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Copper Shores Community Health Foundation awards 18 scholarships to students around the Copper Country. The 2024 scholarship funds include a new scholarship worth up to 20,000 dollars awarded to graduating seniors, CTE scholarships, six awards from the Joseph Kirkish Fund, and two awarded by the Mcintyre Family Fund. Combined Copper Shores assisted in awarding 111,000 dollars to 18 students at 10 school districts.
The 5,000 dollar Copper Shores Community Health Foundation scholarship was awarded to four individual students Oliver Anderson and Addison Hembroff Houghton High School, Rebecca Lyons from Lake Linden High School, and Annali Hendrickson from L’Anse High School.
The Copper Shores KEDA Career Tech Scholarship was awarded to six students; Lance Isaacson – Houghton High School, Cannon Mayo – Houghton High School, Sara Johnson – Jeffers High School, Amya Niemi – Chassell High School, Brielle Kero – Hancock High School, Dillon Maddon – Ontonagon High School
The Joseph Kirkish Fund supported three scholarships that awarded two individuals each. All three scholarships represent 2,500 dollars in financial assistance.The Educational Scholarship was awarded to Christian Besonen from Ewen-Trout Creek High School, and Addison Hembroff from Houghton High School. The Congregational Scholarship given to Marino Pisani – Houghton High School, and Taryn Maki – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City High School. And the Phi Kappa Tau Scholarship has been awarded to Michigan Tech students Paul Brown and Gabriel Sheahen from the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
The McIntyre Family Scholarship worth 2,000 dollars was awarded to students Shayna Stites and Dillon Maddon from Ontonagon High School.
Those interested in learning more about the 2024 spring educational scholarship dispersed by the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation can find more details here.
