Luck Alumni

We have also started a new program has been named the Cardinal Safety Nest and has the full support from Luck School Administration. The Luck Alumni Scholarship Foundation is starting the program with a $1,000 donation, which is separate from the $500 already given for classroom supply needs.

At our 2019 Spring Meeting, it was decided that we will donate some money back to the School, to be used by all teachers if they have a student in special need. Since teachers often know exactly who these students are, we have come up with a simple request form to be submit to the Community Education director when a need arises. At this point, our board views the funds going for things like field trips, backpacks, clothing, lunch money, etc. We hope to help students overcome hardships they face.

Our vision for future funding for the Cardinal Safety Nest will be an online campaign specific to the “nest” project. We believe as word of this new program spreads, more and more will want to contribute to help our local school children, and not necessarily only a graduating senior.

For now, our annual ask letter will continue to fund scholarship dollars, more to come on a special campaign for the Cardinal Safety Nest.

Annually since 2017, the Luck Alumni Scholarship Fund has provided $500 to the Luck School for classroom supplies. This money buys supplies needed daily by both students and teachers and helps close a gap between school funding and daily needs.

Coming soon is the creation of a Luck Alumni Wall of Honor. This idea will encourage nominations of past and present faculty and students for special recognition. While we are in the beginning planning stage for this project, we have set a goal to announce our first inductees at graduation in the Spring of 2020.

2020 LASFA $1,000 Scholarship winners (6): 
Grace Thoreson, Cassie Johnson, Rob Bergstrom, Ben Smith, Levi Jensen, and Riley Runnels.

2019 LASFA $1,000 Scholarship winners (3): 
Katie Mattson, Nancy Olave, and Riley Fosberg

2018 LASFA $1,000 Scholarship winners (25): 
Nick Aguado, Tasian Arjes, Michael Delany, Allysa Foeller, Sophia Loehr, Austin High, Chase James, Isabelle Jensen, Jack Johansen, Heather Lane, Matthew Lane, Shannon Lane, Marissa Lundquist, Lindsay Mattson, Kyla Melin, Kerissa Minor, Julia Nargis, Jennifer Olson, Kelsey Paulsen, Brooklyn Petersen, Gilbert Rodriguez, Meredith Thompson, Jonah Tretsven, Tanner Van Meter, and Annaleise Wright.

2017 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (20):
Katherine Cherveny, Morgan Dow, Erin Engstrand, Logan Grey, Amelia Hacker, Austin Hamack, Autumn Hermensen, Graham Hershfield, Richard Johnson, Jessica Mattson, Erin McGinnity, Zack Meyer, Olivia Nielsen, Sydney Paulson, Morgan Pfaff, Amanda Pitts, Paige Runnels, Rachel Sanford, Alex Smith, and Courtney Stevens.

2016 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (10):
Julia Campion, Anna Christensen, Brittany Donald, Taylor Hawkins, Jared Hunter, Jordan Jones, Nick Mattson, Chris Pouliot, Whitney Sorensen, and Briana Thompson

2015 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (8):
Angela Gore, Gabbie Groh, Derek Hutton, Trent Strapon, Masha Todd, Raelyn Tretsven, Victoria Wood, and Krystal Zuniga.

2014 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (6):
Megan Bartylla, Tessa Clemenson, Samantha Harvey, Jillian Klatt, Isabella Nelson, and Isaiah Tretsven

2013 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (6):
Jordan Bazey, Ashley Dexter, Kelly Fitzgerald, Gabe Hendricksen, Avery Steen, and Lena Ueke-Foster

2012 LASFA $500 Scholarship winners (3):
Summer Johnson, Shardae Garcia, and Brett Bartylla

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In 2008, a few Luck alumni began a grass-roots effort to form a scholarship fund. Our first hurdle was to achieve 501(c)3 tax exempt status, and then we were able to begin to fundraise. By reaching out to all alumni of the Luck Public Schools, we raised enough money in the next three years, to distribute 3 scholarships, of $300 each, to 2012 graduates.

Over the past years, with continued alumni donations & the profits from our partnership with the annual Lucky Days In and Out of Luck 5K Run, an annual Ice Fishing Contest, as well as a 5-year grant commitment, our account balances have grown to sufficient levels to increase scholarships to 20 awards of $500 each to selected 2017 graduates.

Our collaboration with the Luck Public Schools has made the candidate selection process fair and equitable. Our criteria are simple: students need not be the top achievers in the class & we select a mix of both university and technical college bound seniors. The scholarship committee at the school provides a list of candidates to our board for approval.

To date, nearly 100% of the LASFA scholarship monies awarded have been paid out to LHS students; to receive their scholarship award, the student must provide proof of successful completion of the first semester of study and proof of enrollment in the next semester, whether at University or Technical College. Considering the continued escalation of education costs, we feel that providing financial assistance to our Luck graduates is critical. The scholarship money will assist to buy books or tuition, and we believe there is also an immeasurable value for a graduate to feel supported by other alumni. Of course, we hope also that these students will in turn support our scholarship fund once they have completed their course of study.

With enough support, our foundation could expand to support other needs at LHS. Two years ago, we contributed to the funding required for improvements to the stage backdrop for graduation ceremonies. In 2017 we donated $500 to buy supplies for teachers, basic items needed in the classroom. We are sure that there are other needs at the school that could be addressed through an organization like ours.

LuckAlumniAssociation@gmail.com
posted 2/7/18