providing scholarships to graduates or graduating seniors from Lakeview High
School and Harper Creek High School, who seek educational opportunities
beyond high school at a four-year college or university. Recipients of this award
should demonstrate good citizenship.
2011 Recipients
Rohit V. Anand
Carlee E. Campbell
Andrew T. Hlawnceu
Donald A. Rittenhouse
Brad H. Baltutat
Khaliid J. Canales-King
Brittanie T. Jones
Taylor J. Rowe
Danielle Behrndt
Austin T. Case
Cameron J. Ohrt
Patricia Smith
Cory Bracy
Megan M. Cvetnich
Dustin T. Patterson
Christopher J. Willoughby
Bailey R. Broderick
Zachary R. Downey
Kellie K. Riter
The following funds offer scholarships for experiences other than post-secondary
education:
21st Century Health Careers Scholarship
Connie Amos Memorial Scholarship
Brass Band of Battle Creek Scholarship
Community Leadership Academy Scholarship
Delia M. and Dora D. DeMaso International Study Scholarship
Staff Sgt. Michael Dickinson II Memorial Fund
Endeavor Charter Academy 8th Grade Scholarship
Rose Guzman Scholarship
Michael Labadie Music Fund
Berenice Bryant Lowe Fellowship Fund
Jean McLean Arts & Educational Scholarship
Helen Montgomery Musician Fund
Orville E. Strang Fund for the Community Chorus of The Music Center of
South Central Michigan
David Scott Turner Memorial Vocal Music Award Fund
United Way of Greater Battle Creek 75th Anniversary Scholarship
David Wallace Sportship Scholarship
Leonard L. White Educational Fund
Dora Zanotti Wideman Scholarship
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Pennfield Schools Educational Foundation Funds
Pennfield Academic Education Enhancement Community Project Fund
Pennfield Legacy Wall Community Project Fund
Pennfield Schools Educational Foundation Fund
Pennfield Visual Arts Community Project Fund
Pennfield Visual Arts Endowment Fund
Pennfield Schools Retirees Memorial Scholarship
These scholarship funds serve Pennfield Schools students through their affiliation
with the Battle Creek Community Foundation
Robert L. Weiher Memorial Scholarship
Calder-Gilbert Math & Science Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Kurt Calder, a 1982 graduate of Pennfield
High School, and the late June Gilbert, a mathematics teacher and former chair
of the math department at Pennfield from 1961-1986. June and Kurt believed
there are young women with excellent math and science abilities without
a chance to use them, and encourage women to pursue studies in math
and science.
The Pennfield Schools Retirees Memorial Scholarship was established for the
purpose of providing scholarships to children or grandchildren of Pennfield
School retirees, current Pennfield Schools employees with at least five years of
experience, or former Pennfield Schools employees with at least five years of
experience who are Michigan Public School Retirees.
This scholarship was established by the family of Robert L. Weiher, a 1967
graduate of Pennfield High School, on the 30th anniversary of his death. In
1968, he joined the Army and was sent to Vietnam. He died on March 28, 1969
from wounds suffered in combat. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze
Star for meritorious achievement in ground operations. He was also awarded
the Purple Heart.
2011 Recipients
Thomas Frey Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Louis and Beverly Frey in honor of their
son Tom, a 1978 graduate of Pennfield Schools. His high math and mechanical
interests led him to an engineering career. In 1983, he graduated from Michigan
State University and moved to Dallas, Texas. He was beginning his fifth year of
working at Texas Instruments at the time of his death in 1988.
Ashlee L. Borgerson
Chad M. Bullock
Tribute
Robert G. “Bob” Grimes 1935-2011
The Pennfield community lost one of its most avid Panthers this year. Robert G. “Bob” Grimes was deeply steeped in the district, serving
as principal of Pennfield High School from 1970-1993, and then moved to the superintendent’s position for six years, retiring in 1999.
An avid sports fan, Bob was a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) for seventeen years, and served as
the organization’s president for seven. In 1997, he received MHSAA’s most prestigious honor, the “Charles E. Forsythe Award.” He was
a member of the Cereal City Lions Club for 39 years with perfect attendance, and served on the Kellogg Community College Board of
Trustees for 14 years, including two terms as chairman.
In step with his community involvement has always been Bob’s family – his wife, Beverly, and his three sons, and grandchildren. His
commitment to his family, community and Pennfield Schools reflect his lasting legacy.
Bob was instrumental in introducing the concept of the Pennfield Schools Educational Foundation to the district. Through his shared vision, the Pennfield
Schools Educational Foundation will help students, staff and the community improve education for generations to come.
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Legacy Scholars, a supporting organization
of the Battle Creek Community Foundation,
to become the Battle Creek College Access Network:
Battle Creek CAN
Initiated by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2005,
the Legacy Scholars Program goal is to make high
school diplomas and a college education a reality for
all students in the Battle Creek Public Schools and the
Lakeview School District. By providing post secondary
education at Kellogg Community College, the Legacy
Scholars Program will continue to be a cornerstone of
the Battle Creek CAN.
Now, as the first class of Legacy Scholars is set to
graduate from high school in 2012, the framework is
set to expand the opportunity for all students in the
community to make college a reality. With Legacy
Scholars as its solid foundation, Battle Creek CAN now
becomes the over-arching structure to support a
college-going culture for all in the community.
Burnham Brook Title Holding Corporation
With the dedicated leadership of the Burnham Brook Community Center Board of Directors, staff and
through the insight and generosity of the Battle Creek Community Foundation Board of Trustees,
implementation of the Burnham Brook Community Center business model has proven to be successful.
Operations of the Burnham Brook Community Center have ended both of the last two fiscal years March 31,
2010 and 2011 respectively with a positive operating balance. This first stage of success has been achieved
through the commitment and dedication of building and funding partners, community organizations who
utilize Burnham Brook for their meetings and through the dedication of volunteers and members of the
Center. This transition of the Burnham Brook Community Center continues to be an extensive journey –
one that will clearly rank at the top of the list when it comes to important accomplishments for the Battle
Creek Community Foundation.
In January 2008, the Burnham Brook Community Center (BBCC) transitioned to new ownership and
management of the Burnham Brook Community Center Title Holding Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Battle Creek Community Foundation (BCCF). Working with BCCF and community
leadership, a sustainable model that concentrated on creating a “hub” for senior activities and services that
promote healthy living began taking shape.
On an average week, over 2,000 people connect with the Burnham Brook Community Center-based
activities and programs or come to the Center to participate in educational and community based
meetings that stimulate learning and democracy. There are several rooms (many recently renovated) of
various sizes available and appropriately priced to allow access to the community.
Burnham Brook Community Center Title Holding Corporation
Board of Directors 2010-2011
Battle Creek CAN Staff
Front: Beth Luckock Back: Roy Tooke, Selena Melvin
Front: Pattricia Miller, Judith Cole Williamson, Cheryl Beard Back: Jim Sholl, Linda Fields, Pat Horan, Tim Kool,
Jim Ritsema, Carey Whitfield Missing from photo: Don Miller
Burnham Brook Community
Center Staff
Front: Maya Williams, Nancy Weirick
Back: Dan Bradley, Charles Bean, Terry Woodin
Contributors
Concept, Editing, Copywriting and Production Assistance
Battle Creek Community Foundation Staff
Deb Miller, Communications Consultant
One Riverwalk Centre
34 West Jackson Street
Battle Creek, MI 49017
269.962 .2181
www.bccfoundation.org
Printed with soy inks
on recycled paper
Copywriting
Joseph R. Reynolds
Design and Layout
The Radius Group
Photography-Profiles
Gary Yonkers Photography
Printing
PMG/McMillan Printing
Lawson Printers

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