This scholarship was created by Ted Butler in memory of his wife Pat Butler. Joey’s Adventure, is a picture book that was published February 2021, and was dedicated to Pat Butler. This book is based on a dog that Pat picked at the animal shelter.
Purpose: This Scholarship will be awarded to a Kent student who has demonstrated their determination to overcome hardship and how they intend to help others overcome their obstacles.
The Pat Butler Scholarship is a newly created scholarship in 2020.
Applicants must be graduating seniors from any high school in the Kent School District.
Have any questions? Contact www.scholarships@kentcommunityfoundation.org
Deadline to submit applications March 24.
Background: This Scholarship was created by Ted Butler in memory of his wife Pat Butler. Pat Butler was a wife, a mom, and a grandmom. She was a librarian before she started those fulltime careers. She was a person, who survived bad odds in life and fought her way through them until a final one took her. Pat survived being a 2.5 lb preemie, a teenager who had intestinal holes that kept her hospitalized most of one school year. As an adult, she had two ectopic pregnancies, two bouts with Pancreatitus and finally fought a battle with rapid progression Parkinsons Disease.
She was a fighter, and it seems appropriate that a scholarship with her name on it should help other determined people make the world a better place.
Essay:
- detailing your educational goals (provisional or decided). And tell us how, in the future, you plan to help others to overcome their obstacles.
- describe the obstacles you have overcome.