Apr 15, 2019
After learning some students in Casey County lacked proper footwear, 2018 Rogers Scholar Walker Campbell organized a shoe drive to help meet one of life’s basic necessities. Campbell, a graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program, launched...
Mar 18, 2019
When 2018 Rogers Scholar Elizabeth Jones heard there was a book shortage at Jamestown Elementary School, she knew she had to help. Jones, a graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program, decided to organize a book drive. “As a kid I loved to...
Mar 18, 2019
Julia Fitzpatrick put the entrepreneurial skills she learned as a Rogers Scholar to work organizing a fundraiser for the Jessamine County Homeless Coalition. Fitzpatrick, a 2018 graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program, decided to make...
Mar 11, 2019
2018 Rogers Scholar Ryleigh Napier of Leslie County is putting service into action by providing winter coats to children and families in her community. Napier, a graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program, organized a community coat drive...
Mar 8, 2019
2018 Rogers Scholar Malinda Cox of Elliott County and community volunteers picked up 22 bags of trash and debris at three separate locations on Grayson Lake. Cox, a graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program and a junior at Elliott County...
Feb 26, 2019
2018 Rogers Scholar Haydon Caudill organized a holiday food drive to serve struggling families in Letcher County for his Rogers Scholars community service project. Caudill, a graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program and a junior at...