Don & Linda Jayne Scholarship Fund Set up for Waverly High School at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers
July 8, 2008
Don and Linda Jayne, owners of Jayne’s florist, in Waverly, NY recently established the Don & Linda Jayne Wrestling Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers. The purpose of the fund is to offer a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior at Waverly High School who has been involved in the wrestling program while in high school and who is going on to further their education at an accredited two or four year college or university in the United States.
This fund was established in March 2008 by Don and Linda Jayne, long time Waverly residents and business persons. Don had a wrestling scholarship while attending Cornell University. Today he and his wife are avid wrestling fans of Waverly High School who closely follow the sport.
A selection committee consisting of the Waverly guidance department, principal, and faculty members will select the scholarship winner each year. The scholarship recipient must have been on the Waverly wrestling team or have been a manager of the wrestling team. They must have held a job or done community service work while in high school, have demonstrated financial need and earned at least an 80 grade point average while in high school.
The scholarship will be given each year to the student or students the selection committee and CFTT Board of Directors considers most deserving based on the criteria listed above. The scholarship will be announced at graduation.
CFTT serves Bradford, Sullivan, and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania and Tioga County in New York State. It is a purely public charity, incorporated as a non-profit, that has been granted 501(c)(3) status by the IRS. The mission of the CFTT is to continuously improve the present and future quality of life in the counties served by the Foundation.
The CFTT establishes endowment funds from contributions of many individual citizens, corporations, other foundations, other charitable organizations and government agencies for philanthropic purposes. As the endowment funds grow, it uses the earnings from these funds to make grants to organizations or projects that serve identified community needs or are designated by the donor.
Anyone interested in learning more about the CFTT or in establishing a fund can contact the organization by any of these methods: telephone - 570-888-4759; fax - 570-888-2179; email - cftt@stny.rr.com; or website - www.twintierscf.org.
CFTT is dedicated to making a difference locally “for good – for everTM”
