By Wally A. Seiler and Newblom Foundation
Wally A. Seiler has announced the recent awarding of grants and scholarships totaling $9,150 by the Darold A. Newblom Foundation to four organizations and eight individuals. Seiler serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Foundation which was created under the terms of the Last Will and Testament of the late Mr. Newblom.
Those organizations receiving grants are Post Playhouse, Inc., Crawford, Nebraska ($3,000 to fund an internship for the position of Musical Director); Carnegie Arts Center, Alliance, Nebraska ($1,000 to assist with arts education program expenses); Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska ($1,000 to help create an Artist-in-Residence program); and Chadron Public Schools, Chadron, Nebraska ($400 to purchase Retro Pop Handsets for the kindergarten classroom).
Individuals receiving scholarships, each in the amount of $500, are Alliance residents Chloe Blumanthal, Shelbee Burke, Wade Sanders, and Isaac Weems; Chadron resident Maralee Rischling; and Hemingford residents Destiny Hanson and Ethan Specht. In addition, Aubrie Lawrence, of Alliance, will receive a scholarship in the amount of $250.
This marks the thirty-second year that grants and scholarships have been given by the Newblom Foundation which was established to support activities for the moral, mental, intellectual and physical development of young men and women in Box Butte and Dawes Counties, Nebraska; to provide scholarships for assisting students in obtaining an education; and to assist in the founding, equipping and maintaining of associations or institutions engaged in the advancement of learning. During the past thirty-two years, the Newblom Foundation has provided funding of $399,751.19 in support of its goals.
Grants and scholarships from the Newblom Foundation are awarded once a year. Applications for the 2023 grants and scholarships will be available from Seiler after January 1, 2023, at his home at 1208 Laramie Avenue, Alliance, Nebraska 69301.