September 2004
Schreiner Announces HCCF Leadership
Schreiner University has announced that two prominent Kerrville business professionals have accepted the challenge of heading the Hill Country College Fund campaign for 2004-05. Marianne Wofford, vice president and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley and Sue Steele, public relations officer at Bank of the Hills, will serve as co-leaders in this critical campaign.
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Sue Steele and Marianne Wofford, HCCF Co-Chairpersons
Kerrville philanthropist and community leader Kenneth Cailloux will serve as honorary chairperson for the drive. In addition to Wofford, Steele and Cailloux, the HCCF drive will be led by Mike Hunter, Advanced Gifts Division; Bob Waller, Business Division; Berna Jean Mattheis, Community Division; and Judy Ferguson, University Division.
The Hill Country College Fund provides need-based tuition assistance grants to young people from Kerr and surrounding counties so they can attend Schreiner University. HCCF helps over 250 $7 million in grants to deserving students, many of whom remain in the Hill Country after graduation, raising their own families and contributing immeasurably to the well-being of their communities.
Amanda Rees is an HCCF scholarship recipient who needed help to attend Schreiner. “I was away at school my freshman year when I was told that my dad was very sick and needed a heart transplant. So I knew without being asked that I needed to come home, and I did. “Of course I thought that my college career was over, at least for a while. But then I looked into Schreiner and found out that I could get this amazing financial assistance. Thank goodness I didn’t have to choose between getting an education and helping my family.”
“I plan to go on to graduate school in finance and then get a position in a transplant center where I can use my education and life experience in helping others the way I have been helped. I thank God for the kind people who work so hard for the benefit of young people like me. I could not have come this far without them.”
If you are interested in helping a Schreiner student like Amanda, you can contact Mignonne Frantzen, Schreiner’s associate director of annual giving at 830-792-7208 for more information or click for the HCCF website.
