In 2017, the local office of Wells Fargo Advisors (led by Managing Director Gary Swearingen) donated $20,000 to launch the Community Ambassador Scholarship Fund, which supports local high school students looking to continue their education at EIU. Since then many local area businesses and individuals have contributed to this fund. Scholarship recipient Will Dawkins shares his story HERE.
Local businesses this year that have donated generously to fund this scholarship include:
SC3F Wealth Management Group
Midland States Bank
Heartland Dental
KC Summers
Consolidated Communications
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Agracel, Inc.
Washington Savings Bank
The First National Bank
First Neighbor Bank
West & Company LLC
Doehring Winders & Co. LLP
KIMA Management LLC
Davis-Houk Mechanical, Inc
Jerry and Lana Esker
