how does $10,000 toward college sound?
The Prairie Trail Scholarship Fund

College may have seemed light years away 18 years ago, but now coming up with that ever-increasing tuition money can be tricky.

Our solution:
Move to Prairie Trail!

With the Prairie Trail Scholarship Fund, residents of the Prairie Trail neighborhoods are eligible to win up to $10,000 in scholarship funds.

Stay tuned for the 2012 Scholarship!

The Prairie Trail Scholarship Fund is a unique opportunity to benefit students and schools in Ankeny. The purpose of the Prairie Trail Scholarship fund is to provide scholarships to students pursuing a college degree and to support mini-grants to educators teaching in Ankeny schools. The fund, established through the generosity of Dennis & Susan Albaugh, demonstrates the family’s commitment to education and to the community of Ankeny.

Scholarship applicants will be eligible for a maximum lifetime award of $10,000. Preference will be given to students who reside in the Prairie Trail Development, as well as to those students who choose an institution based in Iowa. Additionally, mini-grants for academic performance will be available for educators teaching in an Ankeny school. Mini-grants will be a maximum of $2,500 per award.

Funding for the scholarship program is generated by a 1/2 of 1% fee on the transfer of all real property within Prairie Trail. The Albaugh Family has committed $100,000 as the initial deposit into the fund.

As real estate begins to transfer in this area, the fund will become self-sustainable.

The scholarship fund is yet another way that the Prairie Trail Development will redefine community living.

2011 Scholarships were awarded! Read the article here.

2010 Scholarships were awarded May 5, 2010. Read the article here.

 

Past Winners

2009 Prairie Trail Scholarship winners:

Rachel Owen

Nathan Temeyer

Morgan Landon

Amy Olenjniczak

Emily Andersen

Chad Ryan
First Prairie Trail resident to receive scholarship

2008 Prairie Trail Scholarship winners:

Zach Deo
Graduate, Ankeny Christian Academy

Kaitlyn Dorrlacombe
Graduate, Ankeny High School

Janae Finnestad
Graduate, Ankeny High School

Robert Martin
Graduate, Ankeny High School

Amy Zrostik
Graduate of Ankeny High School

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