Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Scholarship Grant

The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Scholarship Program aims to support students from Southern Wayne County in their pursuit of undergraduate education. Two renewable scholarships of $1,000 each are available for incoming college freshmen, with one awarded to a student overcoming an educational barrier and another to a student from a vocational background. This initiative fosters educational opportunities and community growth in the Southern Wayne County area.

The purpose of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Scholarship Program is to assist students from Southern Wayne County communities to pursue a program of undergraduate education. Up to two renewable scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded to students entering college as a freshman in the fall. Award determinations will be made with the assistance of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Scholarship Program Advisory Committee.
In making the selections, the Advisory Committee will award one scholarship to a student who has overcome an “at-risk” barrier during their education career and one scholarship to a student who has pursued a vocational or career technical curriculum in high school.
The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Fund was established to provide educational scholarships to selected residents of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber service area to attend post-secondary institutions and to support other charitable activities in Southern Wayne County.
The Fund was created with contributions from the Chamber, its member businesses and individuals. At present, the Fund is being used solely to provide scholarships. Beginning with the 2002-2003 scholarship year, the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber has named the career technical school scholarship to honor the memory of Heinz Prechter. Heinz Prechter was an outstanding entrepreneur, civic and business leader of national prominence who was closely identified with the Southern Wayne County region.