November 7, 2002 NEWS RELEASE

ANNUAL REPORT AND APPEAL LETTER SENT OUT

The Citizens Scholarship Foundation of BGM (a Dollars for Scholars Chapter) stuffed the annual appeal letters and mailed them out. When you receive one please take the time to return your contribution in the enclosed return envelope. All contributions, no matter how big or small, go into the endowment fund or any of the other special funds you may designate. Only the return on investments from the endowment funds will be used for scholarships or grants. As the endowment funds continue to grow, the help the Foundation is able to provide continues to increase.

The annual report for the year ended June 30, 2002, will be included with your annual appeal letter. Please take the time to review this report.

This year there were 38 students and 7 adults stuffing over 3200 envelopes, which took then just under 1 ½ hours to stuff. Those participating were: Srs. – Jessie Coburn, Sara Cline, Sheryl Cline, Daedrian Drake, Cliff Rhoads, Cathy Carlton, Lindsey Seye, Will Brown, Nick Lacina, and Jessica Roudabush. Jrs. – Tom Losh, Jamie Thompson, Nikki Freese, Jamie Boesenberg, Mary McDonald, Annie Kriegel, Jake Solem, Rachel Grover, Kami Tanke, Matt McClenathan, Greg Manatt, and Jerica Huls. Soph. – Jessie Hoien, Megan Humphrey, Felica Nelson, Shawntel Randall, Ashley Merical, Hobey Holder, Sami Crane, Terra Van Tomme, Katie Kriegel, Kayla Snively, Blain Kupka, Kyle Roudabush, and Austin Kilmer. Fresh. – Lene Hedlund, Andrea Roth, and Justin Cline. Adults were: Jan Heetland, Virginia Ricketts, Lyle Oswood, Becky Edelen, Julie Cline, Rick Puls, and Loren Rickard.

Anyone wishing to make a contribution to the Foundation, please contact Loren Rickard, board of trustees representative for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, or any other board member. You can also send your contributions to Box 469, Brooklyn, IA 52211.

Saying for the week: “Never deprive someone of hope. It may be all they have.” – Author unkown