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I find serving on the committee for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund is both interesting and rewarding. I meet such dynamic and exciting people. I am so proud of my fellow former Amish friends and acquaintances. I love working with the founders of the committee, Emma Miller and Naomi Kramer. They are both kind and…

Tomorrow morning I’m setting out with two friends on the greatest physical challenge of my lifetime. We are cycling from London to Paris, a distance of close to 250 miles.I’m doing this for my birthday to raise money for the AD Scholarship Fund. We were able to give away $12,000 in scholarships this year so…

As the first year of ADSF pulls to a close, we’d like to give a special thank you to all of you for your donations and words of encouragement. We know there are many other charitable needs in the world and we sincerely appreciate all of you who contributed to ADSF. We created this fund…

We are now accepting applications. There are two scholarships available worth $1000 each for the 2012 fall semester. The deadline to have your application in is Sept. 9th, 2012. In order to qualify for the scholarship you will have grown up Amish and your family is still Amish. You must have your GED or high…

ADSF Fundraiser: Hog Roast and Community Social When: Friday, August 3rd Food will be served from 5-8pm Where: United Christian School 29522 County Road 52 Nappanee, IN 46550 Naomi is organising our first fundraiser in Nappanee, Indiana. There will be a whole hog roast and delicious side dishes and desserts prepared by friends and family…

As I mentioned in an earlier blogpost, it’s hard for former Amish youth under the age of 24 to get Financial Aid. That’s because in order to fill out a FAFSA, students also have to fill in their parents’ information because parents are deemed responsible to help their children pay for education until they are 24…

We’ve been having trouble accepting donations through an online payment system because we aren’t our own non-profit organization and don’t have an EIN number for the application. Fortunately, the Mennonite Church has an online giving site and they graciously offered to accept online payments for us and then transfer the payments over to our account with Everence.…

I better update this blog to let you all know that we’re still here! Thanks to all of you who have contacted us through the form on the website. Your excitement and encouragement means so much to us. We’ve really enjoyed hearing from potential applicants who could benefit from this scholarship, it’s nice to find…