Jenna Bush Hager to Speak at the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Distinguished Speaker Luncheon April 11, 2018
as part of Taste • Tour • Explore

Taste • Tour • Explore also includes the Historic Home Tour, April 14, 2018
and Classic and Antique Car Show April 21, 2018
Presented by Allie Beth Allman
Presenting Media Sponsor: D Home

(December 21, 2018 – Dallas, TX)   Jenna Bush Hager was announced as the featured speaker at the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society’s (PCHPS) Holiday Party graciously hosted by Kim and Terry Quinn in their Highland Park home, which had recently been landmarked by the Society a few weeks ago.
           

As the festive crowd enjoyed libations and sweet and savory hors d’oeuvres, Lucinda Buford, president of PCHPS, brought everyone together, thanking the hosts for their generosity to a round of appreciative applause. She introduced Tish Key as the luncheon chair, announcing Jenna Bush Hager as the speaker at the Distinguished Speaker Luncheon, slated for Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Brook Hollow Golf Club.
           

Hager is a contributing correspondent on NBC’s Today show and an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine. She is also the author of The New York Times best seller Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, which she wrote after traveling to Latin American in 2006 as an intern with UNICEF. Hager is the daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
         

Jana Paul was presented as chair of the Historic Home Tour on Saturday, April 14, 2018 which will feature the homes at 3925 Potomac Avenue, 75205; 3928 University, 75205; 3504 Hanover, 75225; 4516 North Versailles Avenue, 75205 and one more to be announced.
           

Polly and Dan McKeithen are chairing the Classic and Antique Car Show happening on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Burleson Park, 3000 University Bouevard, by Southern Methodist University.
         

Tickets for the Wednesday, April 11, 2018 luncheon are on sale now and start at $150 each. Patron single seating starts at $300 each and include a Patron Party invitation. Other levels include more benefits. Sponsorships and table underwriting are available beginning at $1,500 up to $10,000. Check the website for updates: http://www.pchps.org or email mailto:info@pchps.org for sponsorship forms.
         

Advance tickets for the Saturday, April 14 Historic Home Tour will be available one month before the tour online at www.pchps.org and at these Tom Thumb stores: Snider Plaza, Preston Center, Greenville/Lovers Lane, Inwood/University, Lincoln Center.  For more information, call the PCHPS office (214) 582-0021.
           

Sponsors as of December 14, 2017: Presenting Sponsor, Allie Beth Allman & Associates. Home Sponsor: Capital Distributing.  Legacy Sponsors: Highland Park Village, William Briggs Architect, Venise and Larry Stuart. Vintage Sponsors: Carol and Clair Storey, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International; Cynthia H. Beaird, William S. Briggs, David Dike Fine Art, Eiseman Jewels NorthPark, Harold Leidner Landscape Architects, Jana and Hadley Paul, Lentz Landscape Lighting, Lucinda Buford/Tessa Mosteller, Briggs Freeman; Sleepy Hollow Homes, Southwest Gallery.  Presenting Media Sponsor is D Home. Newspaper media Sponsor is The Park Cities News/The Waters Family
         

The 2018 Historic Home Tour features architecturally and historically significant homes of the Park Cities.
•  The purpose of the annual Historic Home Tour is to show case architecturally and historically significant homes of the Park Cities and illustrate how these homes have been restored or remodeled and updated to serve the lifestyle needs of families today.
•  The Historic Home Tour and Distinguished Speaker Luncheon are the Society’s only fundraisers each year. The proceeds are allocated for scholarships and to help further our mission to promote, protect and preserve the historic, architectural, cultural and aesthetic legacy of the Park Cities.
•  The Society landmarks architecturally and historically significant homes in the Park
Cities, some of which are on the Historic Home Tour.
•  Members of the Society enjoy historic and preservation oriented educational programs.
         

PCHPS mission is to preserve and promote the history, architecture, aesthetics and cultural traditions of the Park Cities. Proceeds of the fundraisers will be used to help preserve and maintain the Park Cities House at Dallas Heritage Village, support the new PCHPS archives at the University Park Library, fund the Society’s landmarking initiatives and award scholarships to Highland Park High School graduating seniors planning to study architecture, history or preservation. Membership in PCHPS is open to the public. For more information visit http://www.pchps.org

Photo of the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society by Rob Wythe/Gittings.

19^th Annual Christmas in the Park Happens on Saturday, December 16

 S.M. Wright Foundation Helps Make Holidays Merry and Bright for Less Fortunate Families at Dallas’ Largest Holiday Charity Event Serving over 44,000 in 2016

         Your contributions make a difference!

Slated for Saturday, December 16^th, thousands of southern Dallas families will gather at the Fair Park Automobile Building for the 19^th Annual Christmas in the Park, which helps meet great needs where thousands of families struggle every day to provide basic necessities.  Over 44,000 people were served in 2016 with basic necessities like clothes, coats and food while others found toys, bikes and more to help make a child’s Christmas wish come true.

For some, the holiday season is not a time to rejoice, but a period met with hardship, heartache and disappointment.  Sponsors, underwriters, volunteers and supporters of Christmas in the Park work every year to make Christmas dreams come true for these families. Everyone is welcome to join in!
         
Organized by the S.M. Wright Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization providing support and stability to inner-city underprivileged children and less fortunate families in the South Dallas/Fair Park community, Christmas in the Park is perhaps Dallas’ largest holiday charity event, which has grown from serving less than 200 underprivileged kids in 1998 to over 44,000 residents in 2016.
         
Joining host team S. M. Wright II, co-founder, President and CEO of the S. M. Wright Foundation will be his mother, co-founder Debra D. Wright, his brother, co-founder The Reverend Calvin Wright, Ray Washburne, President and Managing Director, Highland Park Village and co-founder of MCrowd Restaurant Group, and his wife, Heather, Honorary Chairs; Nita and Cullum Clark, Chairman of the Board at the S.M. Wright Foundation and their children, co-chairs, along with many of Dallas’ business and community leaders.
         
One of the highlights is Coats for Kids, which is a program created by Maddy McGuire, a Highland Park High School (HPHS) student. She has been participating with her parents, Natalie and Mike, along with her sister Sophie in Christmas in the Park since she was three years old, making 2017 her 14th year to volunteer. She also founded the S. M. Wright Club at HPHS and along with approximately 50 volunteers, seeks donations of new warm coats all year long to give hope and happiness to kids in desperate need. Funds raised by the club purchase new Coats for Kids through Burlington Coat Factory’s community program and HPHS awards service hours for students. Since Maddy graduated last spring, her sister, Sophie, has taken on the leadership of the SM Wright Club at HPHS.
           
2017 co-chairs are Allie Beth and Pierce Allman, Gina and Ken Betts, Julie and Darren Blanton, Deni and Kevin Bryant, Doug Deason, Ola and Randall Fojtasek, Suzanne Bock Grishman and Michael Grishman, Tavia and Clark Hunt, Brooke and Jeff Jackson, Natalie and Mike McGuire, Chris and Joe Popolo, Lisa and Jeff Rachor, Pat and Emmitt Smith, Michael Watson, Jimmy Westcott, Carrie and John Willding.
         
All of these supporters and their families have long-time traditions of volunteering to disburse toys, food, other necessities and help with managing the event. Over 1,800 volunteers will join to share the holiday season with their families.
           
The foundation also provides hunger relief, educational support, health, social service assistance and economic empowerment. The foundation’s goals are to move these families from a position of dependency to self-sufficiency and to restore stability to families and the community. 

For more information on Christmas in the Park and the S. M. Wright Foundation and how you, your corporation and business can become involved, visit the website at http://www.christmasatfairpark.com/                   

Pierce Allman, a co-chair with his wife, Allie Beth, described how they first got involved:
 It started back in the ‘90s. Allie Beth and S.M. [Wright] met and part of the conversation was about meeting basic needs. We helped organize a program with support from friends and fed families at Thanksgiving. Then with their continued support and volunteers at Christmas, we all served about 300 to 400 people.   After that we used the house across the street as a clothing center. One thing led to another as everyone thought about meeting basic needs of the neighborhood. You see, many folks are in dire straits and truly want to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. They have a strong desire to learn and get back on their feet. We want to help.
         

Meeting the families and talking with them gives a fresh perspective on the true meaning of Christmas. It is so personal when you guide a child or a family through Christmas in the Park and they get to pick something, a jacket, bike, toys, something to eat and in their eyes, you realize, as one child said to me as he just grinned, "I've got Christmas like everybody else."
         
The first few times we were at the church in the old kitchen and activity rooms. Then we realized we had to take over the sanctuary and turn it into a toy land. Then we started looking at other locations and the Automobile Building at Fair Park was mentioned. At first, intimidating because it is so cavernous, but it is perfect.
         
The beautiful part is it's a faith-based enterprise. All of the money goes to Christmas in the Park or one of the other programs, which are all successfully run - putting beds in rooms, giving families furniture, meeting people’s needs. And the church attendance has grown. People are supporting his [S.M. Wright’s] mission.
         
This seems to have a synergistic effect where people understand you can support this because it works.

 From Darren Blanton, Treasurer on the Foundation’s Board of Directors and a co-chair of Christmas in the Park with his wife, Julie:

         
Julie and I met S.M. in 2001 a few years after his father, Dr. S.M. Wright Sr. had passed away and he had taken over the church. I joined the board of the Foundation shortly after that. We were really impressed with S.M.’s heart and his desire to help the people in the Fair Park and South Dallas areas. We were also impressed how he mobilized people to not only give money but to come down and serve these people with their whole family.

         
The S.M. Wright Foundation is a great example of how Christianity and Christian Service is supposed to work. Through their programs, people and their families are enabled to give money, time, and love to less fortunate people in our community. We as the givers are in turn blessed more than the recipients.
         
As an investor, philanthropist and Christian father, I encourage everyone to explore the ways to get involved with one of the programs at the S.M. Wright Foundation. The Foundation is a prime example of why Christian organizations are so much more effective than wasteful government agencies.

 Photos by Dana Driensky.

Event was presented by the Preston Center Rotary Club benefiting Nexus Recovery Center

The Pecan Room at Old Parkland was the perfect intimate setting for the first annual fundraiser A Night For Nexus presented by the Preston Center Rotary Club and benefiting Nexus Recovery Center, raising just under $72,000 for the nonprofit.

“The room was transformed into an elegant, lively and fun venue which was exactly what we envisioned for this event. We’re thrilled to report it was a complete sell-out,” said Jennifer Davis Long, Greenway Parks resident and one of the co-chairs. She offered heartfelt thanks to honorary chairs Sue Alford Loncar and Bedford Shelmire Wynne, Jr., patrons, underwriters and the committee.
         

Park Cities resident and co-chair Janet Franks LaBarba agreed, saying, “We welcomed over 115 friends and supporters mixing, mingling, having a wonderful time bidding in the silent and live auctions and dancing to the fabulous sounds of the Downtown Fever Band. With the perfect weather, some were lured outside to enjoy dessert on the private patio. It was truly a delightful and very successful evening.”
         

Emcee Jane McGarry welcomed the crowd with an exciting announcement. A $15,000 matching grant was made by the Roco Agape Charitable Foundation through the North Texas Giving Day program. Including the match, Nexus raised $43,150 through that Giving Day program.
         

Sue Alford Loncar shared her personal story of tragedy with an ultimate message of hope, having lost her daughter to suicide and then her husband Brian to a cocaine overdose, both in 2016. She said addiction takes the very essence of a person and affects everyone in the family. She read a letter from Brian to their grandchildren, ending with an emotional message to Nexus Recovery Center, thanking everyone involved and saying they are saving lives of women and children every day.
         

Shelmire Wynne, Jr. gave a brief history of his father, who was an alcoholic, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, and passed away in 1989. He was a co-founder of the Dallas Cowboys Football Team and spent the last ten years of his life helping those in need.
         

Becca Crowell, Executive Director of Nexus Recovery Center, said the center’s mission is to serve as a link to sobriety, independence, and dignity for low income women and their families affected by addiction. Nexus inspires hope, offer respect, and honor the unique differences of female addicts. In 2016 Nexus served 2,310 women and teens and 333 children, including 62 Nexus-born babies.
         

Kevin Crayton, Board President, said that Nexus is constantly raising funds to help the hundreds of low income teen girls and women who come to the organization for help and that today is a very special day, as North Texas Giving Day, encouraging everyone to fill in the donation cards.
         

Becca introduced Jennifer Arthur, a client of Nexus, to illustrate the impact of Nexus in someone’s life. Jennifer said that through her journey to sobriety, she slipped a few times and thanked Nexus for supporting her through her transformation and training her with the skills to begin again. She is three years and eight months clean and works full-time at Nexus. She said, “I am alive because Nexus accepted me.”
         

The presentations were followed by a spirited live auction, including a WaterColor Vacation, a personalized couture dress or gown designed by Patti Flowers Design Studio and a special package given by renowned Parigi chef and owner Janice Provost, which sold twice!
         

Spotted in the stylish crowd were Robin Bagwell, Mary and Weldon Davis, Father Tom Hotchkiss, Jonna LaGrone-Haynes, David Long, Karen Luter, David Quinones, Ashley Tatum, Shane Walker, Billy Fullmer, Robert Weatherly, Tia Wynne and more.
         

Media sponsors were PaperCity Magazine and The Park Cities News/The Waters Family.
         

For more information about Nexus Recovery Center, visit the web site at www.nexusrecovery.org. To learn how you can help or become involved, email development@nexusrecovery.org  or call 214.321.0156 ext 2104.

Statistics: In 2016, Nexus served 2,310 women and teen and 333 children, including 62 Nexus born babies. The January 2016, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report stated that the United States is experiencing an “epidemic” of drug overdose deaths. Since 2000 opioid overdose deaths have increased by 200%. The problem is prevalent enough that President Obama has announced federal level support to address the issue. In Texas, heroin use has increased for the last decade, with “cheese heroin” use specifically increasing in Dallas and eventually spreading statewide.

Nationally, approximately 32% of all drug treatment facilities offer specialized treatment for adult women and 13% report providing special services for pregnant and postpartum women. Currently, Nexus Recovery Center is on of the few drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Texas providing treatment services for pregnant and parenting adult women and teens.

History: Established in 1971, by 1974, Nexus programs included therapy and life skills training and housed 17 women. In 1990 the facility relocated to a 12-acre campus in east Dallas to provide a wider array of services. The new space enabled Nexus to become a leader in treatment for women by allowing children to accompany their mothers into treatment. In 1991, Nexus expanded the adult women program to 40 beds. In 1993 because no treatment providers would accept pregnant or newly parenting teens Nexus began filling this service gap. In 1999, the Child Development Center was built to meet the needs of accompanying children. In 1997, Nexus opened a secondary site for outpatient services. In 2012 the adolescent program expanded to 30 beds.

Joint Commission accredited since 2006, a rare accomplishment in the non-profit sector due to the high standards required to earn and maintain. Nexus is committed to providing top-notch care for low-income women and their children.

Photos by Bob Monzano

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Country Singer Sensation Aaron Watson Performs at the Saturday, November 18 Ball

The M1Ball American Cowboy: History. Heritage. Humanity. happens on Saturday, November 18 and features one of today’s finest torch-bearers of real country music, singer and Texas native Aaron Watson performing live at Eddie Deen’s Ranch in Dallas. Founders and hosts are Tania and Glenn Beck with honorary chairs Gina and Ken Betts. Honorary chairs emeritus are The Vinyard Family and Gena and Chuck Norris.
         

Don’t miss the chance to buy tickets now for the raffle of a 2017 GMC Canyon sponsored by Sewell Automotive Companies. Tickets are $100 each. A limited number will be sold. Purchase of the tickets is open to the public and you do not have to be present to win. The winning ticket will be drawn at the M1Ball on Saturday, November 18. Buy tickets and more details here: https://m1ball.org  
         

Suzanne Bock Grishman, Park Cities resident and Mercury One’s executive director said, “Mercury One is a humanitarian aid and education organization focused on restoring the human spirit.” Some of the initiatives and programs the foundation supports include most recently leading a funding effort to provide immediate and long-term relief for Hurricane Harvey victims working with six core disaster relief partners, who in turn pledged 100% of granted funds directly aided and assisted individuals in a number of ways including: search and rescue, basic needs, humanitarian support, food and long-term clean-up and recovery efforts. These partners were CitiImpact, Gleaning for the World, Operation BBQ Relief, Somebody Cares, Team Rubicon, and The Provisions Project. 
         

Mercury One also sponsored the Dallas Film Society’s High School Roundtables in the 2016 through 2017 academic year, their High School Day and Stand to Honor in Dallas honoring veterans. Mercury One’s initiatives include providing programs to individuals to advance the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for communities to help themselves as well as assisting our nation’s veterans, providing aid to those in crisis, and rebuilding and restoring the lives of Christians and other persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East.
         

M1Ball American Cowboy sponsors and patrons at certain levels will be treated to a VIP reception and then join in the party as everyone enjoys delicious vittles as only Eddie Deen’s can do, live and silent auctions of priceless experiences and one-of-a-kind treats, and dance the night away.  Media partners are PaperCity and The Park Cities News/The Waters Family.
         

Individual Tickets are $200. VIP tickets are $500. Host Committee is $1,500 for two tickets. Sponsorship opportunities are $7,500-$100,000. Find out more at mercuryone.org/m1ball or contact Michael Powell, Director of Development at 972-499-4747 or m1ball@mercuryone.org  

Featured Performer:          Aaron Watson is a country singer whose 17-year career spans a dozen albums and more than 2,500 shows in the U.S. and Europe. His new album, Vaquero, is a bold album that confidently draws from Texas’ storied musical melting pot: dancehall shuffles, dustbowl narratives, Tejano and more fill the record. In writing the new album, Watson felt especially drawn to the idea of the vaquero, the original Spanish horseman that set the foundation for the North American cowboy, a solitary figure with a legendary work ethic. Aaronwatson.com

North Texas and other beneficiaries of Mercury One include:  Mercury One is a 501(c)(3) foundation based in Dallas, Texas. Mercury One is a Humanitarian Aid and Education organization focused on restoring the human spirit. Mercury One’s initiatives include providing programs to individuals to advance the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for communities to help themselves as well as assisting our nation’s veterans, providing aid to those in crisis, and rebuilding and restoring the lives of Christians and other persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East.
         

Mercury One’s The Nazarene Fund has directly assisted over 22,000 Christian and other persecuted religious minorities displaced by ISIS in the Middle East by evacuating them to safe havens and providing for their needs.

Other initiatives include supporting O.U.R. (Operation Underground Railroad) paving the way for permanent eradication of child sex trafficking; Folds of Honor/Stand To Honor in Dallas 2017; Dallas Film Society’s High School Roundtable events and High School Day 2016-2017;  22 Kill-veteran suicide prevention; Team Rubicon-disaster recovery in Rowlett, Garland, Baton Rouge, and Houston; S.E.E.D.-trauma support and counseling in Iraq; F.A.R.M.-agricultural therapy for veterans living with PTSD and depression; City of Glenn Heights-disaster relief; Recovery Resource Council; Irving Cares; La Buena Vida Youth Leadership Foundation; Boot Campaign; Operation BBQ; Sons of the Flag; Minnie’s Food Pantry; Soupmobile; Irving AMBUCS; Catholic Charities; Chris Kyle Foundation; and Honor, Courage, and Commitment.

Mercury One has expanded its partnership with veterans’ organizations to fund educational, psychological and employment training as well as hosted celebrations to honor them for their sacrifice and dedication. Mercury One has provided its partners in Israel with first responder rescue “ambucycles,” and increased its collection of historical and religious artifacts.
         

AaronIn 2016 over $200,000 was donated to the Assist the Officer Foundation benefiting the families of fallen officers in Dallas following the fatal shooting July 7, 2016.
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Bring a friend and join in supporting the third annual Help Our Heroes Luncheon on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at the Brook Hollow Golf Club to benefit the Army Scholarship Foundation and provide educational opportunities for our military families.

Chaired by north Dallas residents Rose and Jeff Gault, US Army, Retired and CEO of the Army Scholarship Foundation with Highland Park resident Carmaleta Whiteley Felton as Advisory Chair, this luncheon is crucial to help provide funding for scholarships for the children and spouses of Army families and is supported by numerous sponsors and underwriters, including many active duty and retired soldiers. Sponsors include Bell Helicopter, 7-11, NexBank, Hillwood, a Perot Company, AT&T, Christus Health, Glass Doctor of North Texas, and USAA.  Media sponsors include The Park Cities News/the Waters Family and 660AM radio. 

Jon David Wells is Celebrity Master of Ceremonies and guest of honor will be The Honorable Allen West, former U.S. Congressman, and Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Retired.

The event will also include a special performance by Sergeant First Class Matthew Nall of the United States Army Chorus, and a personal story as related by a military family member scholarship recipient.    

 Last year’s luncheon included a personal testimonial by Garrett Wise, recipient of the Colonel J. Allen Green Memorial Scholarship, who gave insight into the real-life situation, every day struggles and triumphs facing many active troops today. He is currently attending North Texas State University in Denton and the son of Staff Sergeant Andy Wise, who had recently returned from deployment with the 7^th Special Forces Group in Afghanistan. These are members of the community of young patriots who are making daily sacrifices in defense of our freedom and way of life every day.  Garrett said that without this scholarship, his education would not be possible. His plea did not fall on deaf ears, moving the crowd to a standing ovation.       

Since 2001, the Army Scholarship Foundation has provided hundreds of academic scholarships to military family members.  The Foundation was established in 2001 by a group of Army veterans to serve our military families by helping children and spouses of soldiers fulfill their dreams of higher education.
         
Tickets are $150 each. Sponsor and underwriter benefits include preferred seating, special program visibility, Patron Party invites and more. 

Donations are encouraged by visiting the website at ArmyScholarshipFoundation.org or contact Rose Gault at rose.gault@armyscholarshipfoundation.org  or call 703-599-8029.

Host Committee:  

Lieutenant Colonel (USA, Ret) Woody Alexander, Association of the US Army;

Darcy Anderson, Hillwood;

Jon Arnett, AT&T;

The Honorable Allen Clark;

Michele Vonnegut Costello;

Otis and Carmaleta Felton;

Lt General (USA, Ret) Jay Garner;

Roger Gault, the Gault Company;

Stan Graf, Graf Chevrolet;

Lt General (USA, Ret) Stanley Green;

Robert Gunby, RTG Capital;

Robert Hastings, Bell Helicopter;

Dierk Hohman, NexBank;

Colonel (USA, Ret) J.P. Hogan, Association of US Army;

Colonel (USAF, Ret) Ralph Hodge;

Ellen Houlihan, Raytheon;

Congressman Sam Johnson, Texas;

Ambassador Robert Jordan, SMU;

Colonel (USA Ret) Richard Kaniss, Association of US Army;

Michael Lunceford, Mary Kay Foundation;

Major General (USA, Ret) Mike Marchand;

Tad McIntosh, HumCap Inc;

Andrew Nall, Radiant Financial;

Larry Patterson, Glass Doctor of North Texas;

Patrick and Mary Sculley, The Exercise Coach of Dallas;

The Honorable Keith Self, Colin County;

Congressman Pete Sessions, Texas;

Steve Sosland, UNT Health Science Center;

Thomas and Joan Stephens, Stephens & Associates;

Meredith Walker, East West Institute Board of Councilors;

Congressman Allen West, NCPA;

The Honorable Alberto Zapanta, USA, Ret, US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

Mission Statement:  The mission of the Foundation is to provide college scholarships to the sons and daughters of those who have served our nation honorably as soldiers in the United States Army and to provide college scholarships to spouses of enlisted soldiers serving on active duty in the United States Army.

History: In the year 2000, a handful of U.S. Army veterans joined together to develop plans for establishing a foundation to assist the needy sons and daughters of soldiers and Army veterans in achieving their dreams of higher education. It was the vision of these Army veterans that the Foundation would grow and be able to benefit an ever increasing number of deserving children of soldiers. 

Following the events of 9/11, the Foundation took on a new meaning for its founders and volunteers.  They established a scholarship in memory of a fellow soldier, Captain Jennifer Shafer-Odom who was killed during the war on drugs in Columbia, and additional scholarships were soon established in memory of those fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

In 2001, the Internal Revenue Service recognized the Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, making all donations to the Foundation fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by federal law.  In order to recognize the sacrifices of the spouses of serving enlisted soldiers, in 2006 the Board opened eligibility for scholarships to such spouses as well. 

In 2016, the Army Scholarship Foundation awarded a record 103 scholarships to deserving Army family members in pursuit their educational dreams.  Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded more than 300 scholarships averaging approximately $1,000 each.  Unfortunately, many highly qualified applicants do not receive awards due to lack of funding.

The Army Scholarship Foundation continues today as an all-volunteer organization, run by caring individuals seeking to assist Army family members in their educational pursuits as a small way of saying "thank you" for the many sacrifices made by Army families.   

  *Photo by Dana Driensky