CARROLL STUDENT EARNS LILLY SCHLARSHIP HONOR
December 13, 2023 -- The Carroll County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County – Lacey Pickering. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership.
“We truly appreciate the opportunity to get to know the exemplary students that apply for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. Lacey is a great representation of the quality and abilities of Carroll County Students” said Al Jackson, Chair of the Carroll County Community Foundation Services Committee. “This scholarship encourages students to remain in Indiana and contribute to the communities where they reside. The Endowment utilizes the Community Foundation to administer the program to emphasize the value of education and to support Indiana’s community foundations.”
Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides for full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years. The scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects both current scholars and alumni with resources and opportunities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities. Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and Indiana Humanities.
About Lacey Pickering
Lacey Pickering
Lacey, daughter of Timothy and Leslie Pickering, is a Delphi Community High School student graduating with an Academic Honors Diploma. Lacey is a ten-year 4-H member where she shows swine. She is involved in Junior Leaders, the Carroll County Ag Association, and the National Honor Society. Lacey has been president of the Delphi FFA chapter for two years. She is a four-sport varsity athlete at Delphi Community High School. Lacey will have 16 varsity letters at the conclusion of her senior year. She has been on student council throughout high school and is the president of her senior class. She also works part-time for a local show pig breeder. Lacey will attend DePauw University or the University of Indianapolis to pursue a major in physical therapy with a minor in animal science.
In determining Carroll County’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholar(s) nominees, consideration was given to academic performance; activities in and out of school; essay; financial need; potential for success; and an interview by the Carroll County Community Foundation Scholarship Committee. After the field of applicants was narrowed down, nominees were submitted to ICI, the statewide administrator of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program, which approves the final selection of scholarship recipients.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to interact with the students of Carroll County as they pursue higher education.” said Todd Moser, President of the Carroll County Community Foundation. “The thorough application process allows us to get a glimpse into the excellence of the graduating classes of 2024 in Carroll County. All of us at the Community Foundation extend our congratulations to Lacey!”
Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for the 1998-99 school year and has supported the program every year since with grants totaling in excess of $505 million. More than 5,200 Indiana students have received the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship since the program’s inception.
The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program are: 1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; 2) to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities; and 3) to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
The Carroll County Community Foundation was established in 1997. The Foundation seeks to serve donors and make grants to benefit the citizens of Carroll County. For more information about the Community Foundation, contact Todd Moser at 800-964-0508 or todd@cfcarroll.org. The Community Foundation website can also be visited at www.cfcarroll.org and contains information about making gifts to endowment funds, scholarships and grantmaking.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company. Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. Although the Endowment funds programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion, it maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.
Since 1997, Independent Colleges of Indiana has administered the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program statewide with funding provided by Lilly Endowment. Founded in 1948, ICI serves as the collective voice for the state’s 29 private, nonprofit colleges and universities. ICI institutions employ over 22,000 Hoosiers and generate a total local economic impact of over $5 billion annually. Students at ICI colleges have Indiana’s highest four-year, on-time graduation rates, and ICI institutions produce 30 percent of Indiana’s bachelor’s degrees while enrolling 20 percent of its undergraduates.
