The Hancock Group Employees & Associates Foundation
Awards 2020 Scholarships
The Hancock Group Employees and Associates Foundation awarded two Scholarships to local High School seniors. Recipients of the 2020 scholarships were – Noah Christopher Hillegass, Chestnut Ridge High School who will be attending Penn State Altoona Campus and Lexa Weyant, Central High School who will be going to Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and then on to St. Francis University.
The Hancock Group, Inc. was the first group of employees to start a charitable donor-advised fund with the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation. Since the inception of the fund on November 11, 2003, a total of 33 scholarships have been awarded to high school students bound for college. Over $44,300 has been distributed for scholarships, worthwhile projects to non-profit organizations, and memorials for friends who have passed away. Contributions to the fund are made by employees and associates through fundraising efforts and payroll deductions.
Previous recipients of scholarships were:
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.
