Pat Butler Scholarship
Pat Butler at the Butterfly House: "There's a butterfly on my head!"
This scholarship was created in 2020 by Ted Butler in memory of his wife Pat Butler. Joey’s Adventure is a picture book that was published February 2021 and was dedicated to Pat Butler. This book is based on a dog that Pat picked at the animal shelter.
Purpose: This Scholarship will be awarded to a Kent student who has demonstrated their determination to overcome hardship and how they intend to help others overcome their obstacles.
Applicants must be graduating seniors from a high school in the Kent School District.
Background
This Scholarship was created by Ted Butler in memory of his wife Pat Butler. Pat Butler was a wife, a mom, and a grandmom. She was a librarian before she started those fulltime careers. She was a person, who survived bad odds in life and fought her way through them until a final one took her. Pat survived being a 2.5 lb preemie, a teenager who had intestinal holes that kept her hospitalized most of one school year. As an adult, she had two ectopic pregnancies, two bouts with Pancreatitus and finally fought a battle with rapid progression Parkinsons Disease.
She was a fighter, and it seems appropriate that a scholarship with her name on it should help other determined people make the world a better place.
Essay
Purpose: This Scholarship will be awarded to a Kent student who has demonstrated their determination to overcome hardship and how they intend to help others overcome their obstacles.
Applicants must be graduating seniors from a high school in the Kent School District.
Background
This Scholarship was created by Ted Butler in memory of his wife Pat Butler. Pat Butler was a wife, a mom, and a grandmom. She was a librarian before she started those fulltime careers. She was a person, who survived bad odds in life and fought her way through them until a final one took her. Pat survived being a 2.5 lb preemie, a teenager who had intestinal holes that kept her hospitalized most of one school year. As an adult, she had two ectopic pregnancies, two bouts with Pancreatitus and finally fought a battle with rapid progression Parkinsons Disease.
She was a fighter, and it seems appropriate that a scholarship with her name on it should help other determined people make the world a better place.
Essay
- Detail your educational goals (provisional or decided). And tell us how, in the future, you plan to help others to overcome their obstacles.
- Describe the obstacles you have overcome.
|
|
|
|
Mailing Address: Kent Community Foundation P.O. Box 5493 Kent, WA 98064-5493 |
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization. Our Tax ID # is 91-1349506.
Copyright © 2024 Kent Community Foundation. All rights reserved.