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Erin Cole Awarded P.E.O. Scholarship

Erin Cole Awarded P.E.O. Scholarship
P.E.O. Sisters Left to Right: Becky Mathews, Patty Fleming, Becky Schelling, Sandy White, Erin Cole, recipient, Amber Workman-Edwards, Jennie’s daughter, and Yvonne Sutherland. Front: Berlynn, Jennie’s granddaughter.
Also present, but photo shy, was Jennie’s grandson, Carsen.

Author: Courtesy of PEO

P.E.O. Chapter D is proud to announce Erin Cole as the recipient of our 2023 Jennie Gray Memorial Scholarship Award. Ms. Cole is attending WNC in pursuit of a nursing degree.
    Jennie Gray was a beloved member of P.E.O., Chapter D, and the Fallon community for many years. Her wish was to have any funds donated in her memory be awarded to help local
women achieve their educational dream. Because of the generosity of Jennie’s family and many friends, this scholarship will not only help Erin but will continue to be awarded to women
attending WNC for years to come. 
    P.E.O. is a Philanthropic Education Organization whose goal is to help women further their education through scholarships and low-interest loans. It has hundreds of chapters in the United States and Canada. 
    The local Chapter was founded in 1927 with the first Chapter D officers being: Byrd Sawyer, President, Laeta Elden Best, Vice President, Ada M. Jarvis, Recording Secretary, Ethel M.
Smith, Corresponding Secretary, Helen H. Kent, Treasurer, Augusta Long, Chaplain, and Miss Laura Mills, Guard. 
    Current officers for 2023/24 are Becky Mathews, President, Sandy White, Vice President, Michele
Berney, Recording Secretary, Andrea Vest, Corresponding Secretary, Cyndi Kent-Dillon, Treasurer, Morena Heser, Chaplain, and Becky Schelling, Guard.
For more information about P.E.O. log onto:  www.peointernational.org

 


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