ROBERTA WALTER SCHOLARSHIP MIFFLINBURG HIGH SCHOOL PA FFA: 2017

Friday, August 11, 2017

RANDY BRINNINGER

I AM SO PLEASED TO SPREAD THE NEWS ABOUT ONE OF LAST YEARS WINNERS RANDY BRINNINGER. NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE THE DEANS LIST AT IUP BUT.........HE PULLED A 4.0 ! SO PROUD OF RANDY

AMANDA SCHROYER

MY ONLY WINNER THAT IS A DOCTOR......AMANDA SCHROYER RECENTLY ACCEPTED A JOB WITH UPMC IN MUNCY. SO EXCITED FOR HER AND ANXIOUS TO HEAR MORE AS SHE SETTLES INTO THE JOB.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

HONOR ROLL

VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL 5 OF THIS YEARS WINNERS FINISHED OFF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS ON..........THE HONOR ROLL. SO PROUD OF THEM

Sunday, July 2, 2017

CARLY

PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ONE OF MY WINNERS FROM LAST YEAR MADE THE DEANS LIST AT LYCOMING COLLEGE. CONGRATS TO CARLY BOYER AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER !

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

WAS UP TO THE GIANT BOOK SALE AT STATE COLLEGE AND LOOK WHO I HAD LUNCH WITH......MY FIRST WINNER KIM ( 1997 ). ONLY A HALF HOUR BUT STILL SPECIAL TO GET THE TIME WITH HER. SHE , CHAD AND THE KIDS LIVE NEAR BELLEFONTE AND A GREAT LIFE. SHE WORKS FOR PENN STATE AND HELPS WITH ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID. SO PROUD OF HER !

Friday, March 24, 2017

2017 BANQUET

335 PEOPLE AT THE FFA BANQUET LAST NIGHT AND SO NEAT TO SEE THE SUPPORT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF TOO. THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN US ! MY FIVE WINNERS THIS YEAR ARE CAROLINE BENFER...MACAY SAYLOR...JACOB EICHENLAUB...AUDREY KUHNS AND KRISTYN DISSINGER. THE OTHER PICTURE IS OF STATE PRESDIENT LIBBY BAKER MIKESELL AND KATELYN BROUSE. JUST ANOTHER WONDERFUL NIGHT IN MIFFLINBURG

ROBERTA AND HOW I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP STARTED

ROBERTA WAS MY YOUNGER SISTER AND IN FEBRUARY OF 1972 WE LOST HER TO A BRAIN TUMOR. TENDER AGE OF 5 AND I ALWAYS HAD THIS FEELING THAT THERE HAD TO BE MORE. SHE NEVER GOT TO LIVE OUT MANY OF HER DREAMS AND FELT IT WAS SO UNFAIR. I WAS ONLY 11 AT THE TIME AND TWO THINGS I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY ABOUT MY SISTER. MY FIRST VISIT TO SEE ROBERTA AFTER HER OPERATION. PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR TO THE CHILDRENS WARD AND THERE SHE SAT. HEAD SHAVED AND THAT GOD AWFUL SCAR DOWN THE MIDDLE OF HER HEAD.........BUT YET THE SMILE !!! AND WITH THAT THE OTHER THING THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME. THE FACT THAT SHE NEVER COMPLAINED. IN FACT THE ONLY THING SHE EVER GOT UPSET ABOUT WAS WHEN THEY CUT OFF HER HAIR. SHE HAD LONG CURLY HAIR AND WAS SO PROUD OF IT.
FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE I PLANNED ON STARTING THIS SCHOLARSHIP BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL OUR DEAR
FRIEND SHIRLEY STOVER WAS TAKEN FROM US BY A DRUNK DRIVER THAT I FINALLY GOT IT UNDERWAY.
WENT TO WORK AFTER HEARING THE NEWS ON THE RADIO AND GOT DISCUSSING IT WITH MY BOSS JOHN
DONAHOE. IT WAS JOHN THAT UTTERED THE WORDS... I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PUT THINGS OFF IN OUR LIVES,
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE YOUR TURN. I LOOKED AT JOHN AND REPLIED, YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID. AND WITH THAT I
CONTACTED GLENN AND THE MIFFLINBURG FFA. MY DREAM HAD BEGUN ! THE ODD AND SAD THING TO ALL OF THIS IS JOHN COMITTED SUICIDE ABOUT 1 YEAR LATER.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND THE WINNERS HAVE BECOME THE KIDS I NEVER HAD. BEEN TO SEVERAL COLLEGE GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS AND EVEN ATTENDED A COLLEGE CLASS WITH KIM. IT WAS ACTUALLY A LECTURE ON HOW THE AMERICAN INDIANS EFFECTED THE WOMANS LIB MOVEMENT...NOT KIDDING AND IT WAS FASCINATING.
MY MAIN GOAL WITH ALL OF THIS IS NOT ONLY HONORING ROBERTA BUT TO GIVE BACK TO THE FFA.
ALSO TO HELP OTHERS LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS AS ROBERTA NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO.

AND TO MY SISTER ROBERTA ,

I MISS YOU A " LITTLE "

A LITTLE TOO MUCH

A LITTLE TOO OFTEN

A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERYDAY.

MY FAVORITE POEM.......SUCCESS

THIS IS MY FAVORITE POEM AND THE LAST FEW LINES ARE HOW I TRY TO LIVE OUT MY LIFE.

SUCCESS

TO LAUGH OFTEN AND MUCH
TO WIN THE RESPECT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE AND THE AFFECTION OF CHILDREN
TO EARN THE APPRECIATION OF HONEST CRITICS AND TO ENDURE THE BETRAYAL OF THE FALSE FRIENDS
TO APPRECIATE BEAUTY, TO FIND THE BEST IN OTHERS, TO LEAVE THE WORLD A BIT BETTER , WHETHER BY A HEALTHY CHILD, A GARDEN PATCH OR A REDEEMED SOCIAL CONDITION.
TO KNOW EVEN ONE LIFE HAS BREATHED EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED...
THAT IS TO HAVE SUCCEEDED

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

ROBERTA WALTER SCHOLARSHIP MIFFLINBURG HIGH SCHOOL PA FFA

Friday, August 11, 2017

RANDY BRINNINGER

AMANDA SCHROYER

Sunday, July 30, 2017

HONOR ROLL

Sunday, July 2, 2017

CARLY

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

LUNCH WITH KIM

Friday, March 24, 2017

2017 BANQUET

PHOTOS

MAZEPPA

ROBERTA'S FAVORITE SONG

ROBERTA AND HOW I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP STARTED

KIM

KIM AND HUBBY CHAD

GRADY

Blog Archive

AMANDA AND EMILY

2014 WINNERS

2013 WINNERS

BRICK AT CAMP VICTORY

2012 WINNER

JULIA

JEN AND JAMES MAPES

WHAT A MESS

LINDSAY

MY FAVORITE POEM.......SUCCESS