In the final days of the GoFundMe, we collected money for Summer’s scholarship. People then gave more at her visitation service! On top of that, I sold a bunch of trinkets with the #sweetdreamsofsummer for a few bucks. These donations and some from individuals and family were a good start for a few years of scholarships.
But, we still had a good chunk left from the visitation. (Because, even with guidance from the Community Fund and folks like the Honans… We wanted to be pragmatic about this!)
Angela didn’t know what to do with it, so to be safe, we put it in a 6% CD at the Mackinaw Bank for 9 months. When it matured, she was still unsure of the best way to donate it and put it back in the bank.
Our professional retirement guy said, “Stop that!”
This past Saturday, we pulled it from the CD and then deposited $14,000 to the Summer Stahl Memorial Scholarship. It felt really good. It felt even better to get the verification letter this week from Steve Yarnall.
Thank you everyone. I will get some totals and share where the fund is at after I get all the Giving Tuesday deposit slips from Steve.
Merry Christmas!!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! This will give us at least a decade of scholarships. I am going to continue to beat the drum and try to get more for a Pekin or countywide scholarship if possible. Summer would hate this, but I want her name and spirit to be drilled into everyone’s head for many years to come!!!
Letter Donations 2024 Summer Stahl Scholarship Eric & Angela Stahl.docx (1)