To the Editor:

Fairmont Dollars for Scholars served more than 580 chicken dinners at our annual fundraiser in January. Thank you to our community for helping us support our mission of providing scholarships to help Fairmont youth achieve their dreams through higher education.

We also want to thank so many of the community-minded folks and organizations who helped out: McDonald’s for the orange drink and cups; Roxy Janke for helping recruit the volunteers; the great high school seniors who served with a smile; Olson Rental, Sentinel, Wells Federal and First Farmers & Merchants for helping with the advertising; and Dawn Petrowiak at St. John Vianney and Photo Press also for helping with event promotion.

A huge thank you to Jack Newville and Jim Hahn at Knights of Columbus for helping coordinate the logistics of the whole event and to the staff at Pizza Ranch for another great meal.

Thank you also to the Fairmont Dollars for Scholars board members for their commitment and service to Fairmont’s students.

Liz Wheeler

Dollars for Scholars

executive secretary