This spring, the Perry County Community Foundation awarded $64,680 in scholarships to 22 local students through its Community Scholarship Program. These scholarships are funded by generous donors who have established scholarship funds with the Perry County Community Foundation. This year’s recipients were celebrated and recognized at the Rise & Shine Scholars event in April with fund founders, recipients, and parents. Congratulations to the Community Scholarship Program recipients! Birch and Ruth Shafer Scholarship: Ally Franchville, Tell City High School Justin French, Perry Central High School Andrew Noble, Tell City High School Mackenzie Straneva, Tell City High School Buehler Foods Scholarship: Charles Guillaume, Perry Central High School Cecil and Olive Foster Scholarship: Gloria Sommer, Perry Central High School Charles S. (Blackie) and Rose H. Paulin Scholarship: Summer Guillaume, Perry Central High School Earl and Hazel Etienne Scholarship : Gloria Sommer, Perry Central High School Edgar and Evelyn Whitcomb Scholarship : Summer Guillaume, Perry Central High School Gene and Christina Schwindel Scholarship : Tyler Kleaving, Perry Central High School Harriet and Don Neill “Perry County Values” Scholarship : Tila Jones, Perry Central High School J. Matthew Moore Memorial Scholarship : Brianna Evans, Cannelton Jr. Sr. High School Jamon L. Burchett Memorial Scholarship : Joseph Cunningham, Perry Central High School Joe and Golda Aders Perry Central HS Scholarship : Charles Guillaume, Perry Central High School John Marion Walker Scholarship : Charles Guillaume, Perry Central High School John Williams Memorial Scholarship: Joseph Cunningham, Perry Central High School Loren and Bernice Lanman Scholarship : Loren and Bernice Lanman Scholarship : Claire Daugherty, Tell City High School Gage Garrett, Cannelton Jr. Sr. High School Taylor Hagman, Perry Central High School Mark "Flash" Kleeman Memorial Scholarship : Joseph Cunningham, Perry Central High School Mildred Wempe Memorial Scholarship 1: Lance Kern, Perry Central High School Mildred Wempe Memorial Scholarship 2: Lexi Lain, Tell City High School Old National Tell City Scholarship: Tyler Kleaving, Perry Central High School Perry County 4-H Scholarship : Tyler Kleaving, Perry Central High School Perry County FOP Scholarship : Payton Moskos, Tell City High School Robert E. Boyles Scholarship : Brianna Evans, Cannelton Jr. Sr. High School Robert Ress Memorial Scholarship : Lucas Cail, Tell City High School Rose Hazel Gabbert Paulin and Charles S. (Blackie) Paulin Scholarship : Tyler Kleaving, Perry Central High School Sam K. Oberhausen Memorial Scholarship : Aaron Hilgenhold, Tell City High School Sam Reed Scholarship : Myah Cummings, Perry Central High School Stacey Peak Memorial Scholarship : Alexis Fulton, Tell City High School Wendell Werner and Loretta Werner Scholarship : Ross Morgan, Tell City High School William J. Schergens Music Scholarship : Tyler Kleaving, Perry Central High School York Family Scholarship : Summer Guillaume, Perry Central High School Zachary Kleemann Memorial Scholarship : Aaron Hilgenhold, Tell City High School

Perry County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Perry County: Aniksha Kashyab, Tell City High School. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are recognized for their community involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership. "Aniksha exemplifies the qualities of a Lilly Endowment Community Scholar. Her strong commitment to academic excellence, community involvement, and extracurricular engagement was consistently evident throughout the scholarship process," said Emily Alvey, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact. Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides full tuition, required fees, and up to $900 per year for required books and equipment for four years of full-time undergraduate study leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Scholars also join the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects them with resources and opportunities to lead on campus and in their communities. Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).