The Hancock Group Employees & Associates Foundation
Awards their 40th Scholarship in 2024
The Hancock Group Employees and Associates Foundation awarded Kolin Hite the 2024 Scholarship at the Annual Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation Luncheon on May 21, 2024. The awards luncheon was held at the Blair County Convention Center. Kolin is a graduate of the Altoona Area High School and will be attending Juniata College majoring in business and complemented by environmental studies. We congratulate Kolin and wish him success in all that he pursues.
The Hancock Group, Inc. was the first group of employees to start a Charitable Foundation with the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation. Since the inception of the foundation on November 11, 2003, a total of 40 scholarships have been awarded to high school students bound for college. Over $56,000 has been distributed for scholarships, worthwhile projects to non-profit organizations, and memorials for clients and friends who have passed away. Contributions to the Foundation are made by employees and associates through fundraising efforts and payroll deductions.
Previous recipients of scholarships were:
2023 – Evan Alwine, Altoona Area High School
Josephine Mills, Tyrone Area High School
2022 – McCailey Flaugh, Central High School
Luke Knisley, Central High School
2021 – Kyle Lohr, Chestnut Ridge High School
Emily Dunn, Central High School
2020 – Noah Hillegass, Chestnut Ridge High School
Lexa Wyant, Central High School
2019 – Miranda Horn, Chestnut Ridge High School
Micah Woomer, Tyrone Area High School
2018 – Aaron J Bracken, Great Commission School
Logan Cooper, Chestnut Ridge High School
2017 – Ethan Wood, Altoona Area High School
Hannah Johnstown, Central High School
2016 – Michaela Detwiler, Altoona Area High School
Caroline Taylor, Bellwood Antis High School
2015 – Sydney Page, Altoona Area High School
Haley Marie Walker, Altoona Area High School
2014 – Katie Bowser, Tyrone Area High School
Laura Allison of Williamsburg High School
2013 – Michaila Kruis, Tyrone Area High School
Kathleen VanKirk, Bellwood-Antis High School
2012 – Hunter Preston Carlheim, Altoona Area High School
Alicia Kurtz, Tyrone Area High School
2011 – Ryan Patrick Ickes of Hollidaysburg Area High School
Tabatha Steele of Tyrone Area High School
2010 – Lindsay Gonsman of Hollidaysburg Area High School
Ryan Colyer of Bishop Guilfoyle High School
2009 – Adam Bettwy, Hollidaysburg Area High School
Justine Hrzic, Penn Cambria High School
2008 – Lori Kephart, Central High School
Leanna Noon, Chestnut Ridge High School
2007 – Natasha F. Ray, Bellwood Antis High School
Charles Weber, Great Commission School
2006 – Brooke Decker, Central High School
Holly Scheffer, Altoona Area High School
2005 – Erin Neely, Bishop Guilfoyle High School
2004 – Jonathan Somerton, Bellwood Antis High School
Lindsee Ruggles, Central High School
To learn more about our scholarship program, contact The Hancock Group at 814-944-8849.
