North Iowa High School and Bison Charities
Scholarship Fund Drive 2011
The North Iowa High School Scholarship Fund, which was established in 1997 and the Bison Charities Scholarship, established in 1999, continued to gain support this past year. The total local scholarship program this year was able to give over $25,000 in scholarships to graduates of the Class of 2011 from North Iowa High School. The combined efforts of the NIHS Scholarship Fund and Bison Charities have given over $300,000 to worthy area students since 1997. The great success can be attributed to generous individuals, families, and organizations that have sponsored local scholarships for our students. You too may also want to sponsor a scholarship as an individual, group or family in memory or honor of someone special. However, if that is too large of a financial commitment, you can also benefit a deserving student by contributing to the North Iowa Scholarship Fund or Bison Charities Fund in any feasible amount.
Any gift that you could bestow to either of these scholarship funds would keep an established tradition growing. All donors will be recognized during the annual fund drive in the Buffalo Center Tribune and Thompson Courier/Rake Register and also their names will be included in the graduation programs each year that they contribute. Also, if a donation of $100 or more is received in the North Iowa Scholarship Fund in honor or memory of a loved one, then that honored or memorialized person will have their name engraved on the plaque located in the gym lobby of North Iowa High School. The North Iowa High School Scholarship Fund is managed through the North Iowa Community School business office in special scholarship accounts. The Bison Charities Scholarship Fund is administered by the non-profit group called Bison Charities. Donations to the respective funds are tax deductible.
Thank you for your consideration of these beneficial programs.
If you would like to contribute to the North Iowa High School Scholarship fund or sponsor a scholarship, please contact the North Iowa High School Guidance or Principal's Office at 641-562-2525 or 800-433-2944 at Ext. 122 or 115.
List of Donors to the North Iowa High School Scholarship Funds for 2010-2011
Blue Club ($250 or more)
Ben Sloter Memorial Endowment
Buffalo Center Tribune
Thompson Courier and Rake Register
W.D. Ley Scholarship Fund
Eileen Woodcock Scholarship Fund
In Memory of Stuart Wamsley by Angie Wamsley and family
Russell B. Charlson Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Lydia Charlson and family
Glenda Berryhill Evans Scholarship sponsored by her children and grandchildren
Larry and Becky Hill
V.H. and Julia Boekelman
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank of Buffalo Center and Lakota
State Savings Bank of Rake
Titonka Savings Bank of Thompson and Titonka
Lakota Community Club
Thompson Lion's Club
Buffalo Center Community Club
Seneca Foods of Blue Earth, Minnesota
In Memory of Cory Murra by his family and friends
The Ralph & Eleanor Schnebly Scholarship donated by the Dexter Schnebly Family
Boeing Corporation
American Legion Post 21
VFW Post 4824
Bison Charities Scholarship Fund
Skogen-Hagenson Scholarship sponsored by Randy and Mary Jane (Skogen) Hagenson
Chevron-Phillips Corporation
The Merlyn R. Elman Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Betty Elman and family
In Memory of Cyndi Winter by Kirk, Samantha, and Alex Winter, Mike and
Bonnie Jellinek
V.H. and Julia Boekelman
In Memory of Darvin Kettwick by Brian and Laura Behnken, Dennis
and Edna Yegge, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
Employees from FDIC Cedar Rapids Field Office, Russell and Karen
Buss, Susan Keil, Frances Meyer, Keith and Shirley Hagenson, Neil
and Rox Steffensen, Rande and Mary Giesking, Chad and Allison
Hinders, Alroy and Marlene Krull, Phil and Cheryl Benn, Brent and
Diane Matson, Hofbauer Seeds, Kim and Sheryl Davids, Bob and
Connie Anderson, Brian and Jenny Kramersmeier, Dean Beenken,
Brad and Loree Huntington, Darrin and Julie Jensen, Brian and
Amy Vander Wilt, Jim and Sue Wubben, Mike and Carole Kettwick
and boys, Roger and Fran Schaefer, Susan Kiel, Frances Meyer
Bill Hobby
In Memory of Herb and Jean Fetrow by Joe and Pam Angstman, Ruth
Huntbach, George A. Fetrow and Jean(Fetrow) McNulty
In Memory of Herb Fetrow by Dennis and Kay Recker, Barbara Peach,
Jean McNulty, Duane and Jina Ringhofer, George Johnson, Jim and
Patty Feuerstein, Suzanne David, Clair and Denny Rustemier, John
and Mary Lu Jackson, Clark and Lorene Goodrum, Patricia Barnes,
Irving and Patricia Byrd, Carolyn Sullivan, Jean E. Jackson, Dave
and Dona Yegge
In Memory of Ron Berschman by Gary and Naomi Garst, Frances Meyer,
Mike and Carole Kettwick, Alroy and Marlene Krull, Grant and Barb
Ostrander, Phil and Cheryl Benn, Gary and Sherill Meinders, Kim and
Sheryl Davids, Rande and Mary Giesking, Roger and Fran Schaefer
Neil and Rox Steffensen, David and Helen Smidt, Brian and Amy
Vander Wilt, Brad and Loree Huntington, Brian and Jennifer
Kramersmeier, Russell and Karen Buss, Dean and Mary
Gerzema, Dennis and Edna Yegge, David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt,
Jim and Sue Wubben, Glen and Shirley Hauskins
In Memory of Marlin Fisher by the Fisher Family
In Memory of Merle E. Edwards (BCHS Class of 1940), from all the
Descendants of Mr. & Mrs. Burton F. Edwards
In Memory of Cecil Steffensen by Mark and Kim Osterman, Brad and
Loree Huntington, David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt, Brad and Holly
Arnevik, Grant and Barb Ostrander, Dale and Sara Meinders, Rande
and Mary Giesking, Brent and Diane Matson, Chad and Allison
Hinders, Larry and Becky Hill, Scott and Arin Anderson, Brian and
Amy Vander Wilt, Phil and Cheryl Benn, Lyle and Eloise Wirtjes,
Dean Beenken, Rick Hofbauer, Paul and Joann Steffensen, Roger and
Fran Schaefer, Russell and Karen Buss, Alroy and Marlene Krull,
Mike and Carole Kettwick
In Memory of Frances Kelso by Mary and Dave Peterson and family,
Rox and Neil Steffensen, Alroy and Marlene Krull
In Memory of Margie Miller by Paul Miller and family, Kristi Miller,
Dennis and Edna Yegge, Roger and Fran Shaefer, Alroy and Marlene
Krull
James and Phyllis Gibson
Silver Club ($100 - $249)
Arlo and Sue Sime
Buffalo Center Fire Department
In Memory of Jeff Doyle by Larry Heyes
In Memory of Dr. Donald Senne by Dorothy(Bruhns)Senne and her
Family, Diane and Marco Laviado, David and Gloria Senne, and
Darlene and David Darroch
In Memory of Clarence Voortman by Dennis and Edna Yegge, Alroy and
Marlene Krull, Brent and Diane Matson, Paul and JoAnn Steffensen,
Kim and Sheryl Davids, Neil and Rox Steffensen, Roger and Fran
Schaefer, Dean Beenken, Michael and Carole Kettwick, Rick
Hofbauer, Brian and Amy VanderWilt, Doug and Kim Ostermann
In Memory of Carol Christenson by her family, Neil and Rox Steffensen,
Brad and Loree Huntington
Sponsors ($10 -$99)
In Memory of Alice Straw by Roger and Fran Schaefer
In Honor of the North Iowa Community School Retirees 2010 by Barb and
Grant Ostrander
In Memory of Millie Davids by Phil and Cheryl Benn, Keith and Shirley
Hagenson, Neil and Rox Steffenson, Alroy and Marlene Krull,
Brent and Diane Matson, Rande and Mary Giesking
In Memory of Jean Thompson by Neil and Rox Steffensen
In Memory of Helen Weaver by Ray Fosburgh
In Memory of Marjorie Stecker by David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt
In Memory of Greta Aukes by David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt, Elroy
and Marlene Krull, Neil and Rox Steffensen
In Memory of Regina Danger by Lyle and Eloise Wirtjes
In Memory of Anna Heyer by Alroy and Marlene Krull
Joe and Kristi Wick
In Memory of Daryl Leibrand by Alroy and Marlene Krull, Roger and
Fran Schaefer, David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt, Gary and Naomi Garst
In Memory of Lorraine Thomsen by Paul and JoAnn Steffensen, David
and Ruth Ann Milbrandt
In Memory of Hub & June Beyer and Lyle & Mary Eldredge by David and
Judy Eldredge
In Memory of Dick Johnson by Neil and Rox Steffensen, Phil and Cheryl Benn
In Memory of Allen Eastvold by Roger and Fran Schaefer
In Memory of Harold Beenken by Neil and Rox Steffensen, Mike and
Carole Kettwick
In Memory of Jerome Gernes by David and Ruth Ann Milbrandt
In Memory of Bill Jurgens by Denny and Edna Yegge
In Memory of Emma Hinz by Mike and Carole Kettwick, Rick Hofbauer
In Memory of Elizabeth Smith by Phil and Cheryl Benn, Brad and Loree
Huntington, Dennis and Edna Yegge, Chad and Allison Hinder
In Memory of Wright Thompson by Brian and Amy VanderWilt
In Memory of Martha Carson by Mike and Carole Kettwick
In Memory of Don Gilbert by the Class of 1948
In Memory of Dean Sunde by Rox and Neil Steffensen, Deloris Kettwick