| About the Foundation
The Society of the 3rd
Infantry Division Scholarship Foundation, Inc., chartered in 2005 as a
standalone, Not-For-Profit Public Charity, is now five years old. Its mission
is to provide financial aid in the form of scholarship grants to 3rd
Infantry Division Soldiers and the Children and Grandchildren of those who have
served with the Division, as well as the unmarried spouses of those killed in
action or who died of their wounds while serving with the Division in combat. While
most of these classifications are not new additions to our mission, we believe
many of those eligible to submit applications for scholarship grants may be
unaware of this opportunity.
The annual deadline for submitting
scholarship grant applications is May First. Our directors complete judging in
May and early June, and grants are paid to recipients’ student accounts at the
institutions they specified. During our first three full years (2005-2007) in
operation, we awarded eight scholarship grants. In 2008 alone, we awarded five
grants, and in 2009, eight grants. Each year, following announcement of our
recipients, their profiles and photographs appear in the October issue of the Watch
on the Rhine, and they are currently displayed on the Foundation’s website
at www.3idscholarshipfoundation.org
and on the Society’s web page at www.3rdiv.org.
In addition to our Scholarship
Foundation awards, additional awards in the name of Legacy Donor Thomas W.
Mason are presented. Besides the endowed gift Mr. Mason presented to the
Foundation, he designated money to be given in grants at the rate of $3,000 per
year, through 2007. Mr. Mason’s generous gift supports our goal to acquire
enough investment return to pay scholarship grants in the future. It is our
hope that a second Legacy Donor’s paperwork can be approved in time for the
2010 awards.
You probably know that our Board of
Directors provides all services to the Foundation free of charge, and no
officer has an expense account. We are all volunteers working to build a sound
Foundation that will achieve perpetuity. To this end, we invest all funds not
immediately required for scholarship grants so donations earn interest until
needed for awards. Our goal is to
position the Foundation to operate on the interest earned on its investments,
and we estimate achieving success by 2014.
All gifts to the Foundation are
completely tax-deductable because donors receive no goods or services for their
gifts to a Not-For Profit Public Charity. Donors receive Tax-Certification
Letters by return mail. Donations to the Foundation can be used to reduce your
tax burden. We would greatly appreciate any gift you can provide to assist our
young folks, our Soldiers, and the direct descendents of our fallen comrades of
the 3rd Infantry Division. Education is not the only key to
achieving success, as we cannot discount the strong ingredients of positive
attitude and determination, but education is certainly a very effective
enabler—more necessary in the Twenty-first Century than ever before. Please
support our efforts to continue the work of the Foundation. Checks should be
made payable to “Scholarship Foundation” and sent to
Scholarship Foundation
2010 Worcester Lane
Garland TX 75040
Should you have any questions,
please contact Chairperson Lynn Ball at the Foundation address or call
972-595-1704 or send an e-mail communication to ldball1@msn.com.
For clarification the e-mail address is LDBALL1@MSN.COM.
Foundation Board of Directors
Lynn Ball: Chairman
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