Contact: Jeri Bledsoe
August 25, 2006

MECC Foundation Event Raises Funds for Ambassador Scholarship

The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation is planning a special event on Thursday, September 14 at the Scott County Career and Technical Center at 6:30 p.m. The event will raise funds for an endowed Ambassador Scholarship to assist Scott County students attending MECC.

Ambassador Scholarships are service-learning scholarships created at MECC to provide grant assistance that helps students meet the direct costs of attending college, as well as compensation for the students’ service in the community. Currently, Ambassador Scholars are serving as reading tutors in local elementary schools for children in grades kindergarten through third. The scholarship will be fully endowed when the fund reaches the $25,000 goal.

At the event, attendees will enjoy a delicious buffet dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., which Culinary Arts students at the Scott County Career and Technical Center will prepare. Coffee and luscious desserts will be available throughout the evening.

After dinner, individuals may dance or simply relax and enjoy the “feet in the sand, frozen drink in the hand” beach music of H. B. Beverly. His repertoire consists of all time favorites, such as those of Jimmy Buffett, Jim Croce, and Jerry Jeff Walker.

To purchase tickets, which are $30 per person, call Jeri Bledsoe in the MECC Foundation office at (276) 523-2400, extension 287. Twenty dollars of the purchase price is tax-deductible.

Gifts to the Ambassador Scholarship for Scott County students are fully tax-deductible. Anyone wishing to contribute to the scholarship should make the check payable to MECC Foundation and earmark it Scott County Ambassador Scholarship. Mail the check to MECC Foundation, 3441 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219.

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