Rotary Lunch Club honors scholarship recipients
Club awards over $200k to local seniors
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The Jackson Hole Rotary Lunch Club honored this year’s senior scholarship recipients earlier this week where 42 students representing every school in Teton County were awarded scholarships totaling $203,500.
“We are honored to recognize exceptional students throughout our community every year with Rotarian Scholarships,” said Jim Waldrop, scholarship committee member and Rotary president. “Our work, from Casino Night with the generous support of Bill Baxter, to interviewing students during the application process is rewarding. We are humbled by the generous support of our fellow Lunch Club Rotarians and the community. Together, we all share in the pride and celebration of our students in Teton County.”
Parents, teachers, students and Rotarians were in attendance to recognize these students and share our community’s support as they embark on their next chapter.
Mike Blazek, Rick Palmer and Rotary awarded a scholarship honoring late Rotary Treasurer Lee Burbank. The Lee Burbank Scholarship is a two-year scholarship for vocational education.
Amy Ringholz, who has generously supported an art scholarship through Rotary over the years, was in attendance to award this year’s winner Sarahi Roldan-Vazquez.
Lynn Friess, representing both herself and the late Foster Friess, provided each student with $1,000 totaling $42,000 to be spent on “pizza and ice cream” to nurture and grow new friendships in college or trade school. This gift is a legacy tradition of the Friess Family, with Lynn sharing with students and attendees how “the friends we made at the University of Wisconsin have supported us through life.”
The Jackson Hole Rotary’s Lunch Club Foundation and the Fund for Public Education awarded $8,000 in grants to local Teton County School District #1 teachers.
Recipients of the grants this year are Rachel Spellman, Cate Finlay, Brook Yeomans, Hillie Elwood, Anne Sudmeier, Kathryn Steele, Sarah Faris, Miranda Mosis, Daniel Abraham, Jessica Davidson Lynch, Buffy Allen, Kate Kool, David Wells, Alivia Bingham, Theresa Lundquist and Christina Montiel.
