SEN. BOB KERREY CHALLENGE GRANT
May
3, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sen.
Bob Kerrey Challenge Grant Announced by the
Vada Kinman Oldfield & Col. Barney Oldfield Nebraska Dollars For Scholars
Vada Kinman Oldfield & Col. Barney Oldfield Nebraska Dollars For Scholars
Lincoln
Nebraska May 3, 2001: Through a generous gift from Col. Barney Oldfield,
each year a Dollars for Scholars chapter in Nebraska will receive an award
to be given as a scholarship in Bob Kerrey’s name. Nebraska has recently
established Dollars for Scholars chapters in communities across the state.
These chapters raise local money to be given out in scholarships. Ardyce
Bohlke, executive director of Dollars for Scholars in Nebraska, stated “Bob
Kerrey always stepped to the plate when schools were in need, it is fitting
that an educational scholarship be established in his name.” The chapter
selected will be the one showing the most growth in donations in their respective
communities. Col. Oldfield said “I hope the citizens of Nebraska will
join me in establishing the Sen. Bob Kerrey Dollars For Scholars Scholarship.
Because Vada, my wife, was a veteran, and I too, am a veteran, it would
be wonderful to have other veterans join with educators across the state
in this endeavor.
Ms.
Bohlke stated that donations may be sent to Nebraska Dollars For Scholars,
P.O. Box 81294, Lincoln NE 68501. Soon, Nebraska will have chapters in 25
communities and through the Foundation for Education Funding, Inc. will
have granted $50,000 in challenge grants to these chapters, Together with
donations from the local communities, close to $1000,000.00 will be awarded
to Nebraska students through the Vada Kinman Oldfield and Col. Barney Oldfield
Nebraska Dollars For Scholars this year.