The Community Foundation Awards Over $163,000 in Scholarships to 65 Area Students

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The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region has awarded over $163,000 in scholarships to 65 area students. Presentations were recently made from 25 different scholarship funds within The Community Foundation at a scholarship reception held May 31, 2009 at Danville Education, Arts and Cultural Center.

“We are so excited to help open the doors of the future to so many students,” said Debra L. Dodson, Executive Director for The Community Foundation. “We have awarded over $1,145,000 in scholarships to over 380 students since the Foundation was begun in 1996.”

The Community Foundation awards over $163,000 in scholarships to 65 area students, June 1, 2009