The Brunswick News - By LAUREN MCDONALD

The Correll Scholars program at the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation recently awarded four Glynn County high school graduates with scholarships to pursue higher education.  “These kids have demonstrated a remarkable potential, and we as a Foundation and the Corrells are prepared to make sure that potential is realized,” said Paul White, President and CEO of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation. “That’s what this scholarship is all about.”  Pete and Ada Lee Correll established the Correll Scholars program to help Glynn County high school graduates who are members of the Elizabeth F. Correll Teen Center in Brunswick pursue a two-year or four-year post-secondary degree through one of Georgia’s public colleges.

Pete Correll is Chairman Emeritus of Georgia Pacific and Chairman of the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation, among other things.  The program provides an annual scholarship of $5,000 to students enrolled in four-year academic degree programs and an annual scholarship or stipend of $4,000 to students enrolled in two-year academic or technical degree programs. “Pete and Ada Lee set this up, and it’s basically to help kids that graduated from high school who have been involved with the Boys & Girls Club,” White said.  Nalani Burch, Jaylon Cooper, Cekayla King and Bria McGirth were this year’s recipients.  Burch plans to attend Savannah State to study dentistry or business. Cooper is headed to Georgia State to study architecture and graphic design.  King will attend College of Coastal Georgia to study business and marketing. And McGirth plans to study at Middle Georgia State University, where she’ll major in pediatric nursing.

Pictured: Paul White, President and CEO of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation, center, poses with this year’s Correll Scholars program recipients at the Elizabeth F. Correll Teen Center. This year’s recipients were Nalani Burch, from left, Cekayla King, Jaylon Cooper and Bria McGirth.

“These kids had done well in school, had been involved in extracurricular activities — a variety of them — and had very good college plans,” White said. “They had been involved with the Boys & Girls Club, and then they represented themselves well to the selection committee.”  The purpose of the scholarship, White said, is to support these students as they work to meet their potential.  “This is just one more way that the Community Foundation helps our donors maximize the impact of their philanthropy,” he said.

Last night members of the Glynn Academy Class of 69 joined to celebrate Barion Jerome Scott, Jr., the 2017 scholarship recipient of the Glynn Academy Class of 1969 Memorial Scholarship. 

 - by Tyler Jones

Friday the 13th turned out to be Frances Zwenig’s lucky day.

THIS YEAR THE FOUNDATION'S COMPEITITVE GRANTS CYCLE INVESTED $82,525 IN PROGRAMS ADDRESSING AND CHANGING FUTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH

A record number of grants (18) were made to organizations doing impressive work in this field:

Today was a great day at the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia and Glynn County Animal Services.

Foundation Board Members have been busy! This year's Competitive Grants Process resulted in the largest number and amount of grants totalling $82,525 in the Foundation's history.  Eighteen (18) worthy organizations are being awarded grants. Here are some of them....

By LINDSEY ADKISON - The Golden Isles News(Brunswick News)

The need in Glynn County is very real. It is something that Paul White sees daily.  That is why the president and CEO of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation and his staff work hard to find money to help area organizations.  This year, they have outdone themselves.

The annual competitive grant cycle that began in January, culminated in June with the awarding of $82,525 in Community Impact Grants to organizations working with "At Risk Youth". 

The Halsey Family Scholarship Fund awarded two very worthy students $3,000 each for up to two academic years to help them complete their undergraduate degrees.  This year Emily Gilbert, who will be attending Georgia Tech and Alexander Anklam, who will be attending the University of Alabama in the Fall are both majoring in Aerospace Engineering.  We celebrate these outstanding students and wish them great success!

Pictured L-R: Emily Gilbert; Paul White, Foundation President and CEO; Alexander Anklam

The Foundation hosted the 2nd Annual Conservation Donors Roundtable on March 9 at the A.W. Jones Heritage Center on St. Simons Island.  The evening brought together conservationists, donors and representatives from Little St. Simons Island and the Department of Natural Resources for the special program that included a report about right whates along Georgia's coast.