Scholarship Foundation News





2009 Scholarship Raffle is underway!!  See Link above



New Constitution and ByLaws page (updated 4-30) available for download: Here



The Directors of the Society of the 3rd Infantry Scholarship Foundation, Inc. are currently evaluating applications submitted for scholarship grants in 2009. Awards of $1000 each will be paid to successful recipients’ accounts at their institutions of higher learning in June. Because the Foundation received a very large number of excellent entries from both Soldiers and Children of the Division, our judges requested an additional few days to make their final decisions.

This year, both Legacy and Sponsored awards were presented in parallel with Foundation awards. Brief profiles of the honorees and our successful candidates will appear on the Society’s website at www.3rdiv.org and on the Foundation’s website at http://www.3idscholarshipfoundation.org in August, and in the Watch on The Rhine following the Society’s 90th Reunion. The names and brief profiles of those receiving the following awards will be announced at the Society’s 90th Reunion in Springfield, Missouri, in September.

  • The Legacy Award
    • “Thomas W. Mason, Old China Hand.”
  • The Sponsored Awards
    • Jerry Kraft and Gracie Potts Award honoring “General William Webster and LTC James Silva”
    • Thomas R. Maines Awards
      • In memory of “SFC Ralph E. Rickenbacher”
      • Honoring “Sgt. Wayne T. Alderson”
    • LTC Terrence A. Smith Award in memory of “Sgt. Shaker T. Guy”
    • James and Joan Strawn Award honoring “The 10th Engineers”
As you know, all members of the Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors are volunteers. They receive no salary or expenses for their work on behalf of our Soldiers and Children of the Division. All funds donated to support the work of the Foundation come from our generous donors. We have no other source of income so our donors are very important to the success of the Foundation, and our Directors express their gratitude to all who have contributed to this important effort.

We also urge our donors to seek “Matching Funds” from their present or previous employers. We maintain a list of over 1,000 companies who offer matching gifts when their employees donate to “Not-For-Profit Public Charities” like our Scholarship Foundation. All of these companies match funds donated and, many times, they double and even triple the donor’s gift. Donors receive recognition for their company’s donation as well as their own. If you wish to take advantage of the “Matching Gifts Program” offered by your past or present employer, let us know the name of your company when you send a donation to the Foundation. Our staff will complete the necessary research, obtain the “Matching Gifts” application, complete it, and send it to you for your signature. This is a very easy way to provide additional donations to the Foundation.

Our raffle to raise funds for 2009 is going well. Tickets are still available from the Foundation, and the drawing will take place at the Society’s 90th Reunion in Springfield, Missouri, on September 19, 2009. Our generous prize donors have provided over forty prizes for the event. You do not have to be present to win. The Foundation will ship prizes to winners who are unable to attend the reunion. Send your requests for tickets and payment to the Foundation at the address below. Our staff will fill out your tickets, enter them in the drawing, and send your ticket stubs to you.

Those wishing to contribute to the scholarship program can send donations to Scholarship Foundation, 2010 Worcester Lane, Garland, Texas, 75040. Our donors are truly investing in the future of our country. It is our hope that our scholarship program to benefit Children and Soldiers of the Division will attract even more members to our fine Society. Thank you for supporting our efforts and the higher education goals of our soldiers and our young people. Following is our list of donors who have contributed since the last Watch was published.

Legend: Platinum ($1000-$4999), Gold ($500-$999), Silver ($100-$499), Bronze ($1-$99)

Silver
Camile J. and Marjorie Chaisson Jr.
Col Ricky and Mary Barbara Nussio
LTC James and Linda Reeves
BG James B. and Karen Van Delden
General Louis Weber
Col Vernon H. and Mary Wold

Bronze
Joseph W. Ball
Larry Q, and Amy Burris
Milton B. and Barbara Carr
Steven G. and Elaine Chandler
Thomas G. Chilcott
Lawrence E. Driscoll
Osburn and Bettie Flener
George and Terri Georgulas III
Mary Ann Goulet
Franklin and Delores Hanson
Wilson F. and Anne Humphreys Jr.
Col G.C. Lewis, Jr.
Bruce and Nancy Monkman
Otto W. and Janet Mueller
William S. Pitlik
Daniel A. and Barbara Raymond
John and Helen Shirley