KERRVILLE, Texas – Windstream Communications recently presented Schreiner University’s Hill Country College Fund with a check for $1,000. The company’s donation to HCCF will help fund need-based tuition assistance grants for area Schreiner students.
 

“Windstream’s support of Hill Country College Fund means so much both to Schreiner University and to the many deserving, local students who are able pursue their dreams of a college education thanks to Windstream’s generosity,” said Jennifer Farhoudi, associate director of development for annual giving at Schreiner University.

Since the Hill Country College Fund began in 1977, it has provided more than $8 million in need-based tuition assistance to students from Kimble, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Bandera, Real, and Edwards counties and helps more than 250 Hill Country Students annually. Hill Country College Fund grants provide an average of over $2,900 a year per recipient and one hundred percent of funds raised goes to student scholarships.

If you would like more information on how the Hill Country College Fund is making a difference for area Schreiner University students, or if you would like to make a contribution, visit Schreiner’s Web site at www.schreiner.edu or call 830-792-7201.