New Scholarship Partnership between Grayslake Rotary Club and CLC Foundation

At the Sept 22nd meeting of the Grayslake Rotary Club, Barb Oilschlager hosted Karen Schmidt and Erin Fowles, from the College of Lake County Foundation, as our club's guests and featured speakers.  Karen is the Executive Director of the CLC Foundation, and Erin is the Director of Financial Aid.  Their presentation to our club was a follow-up to earlier interest we had expressed towards sponsoring a needs-based scholarship for students attending CLC.  

Grayslake Rotarians Michael Marassa & Barb Oilschlaager present first scholarship check to CLC Foundation's Karen Schmidt and Erin Fowles

They discussed the CLC student demographic makeup, the costs of attending CLC, the need for financial support for CLC students, and the structure and administration of the CLC Foundation in awarding scholarships to CLC students.  They answered members' questions about selection processes, funding schedules, and offered recommendations to our club to determine how we would structure our scholarship.  As a result, our club decided to proceed with funding a $1000 annual needs-based scholarship to a local area CLC student, beginning with this fall semester.  On behalf of our club, President Michael Marassa and Barb Oilschlager presented Karen and Erin with a check for $1000 for our first CLC Foundation scholarship.  Our club is excited and proud to support our local CLC students, and we look forward to many years of assisting the CLC Foundation in matching needed tuition funds for deserving CLC students.