Western Nebraska Community College’s Sidney Campus has received a $4000 grant from the Thomas D. Buckley Trust for the spring 2015 semester.
The college will distribute the grant to eight students, with each student receiving $500. The students are enrolled in either Aviation, Cosmetology, Nursing, Commercial Driver License or General Education.
“We are thrilled to have once again been selected by the Thomas D. Buckley Trust to receive scholarship funds for our Sidney campus students,” says WNCC Financial Aid Director Sheila Johns. “These funds will unquestionably make a difference in the lives of our students and the Trust’s generous support of our programs is greatly appreciated.”
The Thomas D. Buckley Trust is a private foundation created by Thomas D. Buckley, a man who spent most of his life as a farmer in Chappell until his death in 1979. According to the official website, the trust “funds programs mainly in the Western Panhandle of Nebraska and in extreme Northeast Colorado.”
The first grant issued in 1981 assisted the city of Chappell in the purchase of an ambulance. The trust currently awards $20,000 annually to high school seniors graduating from Chappell, Creek Valley, Garden County, South Platte, Julesburg and Revere schools, and an additional $10,000 for continuing education.
To learn more about the Thomas D. Buckley Trust, please visit thomasbuckleytrust.com/grants.
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