Sheriff Clark Presents Educational Scholarship Awards

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Scholarship Foundation awarded twelve scholarships in July totaling $12,000.00. Sheriff Clark presented each recipient with a scholarship award in the amount of $1,000.00 to continue their education at various colleges and universities around the state.

The Sheriff’s Scholarship Foundation was established in 1989 to provide a perpetual scholarship fund to aid law enforcement personnel and their children in pursuing advanced educational degrees to better equip themselves with the skills necessary to solve problems facing our community in the 21st Century.

This year’s recipients are: 

Megan Burgess
Justin Gardo
Lauren Looper
Charles James
Morgan Looper
Amie Ellison
Shannon Ellenburg
Timothy Lee Clark
Roger Malone
Kendall Underhill
Kaley Powell
Emily Rochester

The Scholarship Foundation which was founded by retired Sheriff C. David Stone has awarded over $260,000 to law enforcement personnel and/or their children since its inception. These scholarships are made possible through concerned businesses and individuals that donated to and participated in the Sheriff’s Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament.

The 2013 Tournament will be held Tuesday, October 1st at the Pickens Country Club. For information and registration for this twenty fifth annual tournament, contact Patty Looper at the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 898-5529.