Community Foundation honors scholarship recipients

The Community Foundation of Lorain County has awarded 139 scholarships to students in Lorain County for the upcoming 2020-21 school year.

The scholarships, totaling $392,000, will be distributed to 64 new students and 75 students receiving scholarship renewals, according to a news release from the Community Foundation.

To congratulate these students abiding by social distancing guidelines, the Community Foundation has planned a drive-thru scholarship celebration from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. June 19 at the Community Foundation office, 9080 Leavitt Road in Elyria.

Students will arrive during specific time slots according to their school district and remain outside of the Community Foundation’s offices, the release said.

“The Community Foundation of Lorain County’s class of 2020 scholarship recipients have shown pure grace and grit as they have weathered a tumultuous storm during the ending of their academic year,” said Cynthia H. Andrews, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Lorain County. “We congratulate these students and thank our generous donors and our community of mentors and nonprofit leaders.

“They have supported these students for many years and will continue to provide support and guidance for their coming academic years.”

PCs for People, a social enterprise nonprofit organization, will be onsite during the Scholarship Celebration, to collect computers for recycling, according to

“The Community Foundation of Lorain County’s class of 2020 scholarship recipients have shown pure grace and grit as they have weathered a tumultuous storm during the ending of their academic year.” — Cynthia H. Andrews, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Lorain County

the release.

PCs for People works with income-eligible families to provide computers and wireless hot spots at a reduced rate, the release said.

The computers will be collected, refurbished and used to serve families and students in Lorain County.

The Community Foundation invites the public to bring their electronic waste (computer, monitor, cable) to the event and help connect a family or student who needs technology.

The technology will be put through a certified information destruction and hard drive sanitization program.