2022 Rogers Scholar Bella Dunn organizes fundraiser for Special Olympics
2022 Rogers Scholar and Magoffin County High School student Bella Dunn organized a community fund-raising event to support Special Olympics for her community service project. She donated proceeds raised through the sale of...
2022 Rogers Scholar Kendyll Hall builds adaptive bat mobile costume for student
2022 Rogers Scholar Kendyll Hall teamed up with a talented group of engineering students to give 12- year-old Gavin Riddle of Floyd County the surprise of a lifetime. The Floyd Central High School students designed an...
2022 Rogers Scholar Shalit Ebenezer raises money for Letcher Co. flood victims
2022 Rogers Scholar Shalit Ebenezer, a student at Letcher County Central High School, raised approximately $4,488 to help with the Eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts. She decided to earmark the money raised in the...
2022 Rogers Scholar Aneesh Sharma of Pike County helps coordinate clinic
2022 Rogers Scholar Aneesh Sharma, far left, a student at Pikeville Independent, and a team of volunteers helped coordinate a medical, dental, and vision camp at East Ridge High School. Aneesh formed a student club, a...
2022 Rogers Scholar Sunni Ann Partin of Knox County organizes clothing drive
2022 Rogers Scholar Sunni Ann Partin, a student at Knox Central High School, organized a clothing drive for her community service project. Approximately 125 people attended the event, held at First Baptist Church Artemus....
2022 Rogers Scholar Sydnie Deaton raises money for Eastern KY flood victims
2022 Rogers Scholar Sydnie Deaton, a student at Lee County Middle High School, brought her community together for a hot meal to raise money for the Eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts. Sydnie partnered with school...
2022 Rogers Scholar Alexander Slone donates Blessing Box to Knott Co.
2022 Rogers Scholar Alexander Slone built and donated this Blessing Box to the Knott County Housing Authority for his community service project. Alexander stocked the box with children’s books, nonperishable food items, and...
2022 Rogers Scholar Isabella Frost donates to Eastern KY flood victims
2022 Rogers Scholar Isabella Frost of Knox County couldn’t stand by while her Eastern Kentucky neighbors in Knott County were suffering from a devastating flood. She rallied her community and raised donations to purchase...
2022 Rogers Scholar Maggie Johnson donates personal hygiene items to students
2022 Rogers Scholar Maggie Johnson collected donations and purchased approximately $465 in personal hygiene items to donate to Lawrence County schools for her community service project. “To be able to provide girls in my...
2022 Rogers Scholar Ava Laymance organizes voter registration drive
2022 Rogers Scholar Ava Laymance organized a “Your Voice Your Vote” voter registration drive for her community service project. She set up a voter registration table in the foyer of Taylor County High School. “This project...
2022 Rogers Scholar Seth Kissinger raises money & supplies for flood victims
2022 Rogers Scholar and Pulaski County High School student Seth Kissinger raised money and needed supplies for families impacted by the historic record flood in Eastern Kentucky. Seth partnered with First Christian Church,...
2022 Rogers Scholar Hayden Watkins donates school supplies to flood victim
When 2022 Rogers Scholar Hayden Watkins of Rowan County learned a college-bound student lost everything in the Eastern Kentucky floods, he wanted to help. Hayden launched a GoFundMe page and raised $750 to purchase college...
2021 Rogers Scholar Tyler Dowdy raises pledges to support Step-A-Thon
2021 Rogers Scholar and Cumberland County High School student Tyler Dowdy raised $111 in pledges to support The Center for Rural Development’s 2021 Step-A-Thon fund-raising event for Rogers Scholars, Rogers Explorers, and...
2021 Rogers Scholar Ellen Cherry organizes an art cart for hospital patients
With an average hospital stay of 25 days for long-term care patients, 2021 Rogers Scholar Ellen Cherry of Pulaski County decided to put together an “art cart” to give patients at ContinueCARE Hospital, Baptist Health...
2021 Rogers Scholar Henry Gillum donates port pillows to cancer patients
2021 Rogers Scholar and Pulaski County High School student Henry Gillum donated 19 port pillows to patients at Lake Cumberland Cancer Treatment Center for his community service project. In honor of his paternal grandparents...