Scholarships
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
A message to graduating Girl Scout Ambassadors of Girl Scouts of
South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands, Inc. from the council’s
College Scholarship Committee:
All Girl Scout Gold Award recipients who are Girl Scout
Ambassadors in the Mountains to Midlands council and who will graduate
from high school this spring are eligible to apply for the
Chandler-Burns College Scholarship and the Pauline Patterson Memorial
College Scholarship. The applicant must be a registered member of the
council, in 12th grade at the time of application, a Girl Scout Gold
Award recipient, and reside in South Carolina. Linked below are the
application and reference forms used to apply for these
scholarships.
Chandler-Burns Scholarship
This generous gift for girls is made possible by the
Chandler-Burns family, whose women have a three-generation history of
Girl Scout membership. For Christmas 2001, Ron Burns established an
endowment at the Central Carolina Community Foundation in the name of
his wife, Kris Burns, to honor her mother, Bonnie Chandler, and her
late grandmother, Mildred Annis Chandler. Mountains to Midlands awards
this scholarship up to $1,500 annually to a college-bound Girl Scout
who has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a girl can
achieve in Girl Scouting. Applicants from Richland and Lexington
counties will be given preference.
The Sarah Brown Cannon Scholarship
This generous endowment was established in 2021 by Calvin
Cannon and family in the name of his wife, Sarah Brown Cannon, in
honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Cannon spent many
years in Girl Scouts, having earned her Curved Bar, the highest award
in Girl Scouting at that time, in 1964, participated in a national
Wider Opportunity and many other travel opportunities, and served as a
leader for two troops, a day camp volunteer, and a board member of the
former Piedmont Area Girl Scout Council in Spartanburg, SC.
Each of the Cannons' two daughters earned her Girl Scout Gold Award,
and both are troop leaders. One of their granddaughters also earned
her Gold Award in 2018.
Mrs. Cannon firmly believes that Girl
Scouting equips girls for success, both now and in the future.
Mountains to Midlands annually awards this scholarship of $1,000 to a
Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award, the highest honor a girl can
achieve in Girl Scouting and is going on to further her
education. Girl Scouts in Greenville and Spartanburg counties will be
given preference.
Pauline Patterson Memorial
Scholarship |
This scholarship was established in May 2000
to honor the memory of Pauline M. Patterson, a very special friend and
colleague. As a staff member of one of Mountains to Midlands’ legacy
councils, the Old 96 Girl Scout Council, Pauline served as a Field
Director from 1988-1992 and as the Council’s first Older Girl Program
Specialist from 1992-2000. In the older girl position, Pauline
designed programming that was fun and adventurous, that reached beyond
troop activities and provided girls with the incentive to look beyond
themselves. She challenged girls to see that they can literally do
anything if they have the desire and are willing to work hard. Pauline
offered girls choices and challenges, taught them to accept the world
with open arms, and inspired them to breathe in the wonderment of all
life offered them. As a tribute to Pauline Patterson’s enthusiasm for
life and learning, Mountains to Midlands is pleased to award this $500
scholarship annually to a high school senior for college tuition.
Jordan/Edwards Scholarship
When Jennifer Edwards and Robin Thames saw a need in Sumter,
SC, they took action to make the world a better place—in true Girl
Scout fashion. Jennifer and Robin started the Jordan/Edwards
Scholarship, so girls earning their Girl Scout Gold Award could apply
for a scholarship.|
They want Girl Scouts in Sumter to feel
like they belong to an organization that recognizes their
accomplishments. The scholarship is named for two Sumter girls,
Kayleigh Jordan and Ivey Edwards who earned their Bronze, Silver, and
Gold Awards.
An initial $1,500 investment was made. The first
$500 Jordan/Edwards Scholarship will be awarded in May 2022 to a Gold
Award Girl Scout from Sumter County. Jennifer, Robin, Kayleigh,
and Ivey exemplify the hard work, commitment, and sisterly support
that is unique to Girl Scouts.
Trefoil Society Scholarship
The inaugural Trefoil Society Scholarship is available to any
graduating senior who has completed her Gold Award. This $1,000
scholarship is made possible by the Trefoil Society, our council’s
most committed and deeply invested philanthropic giving society. Its
members are part of an elite network of donors who prioritize and
recognize the importance of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, the
preeminent leadership program designed for and by girls. Committee
members will review all submitted applicants and select the recipient,
to be announced at the Highest Awards Ceremony.
The College Scholarship Application deadline is April 1.
Be sure to select references that are familiar with you and your accomplishments. References should not be relatives. Please allow them ample time to complete the form. The College Scholarship Committee encourages applicants to pay particular attention to the essay portion of the application. It is often the deciding factor in selecting the scholarship recipient. Review the materials carefully for instructions and deadlines.
The Scholarship Application can be found here.
If you have any questions, contact customercare@gssc-mm.org,
or 1.800.849.GIRL (4475).
