Two John Paul II Collegiate students are the 2016 recipients of scholarships from the Peter Lewchko Fund with Battlefords and District Community Foundation.
Kaylee Doke and Michael Menssa will each receive $3,000 to help with their post-secondary school expenses.
Kaylee is enrolled in the Animal Science Technology program at Lakeland College in Vermilion and Michael has been accepted in the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan.
Lewochko’s profession was farming, but he was a life-long learner with a range of hobbies. He was born in Poland and came to Battleford with his homesteading parents. He enjoyed gardening, bird watching and fishing until his death in 2013. He established this scholarship as a legacy to his belief in the value of education. BDCF invests donations and provides grants from annual income on the fund.
Community foundations across Canada create endowment funds that will provide annual income to meet needs in the community. Battlefords and District Community Foundation currently administers 22 funds that contribute to a range of interests from the arts and health care to post-secondary scholarships and recreation. BDCF distributed more than $35,000 in community grants and scholarships last year.
The foundation website at www.bdcf.ca has complete information.
