Thank You!
Carroll is an excellent investment. Private contributions allow the Foundation to help students balance the demands and responsibilities of full or part-time jobs, college coursework, and family life. The students we help are all so different, from young moms, to returning adults searching for a new career, to a recent high school graduate.
A scholarship means many things to them - less financial stress, the knowledge that someone has faith in their abilities, and an incentive to keep trying, even on days when nothing seems to go right.
Your gifts help Carroll students transform their lives. Thank you!
Please read on to meet some of our deserving scholarship recipients and learn the difference your support has made in their lives.
To establish a scholarship or get more information, please contact our Foundation director at 410-386-8154 or swantz@carrollcc.edu .
Read about Scholarship Opportunities for students.
The Foundation Office regularly receives letters from students expressing their gratitude for scholarships. We've been touched by these heartfelt thank you notes. We thought we would share them with you here.
RE: The Carroll County Times Scholarship
Dear Scholarship Donor,
I wanted to let you know how thankful I am to be receiving this scholarship. It is wonderful to receive some confirmation that someone else believes in me. I have to admit that my life has had many difficulties this far and I always felt that the universe was working against me. Before I got the acceptance letter I was terrified I would have to take a semester off because I didn’t have enough money for my textbooks. I am really relieved now; I don’t have to worry about paying for my books this semester because you are helping me with that. I want you to know that this chance is not wasted on me and that your donation will be put to good use. I will make it through school and I will contribute to our society in the best of ways, by teaching children the importance of education. Thank you again for reminding me that there are still good people in this world who are kind enough to help those less fortunate than themselves.
Sincerely and Eternally Grateful,
Amber Martin
Elementary Education Major
Carroll Community College
May 2006
RE: Roscoe G. Bartlett Scientific Scholarship
Dear Honorable Roscoe and Mrs. Ellen Bartlett,
My name is Jolene McKenzie; I am 19 years old and have just finished my freshman year at Carroll Community College. I recently received a letter congratulating me for receiving the Roscoe G. Bartlett Scientific Scholarship. I want to thank you for supporting this scholarship and I am very happy to receive it.
My future plans include getting a bachelors degree in Meteorology at Millersville University. From there I plan to make my way to NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) where I want to be one of their meteorologists. I have wanted to be a meteorologist since I was twelve years old in 1999 when a funnel cloud passed through our farm. Though it didn’t do any damage, it did when it was a tornado passing through my aunt’s neighbor’s farm. However, my interest was confirmed in 2001 when a tornado plowed through our farm and flatted our crops and damaged one of our buildings as well as our neighbor’s. Fortunately, the crops pulled through and straightened up; but, then I knew I was destined to be a meteorologist.
I am currently taking transferable classes at Carroll Community College so I can save some money before I go to Millersville University. I chose Millersville University as the college I want to graduate from because when I took basic weather classes taught by a NOAA meteorologist I asked him which school is the best to get a degree in meteorology. He told me the best meteorologists come from Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Therefore I plan on working hard to fulfill my dream of being a meteorologist and working for NOAA when I finish my degree.
Outside of school I help on my parents’ 165 acre dairy farm where I help milk the cows; work in the fields; and feed the livestock which includes over 70 cows, pigs, rabbits, chickens, and ducks. Using the machinery and working in the fields is my favorite job to do on the farm. I also volunteer my time at St. Matthew’s UCC church activities in Pleasant Valley. I participate and help with many 4-H events at local, county, and state levels. I have achieved many goals that I set through my years in 4-H. I was ambassador for a total of 6 years and in 2004/2005 I was the Carroll County Dairy Princess. When I was Dairy Princess I attended a Farm Bureau Meeting/Banquet to give a milk toast. You also attended and I was so excited I got a picture with Mr. Bartlett. I competed for the title again this year and received 2006/2007 Alternate Carroll County Dairy Princess. One of my best friends got the title and I am very I excited for her. We have an awesome year planned out for us and we can’t wait to get started. Besides church and 4-H, I have applied and been accepted to compete in the pageant for the title of 2007 Miss Maryland USA. I have a busy year planned ahead of me and I hope everything works out for the best.
I want to thank-you both for supporting the Roscoe G. Bartlett Scientific Scholarship once again. I will use this scholarship wisely to follow my dream of being a meteorologist and working for NOAA.
Thank-you,
Jolene R. McKenzie
RE: Fairhaven Residents Scholarship
Dear Miss Brumbaugh,
I was quite pleased upon being notified by letter that I was selected as the recipient of the Fairhaven Residents Scholarship. Please accept my sincere appreciation and gratitude for this generous contribution to my education and my future career of teaching. The scholarship opportunities for non-traditional students such as myself are few compared to those offered to students just graduating from high school, thus making this award all the more valuable to me personally. I am also a wife and mother of three children and this award for education will help to lessen the burden on our family budget, and allow me to achieve my career goal of becoming a middle school math teacher. Again, thank you so much for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Angela R. Vaughan
Re: First Financial Credit Union Scholarship
Dear First Financial Credit Union,
I would like to take this time to thank you for the teaching scholarship that you have funded in which I was so graciously able to receive. This scholarship has made it possible for me to proceed with my education at Carroll Community College. I am pursuing a career in early childhood education. After receiving my Associate of Arts Degree, I will then continue on to receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education from a four year college.
I am a displaced homemaker with no prior college degrees. I have a 78 year old mother who had a stroke in 2005 who I am caring for and is living with me. I also have a thirty two year old daughter who has fourth stage melanoma. She has asked me to care for her two children ages eleven and six if anything would happen to her.
With all these situations in hand, I feel that I need a secure job with benefits and retirement attributes. In the past, I have had a full-time registered daycare for 8 years, volunteered for 3 ½ years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children in Carroll County, a Girl Scout leader and a Sunday school teacher. I truly love children and believe that my contribution to teaching will be a great asset to this community.Thank you again for funding this scholarship and in turn making our community a better place to live.
Sincerely,
Lori A. Mann
