Blog Posts by "JRF"
Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund Annual High Hat Tea and Silent Auction
Posted on Mar 30, 2009 by JRF Staff |
The Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund is hosting its Annual spring fundraiser, the High Hat Tea and Silent Auction Sunday, April 19 from 1-3 at the Lyndon House Arts Center. There will be a raffle for a beautiful hand-made quilt, with ticket sales benefiting JRF, as well as a crazy ...
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Jeannette Rankin is honored for Women's History Month
Posted on Mar 17, 2009 by JRF Staff |
The Women’s Museum blog is featuring unforgettable women who greatly impacted history, as part of Women’s History Month. March 16th was dedicated to Jeannette Rankin and the post is full of interesting quotes and a synopsis of some major events in her life. See the full post here. It ...
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Shauna McElroy receives Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award
Posted on Feb 11, 2009 by JRF |
One of our scholars from 2008, Shauna McElroy, was recently honored with the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award. McElroy is currently attending Folsom Lake College and is president of her college’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
College is important but pricey
Posted on Feb 4, 2009 by JRF |
The number of Americans who think college education is necessary to succeed has significantly increased, according to a survey released Wednesday by Public Agenda and the National Center on Public Policy and Higher Education. Two-thirds of the people who believe college is essential also believe ...
Tagged: college expenses, scholarships
Remembering the founder of the Pell Grant
Posted on Jan 2, 2009 by JRF |
With the backing of Claiborne Pell, a U.S. Senator from 1960 to 1997, Congress created the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, later named the Pell Grants, in 1972. In 2008, Pell Grants provided more than $16 billion to help low and middle-income students attend college. Pell once said, “...
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Thanksgiving raffle recap
Posted on Dec 10, 2008 by JRF |
Thanks to all of our wonderful supporters, volunteers and everyone who bought a raffle ticket, the first ever JRF Thanksgiving raffle fundraiser was a great success! The raffle netted more than $1,100, which will greatly help JRF during these tough economic times. The grand prize, a $500 Kroger g...
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