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The Franklin-Southampton Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for the Donna C. McCullough Chamber Scholarship, to be awarded in June 2022.

A Feb. 14 press release continued by noting that this scholarship, presented since 1995, is awarded to a high school senior and honors Donna C. McCullough, who served the chamber as executive director from 1976–2004. 

The Chamber of Commerce is committed to supporting educational attainment in the Franklin-Southampton area. This scholarship recognizes an area student for exemplary involvement and service to the community. Selection criteria include the following: Minimum GPA of 2.50, community involvement, leadership and extracurricular activities such as sports, clubs, employment, etc. and academic achievement. Major emphasis for selection is placed on community involvement. Applicants also respond to the question, “What issue poses the greatest challenge for improving the quality of life in the Franklin-Southampton community, and how would you propose to tackle and resolve this issue/problem?”

Applications are now available at each area high school guidance office, the chamber office or online at www.fsachamber.com. The application deadline is Friday, April 29.

The 2022 scholarship award will mark the 28th year of support. In the previous 27 years of this program, 33 scholarships have been awarded.

Past recipients include the following:

1995 — Amanda Drake

1996 — Tabitha Waite

1997 — Thomas Coffelt

         — Anrae Gurganus

1998 — Dustin Lanier

1999 — Sahar Jamal

         — Kevin Sprong

2000 — Brandon Story

2001 — April Bulls

2002 — Chelsea Butterfield

2003 — Amanda Wright

2004 — Jenny Lankford

2005 — Griffin Powell

2006 — Jonathan Caulder

2007 — Lauren Childress

         — Sarah Milteer

2008 — Kylee Ponder

2009 — Ben Devore

2010 — Erin Spivey

         — Jacob Pittman

2011 — Michael Milteer

2012 — Savannah Francis

2013 — Kristen Cooke

2014 — Trey Cofield

2015 — Jena Araojo

2016 — Ann Jackson Edwards

         — Marissa Haydu

2017 — Brittany Bunn

2018 — Haleigh Andrew

         — Nyjey Pope

2019 — Anthony Ona

2020 — Abbey Balance

2021 — Alexis Clapp