Lloyd Green Jr. came to the
Community Foundation of Colusa County and
said that he would like to honor his
grandfather, Lenard Green Sr., with a
memorial scholarship. “Lenard Green, a born
and raised citizen of Colusa County, and
spent his life as a rancher. He raised two
kids, and taught his boys the type of
dedication it takes to succeed both
personally and professionally; of which my
father passed those values on to me”.
According to Green. “The goal of the
Lenard Green Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
is to be able to provide scholarships to all
of the high schools within Colusa County,
but we have to start somewhere, so we are
hoping to have enough funding to provide one
scholarship to a student of Pierce High
School in Arbuckle in 2009.” Green
continues, “Lenard Green was hard working,
dedicated to his family, and imposed a great
sense of value to education. Most of all,
his stubbornness to prove that he could
succeed the impossible helped him though the
trials of his life. He would be proud to
know that his legacy would continue through
supporting local High School Graduates
giving them the opportunity to succeed.”
The final qualifications for
the scholarship have yet to be established,
but in general the Lenard Green Sr. Memorial
Fund will be available to Colusa County
students with some agricultural background,
irrespective of income with a passing GPA.
The selection committee will be made up of
members of the Green Family, and the
Community Foundation of Colusa County board
members.
To help fund the long term
growth of the scholarship, an endowment
fund has been established that will utilize
10% of the money raised by the scholarship
fund to permanently fund this scholarship.
If you would like to donate
to the Lenard Green Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Fund, donations can be sent to
2967
Davison Court, Suite C, Colusa, CA 95932, or at the Colusa branch
of Wells Fargo Bank.