GFWC OK McAlester Fortnightly obtained 25 scholarship purposes within the spring of 2022 from college students graduating from seven totally different excessive colleges in Pittsburg County. Fortnightly not too long ago awarded two scholarships to deserving graduating seniors in Pittsburg County.
The Alene Puterbaugh Scholarship was awarded to Emilee Coxsey for creating her STEAM digital week program which offered 5 video workshops on Science, Know-how, Engineering, Artwork and Math. For this venture, Emilee devoted 2,500 hours reaching over 4,500 college students. Throughout her workshops, Emilie faucets into the scholars analytical abilities encouraging them to construct a STEAM venture for free of charge to them. Emilee plans to attend The College of Oklahoma majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Emilie is Miss McAlester 2022 and devotes her time to 4-H tasks as Pittsburg County Vice President and County Ambassador together with different philanthropic actions.
The Bobbye Schumacher Scholarship was awarded to Kade Hemmerling for his many volunteer hours donated to the Hudson Sturdy Memorial Basis offering backpacks and toys to underneath privileged kids and to aiding ALS victims. Kade participated in Band, Wrestling and Soccer whereas conserving his grades sturdy. Kade will attend the College of Tulsa majoring in Engineering. Kade says, “Scholarships of this sort will assist obtain my purpose of working in a enterprise whose purpose is to cut back NOx emissions within the refining and petrochemical trade.”
GFWC McAlester Fortnightly celebrates their 118th Anniversary in 2022 as a Federated Membership donating numerous variety of volunteer hours and {dollars} to the McAlester space and Pittsburg County. Federated in 1904, this group of ladies was devoted to first making a free public library which they achieved. Not too long ago, Clubwomen donate their time, vitality and funds to the Youth Emergency Shelter, Hope Home, KIBOIS Ladies’s Shelter, Oklahomans for Impartial Dwelling, Good Samaritan Shelter, Jap Oklahoma Meals Financial institution, and Pinwheels for Prevention with consciousness of kid abuse.
The Normal Federation of Ladies’s Golf equipment is a unifying pressure, bringing collectively native ladies’s golf equipment, with members devoted to strengthening their communities and enhancing the lives of others via volunteer service. With practically 80,000 members in affiliated golf equipment in each state and greater than a dozen international locations, GFWC members are group leaders who work domestically to create world change by supporting the humanities, preserving pure sources, advancing training, selling wholesome existence, encouraging civic involvement, and dealing towards world peace and understanding.