These are the some of the real stories of the Community Foundation’s track record of impact and success through our scholarships:

LeeAnne Flook
 
LeeAnne Flook received the Markey Scholarship, created to celebrate Mary Alice Markey’s 90th birthday by awarding scholarships to students interested in a career in preschool/elementary education or art. LeeAnne graduated from Middletown High School in 1998 and attended Mount St. Mary’s College as an elementary education major. Today, the married Mrs. Myers is a first grade teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School in Frederick. With immense gratitude, LeeAnne shares, “Without this scholarship, I would not have been able to complete college and secure the teaching position I now enjoy.”

Gretchen Duthoy

Gretchen Duthoy, a 1997 Frederick High School graduate, was the first Robert G. Haas Memorial Scholarship recipient. The Robert G. Haas Memorial Scholarship Fund honors the memory of Robert G. Haas, son of Theodore and Norine Haas who graduated from Frederick High School and became a successful agriculture labor law attorney. Gretchen continued her studies at Duquesne University, where she graduated summa cum laude in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in International Business and a minor in Information Technology. Today, Gretchen lives in Pittsburgh and works for Alcoa as part of the Global Information Services group. In her free time, she volunteers as an assistant Girl Scouts leader. Gretchen herself was a Girl Scout in Frederick from first to twelfth grade. 

Donna Scuderi  

Home-schooled Donna Scuderi earned her communications degree from Hood College in January of 2002, with concentrations in journalism and broadcasting. She credits her Engelbrecht- DeGrange Scholarship and her Esther E. Grinage Scholarship from the Community Foundation for “making the difference” in allowing her to finish college. Armed with her degree, Donna worked for a year for a nationally syndicated radio show. Today, she commutes to Arlington, Virginia each morning to produce The Don Kroah Show, which airs on WAVA/105.1 FM and WITH/1230 AM throughout Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland. While producing a radio show and running various aspects of a radio station consume Donna’s workday, she confesses that she loves returning home to Frederick County every evening. 

Darren Remsberg

Darren Remsberg of Jefferson proved to be a worthy recipient of the 1999 Dudrow Scholarship, established by Dorothy Dudrow and her children to support education in agriculture. Darren graduated from Brunswick High School in 1996, Virginia Tech with honors in 1999 and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Today, he is a veterinarian with Quarryville Herd Health Associates in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Emely Phelps

Emely Phelps of Frederick, who was home-schooled, performed Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra in December of 2004, playing both in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Emely qualified for and received The Elaine A. Heiberg Scholarship Fund for the Arts to further grow her special talents as she pursues studies and training at the Julliard School. 
 
Marie Lester

Marie Lester of Frederick is finishing her senior year at Hood College and has been accepted into the Oberlin Conservatory Summer in Italy program in Urbania, Italy during the summer of 2005. She is a vocal performance major at Hood and a lyric coloratura soprano, who will study voice, opera and Italian during the summer study abroad program. She was awarded The Eleanor Harper Music Scholarship from The Community Foundation of Frederick County in 2004.

Christian Lane

Christian Lane, a 1999 graduate of Walkersville High School, received The Charles C. T. Stull, Sr. Memorial Scholarship and The Ruth E. and Mary E. M. Smith Scholarship to further develop his music ambitions. He earned both his Bachelor’s degree of Music in Performance and the Sacred Music Diploma at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He is currently Assistant Organist at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City. He has earned numerous prizes in organ competitions, including in America’s most prestigious competition, the 2004 AGO National Young Artists Competition.