Jerry Slaton Scholarship

JERRY SLATON SCHOLARSHIP

The Jerry Slaton Scholarship is being established to leave a continuing legacy for the students of the Hanston area. This gift of hope and belief in the students will allow us toassist them in future years to further their education and become leaders of our community and country.

This community foundation is being formed under the umbrella of the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas to manage funds donated to this cause. A community foundation exists to benefit the local community. It is a nonprofit organization, a 501c(3) organization. All donated funds are tax deductible and will be used for scholarships for the Jerry Slaton Scholarship.

Community foundations act as a conduit for charitable giving. The gift travels through the community foundation, is invested by the Community Foundation of SouthwestKansas and all funds designated to the Jerry Slaton Scholarship will be awarded tostudents from the Hanston area. This enables any interested individual to donate moniesto be invested in the future of Hanston area students without having to cope with setting up a special-purpose nonprofit corporation. This also enables us to benefit from the expertise of financial management found in larger philanthropic organizations.

Scholarship Criteria

1. The applicant must be a resident of the Hanston area with an academic standingof at least 3.0 or higher who is going to attend an accredited technical school, or a two or four year college or university.
2. There must be a financial need. This will be determined through a section of the Foundation's scholarship application which the applicant fills out showing the estimated expense of their tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, personal expenses, transportation costs. etc. They will estimate their annual resources including other scholarship(s), grant or loans already received.
3. Participation in community service activities defined as activities outside of the school arena such as Scouts, 4-H, and other communality activities. This consideration, which on the surface suggests a well-rounded student, win not limit consideration of students who have the capability to be successful in further educational endeavors, but financially need to work and therefore are not able to participate in extra-curricular activities.
4. The applicant should demonstrate good citizenship in the classroom as well as in the community.

Application deadline is March 31st and notification will be given at the annual Awards Program In order for objective selection of scholarship recipients, all Scholarship applications will be reviewed and recipients selected by the scholarshipcommittee.

The scholarship is for one year, paid to the student following proof of enrollment.

The Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is a 501c(3) non-profit
organization, and all contributions are tax deductible. The Foundation can also acceptgifts of negotiable securities that may be advantageous for your tax planning. For information on this, please call the Foundation Office at 620-225-0959.

To qualify for a tax deduction, your checks MUST be made payable to:
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
And designated for the Jerry Slaton Scholarship
The mailing address is: Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
PO Box 1313
Dodge City KS 67801-1313

The Jerry Slaton Scholarship Board consists of six members. They shall serve
indefinitely or until they are replaced. There will always be a member of the Slaton
family serving on the Board. The Board members are: Jerry Slaton, Kameron Slaton,Mike Salmans, Jim Eckhoff, Nolan Salmans, Marie Ney and Allen Selfridge.

Return completed scholarship application to:

Jim Eckhoff, 502 E. Main Street, Hanston, KS 67849 by March 31st.

Application for Slaton Scholarship

Eligibility: Applicant must be a graduating senior from the Hanston community with an academic standing of at least 3.0 or higher and plans to enroll at a Technical School or a 2 or 4 year College or University.

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Name of Technical School, College or University you plan to attend.

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Please list all activities that you participated in during high school.

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Please list all community activities (Scouts, 4-H, Church, etc) that you have been involved in.

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Please list all awards you have received, both in school and out of school

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Explain how you would use the money and why you think you deserve to receive this scholarship

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4/19/2007