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CCCC Scholarship luncheon brings together donors, recipients

11.19.2009 • College & Community, College General, Foundation

SANFORD – Ninety-year-old Robert Womble smiled as he looked across the luncheon table at Katherine Renshaw, a Central Carolina Community College student.

“Anytime you help somebody and see the benefit, it makes you feel good,” he said. 

Renshaw is the 2009 recipient of the Robert D. and Ray H. Womble Sr. Scholarship established by Womble and his family through the Central Carolina Community College Foundation. Renshaw, of Lillington, is a second-year student in the college’s Laser and Photonics Technology program. 

Womble, his son George Womble, and Renshaw met for the first time at the Foundation’s Scholarship Luncheon Nov. 17 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The annual event brings together scholarship donors and recipients. The donors are able to put a face and story with the scholarship they fund, and the recipients have the opportunity to say a personal “thank-you” for the scholarship they received to help pay for their education. About 200 attended this year’s event.

“It would have been really hard, a struggle, for me to pay for college without this scholarship,” Renshaw said. “I am very appreciative to them for it.”

Central Carolina C.C. President Bud Marchant told the gathering that the past year has been a time of tremendous growth for the college. 

“Many returning to college are doing so under difficult financial circumstances,” Marchant told the gathering. “Thank you donors for providing unbelievable opportunity for a student or students to go to college and improve their lives.”

Each student had his or her own story to share with individual donors as they enjoyed the luncheon together – and the donors had stories as well. Some shared with the recipients the background of why they established their scholarships.

In 2007, the five children of J.W. and Elizabeth Glosson Thomas established the James B. Holt Nursing Scholarship, named for Dr. James Holt, of Chatham County. Sherry Knepper, a Thomas daughter, represented the family at the luncheon. She said the scholarship expressed their gratitude for the outstanding care Dr. Holt gave their parents.
She added that her mother, who passed away from cancer, would have been pleased with the scholarship. 

Sydney Gaskins, of Pittsboro, received the scholarship this year to help pay for her first year in the college’s Associated Degree Nursing program. Gaskins said her father lost his job right before she was to start college, so money she had counted on wasn’t there.

“It would have been a whole lot more difficult paying for college without this scholarship,” she said. “I am so thankful to the Thomas family for making my dreams come true. They have a special place in my heart.”

Amy Jordan, of Raleigh, was the student speaker for the event. Now a second-year ADN student, Jordan had doubted her abilities, both academically and financially, to succeed in a nursing program. She said she has been successful academically with the encouragement of the faculty. 

Receiving the Ollie Monroe Angel Memorial Scholarship has helped Jordan with the challenge of financing her education. The scholarship, established by the family, friends and co-workers of Ollie Angel, is named for the long-time Lee County Schools educator and former principal of Greenwood Elementary School. He passed away of cancer in 2006. Jordan met his widow, Kay Angel, for the first time at the luncheon.

“I am grateful for Mrs. Angel’s generosity – what an appropriate name,” Jordan said. “I know this program is exactly where I am supposed to be.” 

During the luncheon, the names of the scholarships, those who established them or their representatives, and the recipients were read. 

“It’s always the most exciting part of the year to get the donors and recipients together,” said Diane Glover, Foundation executive director. “It’s heart-warming. The college is blessed to have so many friends willing to help our students.”

Currently, the foundation manages scholarships with a total endowed value of about $2.3 million. Almost 100 students received scholarships through the foundation for the 2009-10 college year.

Lisa Baker, of Lee County, is a first-year dental hygiene student and single mother with a three-year-old son. She said she is grateful for the Erma Carlisle Procter Scholarship that she received. Procter attended the luncheon with her daughter-in-law, Anne Procter, and grandson, Kirk Bradley, to meet Baker. 

“Meeting the scholarship recipient is one of the highlights of the event each year,” Procter said. “I taught school for 25 years and I’ve always been interested in education. I’m always thrilled to be able to help anybody further their education, especially a mother with a child.”

For more information about the Central Carolina Community College Foundation, contact Diane Glover at (919) 718-7231 or by email at dglover@cccc.edu.

CCCC Scholarship luncheon brings together donors, recipients

The Central Carolina Community College Foundation Scholarship Luncheon Nov. 17 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center brought together more than 200 scholarship donors and recipients.  The event provided an opportunity for donors to put a face and story with their scholarships and for the recipients to express their thanks. Among them was Sydney Gaskins (center), of Pittsboro, an Associate Degree Nursing student at Central Carolina Community College. She is getting her degree with the assistance of the James B. Holt Nursing Scholarship, named for Chatham County physician Dr. James B. Holt (right). Sherry Knepper (left), and her four siblings, children of J.W. and Elizabeth Glosson Thomas, established the scholarship in gratitude for the outstanding care Holt gave their parents. For more information about the Central Carolina Community College Foundation, contact Executive Director Diane Glover at (919) 718-7231 or by email at  dglover@cccc.edu .


CCCC Scholarship luncheon brings together donors, recipients

Lisa Baker (second from left), of Lee County, a dental hygiene student at Central Carolina Community College, had the opportunity to personally thank Erma Carlisle Proctor (second from right) for the Erma Carlisle Proctor Scholarship that is helping to pay for her college education. Baker met Proctor at the CCCC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon Nov. 17 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The event brought together more than 200 scholarship donors and recipients so the donors could put a face and story with their scholarships and the recipients could thank them. Accompanying Proctor to the event were her daughter-in-law, Anne Proctor (left), and grandson, Kirk Bradley (right). For more information about the Central Carolina Community College Foundation, contact Executive Director Diane Glover at (919) 718-7231 or by email at dglover@cccc.edu .


CCCC Scholarship luncheon brings together donors, recipients

Katherine Renshaw (center), of Lillington, a Laser and Photonics student at Central Carolina Community College, had the opportunity to personally thank the Womble family for the Robert D. and Ray H. Womble Sr. Scholarship that is helping to pay for her college education. Renshaw met Robert D. Womble (left), retired Harnett County businessman, and his son, George Womble, president of the Central Carolina Community College Foundation, at the CCCC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon Nov. 17 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The event brought together more than 200 scholarship donors and recipients so the donors could put a face and story with their scholarships and the recipients could thank them. For more information about the Central Carolina Community College Foundation, contact Executive Director Diane Glover at (919) 718-7231 or by email at  dglover@cccc.edu .