Benson High Alumni Launch Scholarship Endowment Fund
Effort strives to raise $100,000 for scholarships.
The Benson High School Alumni Association is seeking donations for the Benson High Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund.
According to Nina Little, Alumni board member, the association intends to raise $100,000 to support five scholarships, with the goal of increasing both the size and number of scholarships as additional funds are raised.
“Students receiving the scholarships from the Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund will meet academic standards and financial need requirements,” Little said. Scholarships will be awarded to students who are in the upper 50 percent of the class, have contributed to the school and community by participating in activities but, because of financial need, might not otherwise seek post-secondary education.
Funding scholarships has been a goal of the Benson High School Alumni Association since its incorporation in 1987.
“We want to honor the intention of the Alumni Association founders by establishing a formal funding vehicle for scholarships for Benson students,” Little said.
The Alumni Association Fund is separate from the school’s scholarship program and will be administered by the Omaha Schools Foundation at no cost to the Alumni Association. The Foundation has 501 (c) (3) tax status.
Donations can be sent to Benson High Alumni Scholarship Endowment, Omaha Schools Foundation, 3215 Cuming St., Omaha, NE 68131.
A brochure about the BHS Alumni Scholarship Endowment is available here:
