Reverend John H. Scott Memorial Fund

Because of your donations to The J. H. Scott Memorial Fund, we have been able to provide another year of support to worthy young people who without our help, may not be able to pursue their dreams of a better future.  We know that there are many other worthy organizations that you could have selected to receive your donation.  We are certainly appreciative that you selected the Fund!  Because of greater financial support and increased needs during the recession, the Board voted to increase the amount of the annual scholarships and added a grant program.  Read below to find out more about how your dollars are used to help worthy young people succeed.  We ask for your continued support. 

Thanks to your donations, the Fund’s first place award was increased from $2000 to $3000 this year and the second place award was increased from $1200 to $2000.  On May 7^th at the Madison/Tallulah Civic Center, we awarded our first $3000 scholarship to Ariell Brown of Rayville High School.  Brown is currently a freshman at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.  Alex Charles Ward of Newellton, La, a graduate of Tensas High, received second place.  Ward is a freshman at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA where he is majoring in Agricultural Economics.  This was a very competitive year of highly qualified applicants such as Jessica Jones, Alescia Riggs, and ShanDeric Washington of Madison High and Xavier Tennant of Rayville High, who all presented their essays at the annual program. All applicants in attendance received gifts consisting of useful items for school. The Fund’s Vice President, Kendrick Pullen, served as the Master of Ceremony.   

Ariell Brown, 1^stplace recipient
Alex Ward, 2^nd place recipient

The keynote address was delivered by Khalif El-Amin of Milwaukee, WI, a grandson of Rev. J. H. Scott and a 2009 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point where he was point guard and team captain of his championship basketball team.  El-Amin, who is currently Assistant to the President/CEO at New Horizon Center, Inc, a family-run Social Services agency, spoke on “Time”, encouraging the audience to use time wisely, patiently persevering to achieve goals.   

Khalif El-Amin, 2011 Speaker

Other youth participating were The Stars of Joy New Generation who provided the music and Stormie Jones, our 2009 scholarship recipient, who performed a beautiful praise dance.

Announcing A New Grant Program!

In recognition of Rev. Scott’s desire to give children greater access to religious, civic and educational experiences, The Fund is proud to announce the establishment of a new grant program for 2011.  The Fund will offer two grants, up to a maximum of $1000 each, to support youth services.   The grants will be awarded at the end of this year for use by June 30^th of the next year. One grant is restricted to applicants operating in Richland, Tensas, Madison, West or East Carroll Parish.  The second grant is unrestricted by location.  Educators or educational institutions, religious organizations, youth clubs/organizations or nonprofits working with youth are eligible to apply.
DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30^TH!

To apply for one of our funding opportunities and/or for more information, please visit our website www.jhsfund.org . You can also visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/John-H-Scott.

The Elder Tyrone Scott Award was presented to The Stars of Joy New Generation, a group of young male gospel singers from Lake Providence, LA.  This award is for persons who use their creativity and artistic talents in a positive way in the community.

In addition to the 2011 scholarship recipients, the following students are also on scholarships from the Fund: 

• De’Junae Shaw from Lake Providence, Southern University
• Mary Lundy from St. Joseph, English major, Alcorn
• Fred Reed III from Lake Providence, Nursing student, Southern University
• Stormie Jones from Rayville, University of Louisiana
• Courtney Keys from Lake Providence, Nursing student, Grambling State University

Check out updates from the Fund and postings about Rev. J. H. Scott and his work in northeast Louisiana found in old articles from Jet, Time, and The Crisis magazine on the Fund’s fan page on Facebook.  If you aren’t already a fan, just log into Facebook, go to the tool bar at the top of the Facebook page and type in “John H. Scott” in the “search” field and click enter. When the results have loaded, look for John H. Scott, Non-Profit Organization.  Click to load the fan page and sign on to be a friend.