Frances Freer Scholarship Grant

The Frances Freer Scholarship, established by the Ashland County Community Foundation, supports Ashland County high school graduates pursuing a degree in education. Eligible applicants must be juniors or seniors in college with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This scholarship honors Frances Freer, a dedicated educator with over 35 years of experience, who aimed to empower future teachers through financial assistance, ensuring a strong educational foundation for the community.

Ashland County Community Foundation
The community foundation is like the community’s charitable savings account. We pool resources from community members, invest them and then use them to make grants for the betterment of the entire community. We exist to serve donors, nonprofit organizations and the community as a whole. Donors to ACCF enjoy tax advantages not available to private foundation donors. They also receive professional services without hiring staff. Nonprofit organizations receive grants from community foundations to support their programs and projects. Many nonprofits also establish their own endowment funds with the foundation as a means of investing for the future.
Frances Freer grew up in Ashland, graduating from Ashland High School and Ashland College. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She began her career as a supervisor before coming to Jeromesville School to teach 3rd grade. Miss Freer retired from the Hillsdale School District with more than 35 years of experience. She had a passion and love for education and young people. In 1970, along with Louise LaFrance and Rheba Dilgard, Miss Freer organized the Alpha Pi chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa sorority to recognize teachers who have proved themselves to be strong, efficient, professional educators. The purpose of ADK is to promote high standards of education and to assist in strengthening the status of the teaching profession while engaging in altruistic programs and community projects. Miss Freer wished to continue helping students become excellent teachers so she established a scholarship for Ashland County students in their junior or senior year of college or university work pursuing a degree in education.

Eligibility

This scholarship is to assist graduates of any Ashland County High School who are in their Junior or Senior year in college majoring in Teacher Education (completing at least a Bachelor's Degree) with a GPA of 3.0 or above.