PAINTSVILLE, KY, May 16 2025 — The Johnson County Community Foundation (JoCCF), an affiliate of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, awarded the Midway University Scholarship to Johnson County High School senior Mayson Delong. This scholarship award totals $10,000 per semester, and it was presented at a special event held at Johnson County High School on May 16, 2025.
The Midway University Scholarship was established by a generous anonymous donor, and is intended to relieve financial burden from students pursuing higher education. The scholarship is focused on female students who are from a single parent household or orphaned. Applicants must be graduating from a Johnson County high school or homeschool program, and they must be planning to attend Midway University.
The Johnson County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky – a nationally accredited community foundation serving the Appalachian Kentucky region. Local focus is the driving force of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, and the affiliate community foundation network is an extension of that work. JoCCF’s mission is to promote philanthropy in an impartial, unbiased, ethical way, and to bring together people and resources to identify and address present and emerging community needs. JoCCF board members include Daffiny Trimble (Chair), Dewey Bocook (Vice-Chair), Connie Bayes (Treasurer), Tammy Barker (Secretary), Jerry Price, Doug Pugh, Chris Slone, and Jennifer Wilson.
If you are interested in leaving a legacy in your Johnson County community by supporting youth through a scholarship fund or by including the Johnson County Community Foundation in your will, visit appalachianky.org/ways-to-give/ or contact Kathy King Allen, Chief Community Officer at (606) 439-1357 or kathy@appalachianky.org.
Donations to the Johnson County Community Foundation can be made at https://bit.ly/JohnsonCountyCF or checks can be mailed to:
Johnson County Community Foundation
P.O. Box 474, Paintsville, KY, 41240.
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