 In recent past years the Second Baptist Church has had a wonderful,
big evening celebration to honor the life of the past American civil
rights leader. In the interest of seeing if more people from the
community might be able to attend, organizers decided to move the
event to early morning this year.
It also became a scholarship fundraiser breakfast. It was decided
to charge for tickets to the breakfast and donate any profit toward
a scholarship fund at Lincoln College.
Joyce Kinzie, owner and operator of the Maple Club, not only
offered to host the breakfast, but also went all out by donating all
her time and the expenses so that the entire price of the $6 ticket
could go to the scholarship fund.
There were speakers from Lincoln College and Lincoln Christian
College, and the Second Baptist Church choir provided entertainment
for a full-house crowd that gathered on Jan. 19.
The breakfast was a huge success, and a few days later a little
over $2,000 was turned over to the college.
Debbie Ackerman, vice president for institutional advancement at
Lincoln College, said that the funds would be used for a scholarship
that would be awarded to a minority student who lives in Logan
County. It was undetermined if this would be just one $2,000
scholarship or if it would be made into two $1,000 scholarships, but
the scholarships would begin this fall.
Ackerman had also heard from Kinzie that there was a little more
money coming in from tickets that she sold but hadn't gotten the
money for yet.
The Rev. Glenn Shelton, who pastors the Second Baptist Church,
said that he had also heard of more contributions coming in yet this
year. A woman contacted him last week after she heard about the
scholarship fund and said that she was sending a check.
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Both Ackerman and Shelton said that it is planned for this to become
an annual event that would keep the scholarship funded.
Future contributors to the breakfast are being sought.
Kinzie was elated at the turnout, Shelton said. He praised her
generous spirit, saying that she took on a big responsibility by
herself for that and hoped that others would follow in her steps.
There are already some signs of that. He said he would be
contacting some business that wanted him to call on them this spring
and had said they would like to help with the next breakfast
sponsorship.
He said the committee that organized this year's event learned a
lot in the process and would be starting earlier for next year, in
September.
Referring to exciting changes that the college is currently
working toward, Shelton said, "Lincoln College is taking some big
steps in what they are doing."
[By
JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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