Pictured from L. to R.: Top Row, Clayton Bone, Macayla Finley, Dylan Ealy, Middle Row, Hudson Ruppert; Katie Honchell; Bottom Row, Quentin Day, Canyn Borntrager, Colton Middleton
(Mattoon, Illinois June 14, 2024) Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce eight recipients who have been awarded the 2024 Elgin and Genevieve Daily Farm Scholarship.
- Quentin Day is a 2022 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. He is studying agriculture at the University of Illinois.
- Canyn Borntrager is a 2022 graduate of Mattoon High School. Canyn attends the University of Illinois pursuing a degree in agriculture business.
- Clayton Bone is a 2021 graduate of Okaw Valley High School studying agriculture at the University of Illinois.
- Dylan Ealy is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. He plans to study agriculture at Lake Land College.
- Hudson Ruppert is a 2023 graduate of Okaw Valley High School and plans to study agriculture pursuing a degree in Conservation/Forestry.
- Macayla Finley is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. She plans to attend Lake Land College to study agriculture.
- Colton Middleton is a 2021 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. He is studying music at Millikin University.
- Katie Honchell 2022 graduate of Sullivan High School pursuing an agriculture degree at the University of Illinois.
Elgin and Genevieve Daily generously gifted their farm to support graduates from Coles and Moultrie County in their pursuit of an agriculture degree from the University of Illinois or Lake Land College. They also have made it possible for Coles or Moultrie graduates attending Millikin University to receive funds to study music.
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation manages more than 200 funds for the immediate and long-term benefit of communities in southeastern Illinois. For more information, contact Alex Pleasant, President/CEO of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, at 217.342.4988 or alex@southeasternillinois.org.
