$50,000 Endows Golden Girls Scholarship Fund
by Ida Chipman, South Bend Tribune Correspondent

The Golden Girls Scholarship Fund is an endowment held in the Marshall County Community Foundation setup in 2003. The criteria and selection of recipients will be determined by a special committee from Bremen High School. 

The Friends of the (Marshall County Community) Foundation honors individuals and/or organizations who have made significant contributions over the years to the growth and development of the MCCF. 

"Wilma Leman is certainly one of those people," Jeff Honzik, director of the foundation, said.

"There could be not better way to honor Mrs. Leman and the Golden Girls of Bremen than to establish this scholarship fund for Bremen High School graduates who have brought such joy and pride to the community."

The MCCF Board of Directors has contributed $50,000 toward the establishment of the Golden Girls Scholarship Fund.

The Foundation will seek additional donations to this fund in memory of Leman.  It is anticipated that this will become one of the larger scholarship endowments held in the foundation.

The goal is to make this a $250,000 scholarship fund, according to Jeff Honzik.

You can bet that Wilma Leman will be cheering them on.