The CSA Education Fund was established October 24, 1992 to provide scholarships to CSA and Benzie County students to support their educational studies deemed worthy by the CSA Education Fund Trustees.  The scholarships are granted to students who have shown financial need, have demonstrated scholastic ability, have participated in community service, and who have been accepted by an undergraduate or post graduate program at an accredited college or university, or into a vocational program.  Past recipients are welcome to apply.  Scholarships are presented during intermission of the operetta in July.  Contributions to the CSA Education Fund are tax deductible.  General, honorary or memorial gifts to the CSA Education Fund should be sent to:  CSA Education Fund, care of Carol Edmonds, P.O. Box 1026, Frankfort, MI 49635.                               

Thanks to the generous contributions of the CSA membership and support by local Benzie County area citizens, in 2011 the Education Fund was able to award ten scholarships totaling $25,500.  Total scholarship awards since 1992 is $316,000.  The year 2011 was the ninth year that the Tom Williams Memorial Service Award was an option for presentation.  This award is presented to the applicant who is most deserving based on who most embodies the spirit and dedication to service that Tom Williams epitomized during his lifetime. Leigh Whelpton received this award for 2011 for her outstanding service to her community.  The trustees of the Education Fund would like to thank those who gave memorials, and acknowledge those in whose memory or honor gifts were given.  This year contributions were made:

In Honor of: 

 Luanne Buzzell, Chip and Linda Tull

In Memory of:  

 Wendy Beck  (Memorial Fund), Mary Burrows, The Charles Family, Robert and Harriet Clapp, Ethel and Clark Cooper, Sylvia Comings, Bill and Barbara Davis, Betty Dutton, Wendy Elrick, Linda Baker Evans, Charles French, Buddy Hoerr, Buddy and Katsy Hoerr, Joan Holt, David Johnson, (Memorial Fund) Evan Kennedy, Winifred Keiser, Robert Kirshner, Nan Knight, Shirley Leete, Rusty Lewis, Margaret (Peg) Murphy, Bill and David Mutch, Lucy Ohlinger, Bob Rodgers, M.W. Sheldon, Elsa Shultz, Bill Sorensen, Bruce Soule, Jim and Winnie Stewart, Alice Ohlinger Weaver, Emilie Williams, Tom Williams

We are also very grateful for generous donations from the Dutton Foundation and from the CSA Women’s Association.  The balance in the Education Fund at the end of the summer season was $40,877.47 which includes checking of $17,436.56 and Reserve of $23,440.91.  We look forward to increased donations again in 20012 in order to support a large number of applicants with a growing need.

 2011 scholarship Recipients

Pictured Top to Bottom: Josiah Myers, Kendall Heller, Chelsea Spaulding, Keeton Spencley, Emma  Fitzhugh, Allison May  Not Pictured: Michael Kedzie, Elisabeth Steigerwald, Paula Steigerwald, Leigh Whelpton

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If you’re a student in need who has resided in Benzie County for at least part of the year, demonstrated scholastic ability, and applied for or been accepted by an accredited college, university or into a vocational program, a CSA Scholarship is available to you!  The recipients of the CSA Scholarship will be determined by the Trustees of the CSA Education Fund and announced in the summer. 

For your application go to the CSA Website at http://www.summerassimbly.org where there is a button for CSA Scholarship Application or contact Tom Teteak, Chair at tsteteak@gmail.com.  All applications must be received by June 15 each year.

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Thanks to the generous contributions of the CSA membership and support by local Benzie County area citizens, in 2010, the Education Fund was able to award fifteen scholarships totaling $29,000.  Total scholarship awards since 1992 is $290,500.

2010 was the eighth year that the Tom Williams Memorial Service Award was an option for presentation.  This award is presented to the applicant who is most deserving based on who most embodies the spirit and dedication to service that Tom Williams epitomized during his lifetime.  No student qualified for this award for this year.  The trustees of the Education Fund would like to thank those who gave memorials, and acknowledge those in whose memory or honor gifts were given.  This year contributions were made:

In Honor of: 

Nancy & Bob Baglan, Patsy Smolik Beck, Jared Lambiotte, James & Mary Ann Schmidt, Connie Schulz, Noel & Hannah Smith, Louise Stanton, Rather Stanton, Charles (Bud) Strong, Chip and Linda Tull

In Memory of:  

Judith Buntain, Mr. & Mrs. Parke Burroughs, Mary Burroughs, Mark Clements, W Clark & Ethel Cooper, Cynthia Lee Davidson, William P & Barbara Davis, William R. Decker, Mary Louise Ellsworth, David P Evans, Linda B Evans, Charles (Bud) French, Lambert Holmes, Doris Howe, Lulu H Ingersoll, Edith Pope Jackson, Betty Johnson, Janet Reid Johnson,  Norman Johnson, Janet Keithley, Evan Kennedy, Jeffrey Kolakowski, Nelaura (Rusty) Lewis, Vi Linder, Jed Logan, Johnnie Logan, John R Longmire, Edith Swern McCann, Nora Bridget McEntee, Howard & Ruth Pearsall, Russell & Jean Petrick, Michael Davidson Potter, Walter Pope, Paul A Rauth, Emily Palmer Reid, John C Reid, Jay Rush, Richard Sampson, Mrs. M W. Sheldon, Howard Smith, Bill Sorensen, James Stewart, Ed & Emily Stimson, Carol Stowell,  Dorothy Strong, John and Sue Sturges, Tuck & Becky Tate, Mary Theorin, Willard I Webb Jr., Willard I Webb II, Willard I Webb III, Tom and Emilie Williams, Dorothy J Wynne, Stephen and Connie Zetterberg

We are also very grateful for generous donations from the Dutton Foundation, from the estate of Becky Tate, and from the CSA Women’s Association.  The balance in the Education Fund at the end of the summer season was $47,973.74 which includes checking of $24,800.74 and Reserve of $23,173.  We look forward to increased donations again in 2011 in order to support a large number of applicants with a growing need.

2010 scholarship Recipients

Pictured bottom row left to right: Keeton Spencley, Chelsea Spaulding, Kate Heniser, Jillian Gum, and Courtney Czewhowski   

Middle row left to right: Elisabeth Steigerwald, Pula Steigerwald, Michael McCauley  Back row left to right:  Kendall Heller, Leigh Whelpton, Will Pray and Michael Kedzie  Not Pictured: Emma Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Kraft, Katherine Sturges 

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If you’re a student in need who has resided in Benzie County for at least part of the year, who has demonstrated scholastic ability, and has applied for or been accepted by an accredited college, university or into a vocational program, a CSA Scholarship is available to you!  The recipients of the CSA Scholarship will be determined by the Trustees of the Education Fund and announced in the summer. 

For your application go to the CSA Website at http://www.summerassimbly.org where there is a button for CSA Scholarship Application or contact Tom Teteak, Chair at tsteteak@gmail.com.  All applications must be received by June 15 each year.

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