Apply Now for 2013 Scholarships

By Saloma Furlong | June 11, 2013 |

Thanks to our generous donors we have $10,000 of scholarships to give away this year and we are now accepting applications. If you grew up Amish and are pursuing a college education, please apply before August 10th to be considered. Now, we’re all ex-Amish ourselves and we know it’s not part of the Amish culture to…

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We’re Still Here

By Saloma Furlong | July 10, 2011 |

Well, we’re still plugging away at getting this thing launched. It’s funny how paperwork always takes so much longer than expected. I was hoping to start fundraising beginning of May and now it’s mid-July. I guess dreams don’t come true overnight and I have the rest of my life to keep chipping away at this.…

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Brief Update

By Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund | April 11, 2011 |

Naomi, Will and I had a call with Jim at the Mennonite Foundation. This is really going to happen! Jim expects to have the paperwork ready to be signed in a week or so and then we can start. I know this has been a long process but it suddenly feels like it all happened…

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