On Friday, June 18th the Anthem Rotary Board of Directors announced that the annual scholarship fund that we have awarded will now be named the Edward F. Varney Memorial Scholarship Fund. Several members visited Ed at his home on Saturday to inform him of the naming of the fund in his name. Ed was a long time Rotarian and very instrumental in the establishment and annual work done to award scholarships to eligible graduating High School Seniors in the Anthem and surrounding areas. Every year Anthem Rotary would award five $1,000 scholarships. This past year we were very fortunate to be able to fund scholarships to all 18 qualified applicants and will be announcing the names very shortly at a reception for the winners. Ed was so excited to hear the news of the naming of the scholarship in his honor, but more importantly that the hard work fundraising by the club had enabled us to award 18 scholarships this year.
Sadly, Ed passed away early Sunday morning June 20th but his work will go on forever through this fund.
Anyone wishing to donate to this fund can do so by mailing a check to:
Anthem Rotary Foundation
Edward F. Varney Scholarship Fund
3655 W Anthem Way Suite A109
Anthem, AZ 85086