Vision Statement:
To provide annual collegiate scholarships in HONOR of the members of the Chapel Hill High School Class of 1978.
Scholarship Committee Members
Scholarship History:
While speaking at a past Class of ’78 reunion, the late Mr. R. D. Smith, CHHS Assistant Principal from 1970 to 1980, challenged our class to start a scholarship fund. From that challenge, our trailblazing classmates Kay Ray Edwards, Joey Lovingood, Donnie Farrow and Sue Brickhouse, collaborated with CHHS administrators and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation (PSF) to establish our scholarship fund.
5-Year Scholarship Fundraiser Strategic Plan:
This is OUR roadmap to establish our Scholarship Endowments. Under the Committee's Statement, we emphasize our decentralizing fundraising plans with our new team concept. This is where everyone has the opportunity to validate their stake in OUR LEGACY. Click here to learn more about our Strategic Fundraiser Plan.
Our 1978 Scholarship Legacy
Annual Scholarship Payout: $1,000
How to Donate
Donations are submitted to and managed by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation (PSF). Here’s how you can submit your donations:
To ensure that all donations to our 1978 Memorial Scholarship fund are received by the Public School Foundation, please remember to notify George Minor or Kay Ray Edwards that you made a donation. Thank you!
The Scholarship Committee.
1. Checks: Your check should be made payable to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation.
In the check’s memo field enter Class of 1978 Scholarship Fund.
Click here to download the Public School Foundation Donation form. Print and fill out the form then mail the completed form with your donation to:
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation
P.O. Box 877
Carrboro, NC 27510
2. Cell Phone: Click here to give using your cell phone.
3. PSF Website: https://www.publicschoolfoundation.org
Click Donate, Annual Appeal, Choose "One-Time", Select Amount,
Check box note/comment, “Class of 1978 Scholarship Fund” and
Check box, “give in honor/memory”
4. Credit Card: Scan the QR Code (below), click Donate then follow the instructions on the screen.
Joey "The Fundraiser" Lovingood:
Rose Royce - 1976, Click on song!
CHHS Class of 1978 Scholarship Recipients
1st Recipient - Anna Rogers
Graduated from East Carolina University in 2022 with an Education Teaching Degree. We supported Ms. Rogers each year from 2018 through 2022.
2nd Recipient - Avani Hoop
Endowment Recipients
Currently, an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University and aspiring to become a Medical Doctor. Ms. Hoop was our second scholarship recipient and we started supporting her in 2023.
This is Our Legacy Moment with the establishment of our 1978 Scholarship Endowments that will commence in 2025 and each year thereafter, the annual interest earned from our Endowment will then support our annual payout to our scholarship recipients. The payout is $1,000 each year to our selected student.
Questions
Once we reach $25,000, our scholarship will be endowed and the interest earned from investments will fund our $1,000 a year scholarship forever
Endowment
Tax Deductible?
Yes, donations to the Chapel Hill / Carrboro Public School Foundation are tax deductible
Once we reach $25,000, our scholarship will be endowed and the interest earned from investments will fund our $1,000 a year scholarship forever