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Pictured from left to right:
Kamden Trummel (recipient) – Dewitt County, Elizabeth Wade
(recipient) – Logan County, Diana Pardo (Recipient) – Logan
County, Laura Procarione (recipient) – Mason County, Katie
Slightom – Family Assistance Director/CAPCIL, Phyllis Bell-Hedden
– Board Member and Chair Person of the Scholarship
Committee/CAPCIL
Not pictured: Alexa Thompson (recipient) – Menard
County, Elizabeth Sessions (recipient) – Dewitt County |
Scholarships awarded to six individuals by Community Action
Partnership of Central Illinois
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[September 06, 2014]
LINCOLN - Community Action Partnership
of Central Illinois has awarded 6 individuals an $1170.00
scholarship to be used toward their formal education or occupational
training. These scholarships were presented to the applicants at
CAPCIL’s monthly board meeting on August 28, 2014. CAPCIL is able to
provide the scholarship through their Community Service Block Grant
(CSBG) provided by the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
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The scholarship recipients were made aware of this
opportunity through various flyers that were posted at local schools
and colleges, and newspaper articles that ran across a 6 county
area. This scholarship directly targets individuals that live in
CAPCIL’s service area that includes Logan, DeWitt, Mason, Menard,
Fulton, and Piatt counties. This year’s recipients are as follows:
Diana Pardo - Logan County, Elizabeth Wade - Logan County, Laura
Procarione - Mason County, Alexa Thompson - Menard County, Kamden
Trummel - DeWitt County and Elizabeth Sessions - DeWittCounty.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Sep/06/images/ads/current/businesscardlookat.png) The 2014 CSBG Scholarship is intended for any career path. The
applicants are all pursuing various careers, from youth ministry to
nursing. All applicants must write a brief autobiography and all
cited that they wanted to pursue higher education to make a better
life for themselves and their families. CAPCIL’s Family Assistance
Director, Katie Slightom made the following remark, “It’s so
refreshing to work for an organization that truly puts value in
helping others succeed. This evening is so much more than offering a
couple scholarships - it’s about future. The future of our community
rests in the hands of individuals pursuing greatness, and CAPCIL is
the organization that will help make that possible.”
Scholarship recipients went home with more than just a monetary
gift. They were also given a Certificate of Achievement and a gift
bag with school supplies including notebooks, pens, and microwave
popcorn for late night studying. CAPCIL also offered the recipients
an added incentive to completing their educational goals. Once the
recipient graduates and they bring in a copy of their diploma CAPCIL
will award them with a $50 gift card. CAPCIL will then give another
$50 for a copy of their first paycheck stub after graduation.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Sep/06/images/ads/current/business_directory_lda.png) CAPCIL is already in the planning stages for their 2015
Scholarship Program. If you or anybody you know is interested in
the Scholarship Program through CAPCIL please contact their
Family Assistant Specialists. They can be reached by calling
217-732-2159 or by visiting 1800 5th Street in Lincoln. If
individuals require a ride to either schedule or arrive to an
appointment they can call our Transportation Program at
1-866-930-8212.
The promise of CAPCIL is to change people’s lives, embody the
spirit of hope, improve communities, and make America a better
place to live. It is the mission of Community Action Partnership
of Central Illinois to work toward the reduction and eventual
elimination of the causes and effects of poverty.
[Text received; KATIE SLIGHTOM,
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS]
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