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Winneconne Area Community Foundation awards $22,000 in scholarships

Twenty-five students were awarded a total of $22,000 in scholarships from the Winneconne Area Community Foundation during a ceremony on May 16.

Scholarship recipients are chosen by volunteer members of the Foundation’s scholarship committee, as well as members of a high school scholarship committee. The award criteria include outstanding work in the classroom, extra-curricular activities and community involvement.

Scholarship recipients include:

Katie Bartelt 
$1,000             Tanner Henschel Memorial Scholarship
$200                Lillian Mae Muiller Scholarship

Makenzie Becker
$1,000             Tom Radtke Scholarship
$1,000             Robert & LyLalu Paffenroth Scholarship

Ashley Brooks
$250                Big Bucks Bass, Cali Boucher for Juvenile Diabetes Scholarship
$300                James Coughlin Scholarship

Daniel Buyeske        
$500                Rose Coughlin Scholarship

Scott Craig               
$500                Larsen-Winchester Lions Club Memorial Trades Scholarship
$1,000             Winneconne Roadrunners Scholarship

Mercedes Fietzer
$1,000             Technical College Scholarship

Holly Francart
$450                Gordan Leistikow Scholarship

Abigail Gilman
$1,000             Lola A. White Scholarship

Charles Grey
$1,000             Tom Radtke Scholarship
$500                Winneconne IT Department Scholarship

Irene Husnick
$500                Marilyn Henze Scholarship
$150                Callin Gartman Scholarship

Joshua Jaeger
$1,500             Larsen-Winchester Lions Club Memorial Medical Field Schlp

Abigail Johnson
$1,000             Delbert E. Greenman Scholarship
$300                Edna Palecek Scholarship

Katelyn Koval
$500                Don Hale Scholarship

Leah Kubasta
$500                D.H. McDonald Family Scholarship

Morgan Mathusek
$1,000             Bill & Bernice DiVall Scholarship
$300                Allenville Grange Scholarship

James Nelson
$500                Robert Jacque Memorial Scholarship

Hannah Novinska
$1,000             Jack V. Perry Scholarship

Leah Olson
$150                Mary Roherty Scholarship

Tanner Rogers
$1,000             George and Vera Tipler Family Scholarship

Ryan Sailors
$500                David Mendoza Tovar Scholarship

Hayden Schultz
$1,000             Winneconne Area Education Fund Scholarship

Tessa Tegrootenhuis
$200                Winneconne Community Schools Scholarship

Sarah Trachte
$500                John Allen Fine Arts Scholarship

Levi VanHandel
$200                Winneconne Community Schools Scholarships

Jodie Weyland
$500                Gerald H. Mugerauer Memorial Scholarship
$500                Emil & Doris Lenz Scholarship
$500                Gene Giddings Scholarship

The Foundation, with more than 50 funds and $1 million in endowed assets, was founded in 2013 to serve the residents of Winneconne and the surrounding area as a charitable giving partner benefiting charitable organizations that serve residents of the Winneconne Community School District, which includes Larsen, Winchester, Poygan and Butte des Morts. The Foundation is an affiliate of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Our donors enjoy maximum tax benefits. For more information, please call 920-426-3993.­­­­­­­­­