News & Updates
Be a Part of the Annual Student of the Year Event
Posted: October 12, 2012
Join us on April 25th in recognizing 17 outstanding students from the Shoals. One student from every high school in Lauderdale and Colbert Counties will be honored and recognized at an evening banquet at the Marriott Conference Center. Special video presentations of the 17 students will show you why they were nominated. We’ll award special gifts for the students and announce the 2013 Student of the Year.
The Student of the Year event will raise awareness of the Scholar Dollars program in our community as well as raise money to fund the program. Three levels of event sponsorship are available.
Gold Sponsorship $20,000
- Logos in all promotional ads*
- Full page in Student of the Year Tabloid
- On screen promotion at the Student of the Year Event
- Full page in the Event Program
- Logo on landing page (online banners click thru to landing page)
- Logos included in Full page ad recognizing the winning student
Silver Sponsorship $10,000
- Listings in all promotional ads*
- 1/2 page in Student of the Year Tabloid
- Logo on landing page (online banners click thru to landing page)
- On screen promotion at the Student of the Year Event
- Listing in the event program
Bronze Sponsorship $5,000
- Logos in all promotional ads*
- 1/4 page in Student of the Year Tabloid
- Logo on landing page (online banners click thru to landing page)
- On screen promotion at the Student of the Year Event
- Listing in the event program
*The TimesDaily will run a 6-week campaign in the paper and online promoting the event and ticket sales. This campaign is valued at more than $23,000.
In the News: Sheffield High teen gets 2012 Student of the Year
Posted: April 26, 2012 | Source: Times Daily
Sheffield High School student Eric Roddy was named the 2012 Student of the Year by the Shoals Scholar Dollars program for his outstanding leadership, academics and extracurricular activities. Among Roddy’s achievements include starting a program titled “BYOB,” or Bring Your Own Backpack. The donated backpacks went to students in need, as well as tornado victims in the Phil Campbell and Hackleburg areas. Roddy has also devoted more than 1,000 hours to community service, holds a 4.0 grade point average and is involved in at least nine school clubs. Continue Reading »
In the News: Five Jets, Midnighters pool talent for kids
Posted: April 20, 2012 | Source: Times Daily
For the first time, The Midnighters and The Five Jets will be playing on the same stage at the same concert.It’s something they’ve been wanting to do for a while, and now are getting the opportunity as they raise money for Special Program for Achievement Network and Shoals Scholar Dollars. Continue Reading »
In the News: Student of Year banquet April 26
Posted: March 26, 2012 | Source: Times Daily
Seventeen area students are in the running for Shoals Student of the Year, a program designed to honor successful students and raise money for the Shoals Scholar Dollars program. The 17 students represent all public and private high schools in Colbert and Lauderdale counties. The winning student will be announced April 26 at a banquet at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center in Florence. The Shoals Scholar Dollars program is being established to provide qualifying students in the Shoals with scholarships, beginning in 2014. Continue Reading »
In the News: Education for Everyone
Posted: March 12, 2012 | Source: No'Ala Magazine
In the News: Area students need the community and the community needs them
Posted: March 12, 2012 | Source: Courier Journal
Randy Pettus is a firm believer in the Shoals Scholar Dollars program. He said, “I came out of retirement to do this.” Shoals Scholar Dollars began after several Rotarians had a vision to bring a similar program originating in Hopkinsville, KY to the Shoals. The concept quickly outgrew the capacity of the Rotary Club and created a life of its own. This required a separate volunteer board of directors. Continue Reading »
Donation Event Photos
Posted: October 13, 2011
In the News: Scholar Dollars Giving Free Tuition to Shoals Students
Posted: October 3, 2011 | Source: WAAY 31
A group in the Shoals is asking for support for a community-wide project. The goal is to send every high school student from Colbert and Lauderdale Counties to college for free, if they meet a certain criteria. To qualify for the Shoals Scholar Dollars Program, students must meet four simple guidelines. They must have a 2.75 G.P.A, be an American citizen, have a clean record and 95% attendance at school. Continue Reading »
In the News: Have You Heard?
Posted: September 16, 2011 | Source: Times Daily
Shoals Scholar Dollars is launching its first major campaign to raise money for Colbert and Lauderdale county high school graduates to attend Northwest-Shoals Community College. The cost of a college education is escalating almost yearly with tuition and fee increases. It’s becoming more difficult for students from middle class families to advance their educations. But a group of local civic, business and education leaders has found a way to make higher education more easily attainable for qualified students. Continue Reading »
In the News: Organizations asked to ‘pay it forward’
Posted: September 11, 2011 | Source: Times Daily
Shoals Scholar Dollars has challenged companies and clubs to help it achieve its goal of raising $111,111.11 by 11-11-11. “We’re presenting to every club and every organization and every business to come up with at least $1,111.11,” Executive Director Randy Pettus said. The program seeks to send every high school student from Colbert and Lauderdale counties to Northwest-Shoals Community College on scholarship, providing they meet certain criteria. Continue Reading »
In the News: Your Chance to Make an Investment in the Shoals
Posted: May 4, 2011 | Source: Courier Journal
Shoals Scholar Dollars Fundraising week has arrived. This community project is receiving more and more attention as people begin to realize the possibilities. Shoals Scholar Dollars will provide deserving students two years of full-time tuition to Northwest Shoals Community College. Students may receive technical training or establish the basis move to four-year university. Continue Reading »
In the News: Weeklong Blitz to Raise Funds, Awareness for Program
Posted: April 27, 2011 | Source: Times Daily
A program that promises to guarantee two years’ tuition to all qualified Shoals students will kick off Sunday with a weeklong blitz of raising funds and awareness. The Shoals Scholar Dollars program launches in 2014 and is meant to guarantee two years’ tuition to Northwest-Shoals Community College for all qualified local students. “This will literally change the destiny of the Shoals forever,” organizer Harold Lewis said. “We’ll be second to none.” Continue Reading »
Event Photos: Florence and Sheffield Rotary Clubs
Posted: April 27, 2011
In the News: An Education for All Shoals Students
Posted: April 18, 2011 | Source: Courier Journal
Education is the key to great things. It is generally understood that helping our young people gain access to education is the key to a better life for us individually and as a community. That’s why some visionaries in our area created the Shoals Scholar Dollars scholarship program. Scholar Dollars are the way that we will make it possible for every Shoals area student to continue his or her education beyond high school. Continue Reading »
In the News: Organizers seek awareness, support for scholarship effort
Posted: March 1, 2011 | Source: Times Daily
Organizers continued Thursday to drum up awareness and support for a community-based scholarship program by handing out brightly colored rubber bracelets and announcing a March 1 deadline for fundraising proposals. The “Shoals Scholar Dollars” program launches in 2014 and is meant to guarantee two years’ tuition to Northwest-Shoals Community College for all qualified Shoals students. Continue Reading »
In the News: Fundraising Campaign Kick-off: Shoals Dollars for Scholars
Posted: March 1, 2011 | Source: Courier Journal
We don’t often get the opportunity to have fun and exert a positive influence at the same time. The week of April 24 is one of those rare opportunities. That’s the week the local Rotary Clubs have set aside to raise funds for the Dollars for Scholars program. First announced last August, the Florence and Greater Shoals Rotary Clubs plan to offer area high school graduates a tuition scholarship to Northwest Shoals Community College is well underway. Continue Reading »
In the News: Scholarships to begin in 2014
Posted: March 1, 2011 | Source: Times Daily
Organizers unfolded more details today on a community-based scholarship program meant to guarantee that all qualified students in the Shoals will be able to attend Northwest-Shoals Community College for academic or technical training. The program, Shoals Scholar Dollars, is scheduled to launch in 2014. The initiative targets the “middle class” of students - students who don't have good enough grades to earn highly competitive scholarships and are economically ineligible for governmental assistance. Continue Reading »
In the News: Average Students Qualify for Rotarians’ Above-Average Scholarship
Posted: March 1, 2011 | Source: Courier Journal
Beginning with the class of 2014 (this year’s 9th graders), the Rotary Clubs of Florence and Greater Shoals are undertaking the monumental task of guaranteeing every high school graduate who meets minimum requirements the financial ability to attend college. The announcement was made to area educators and local media during a recent press conference at the Shoals Chamber of Commerce. Continue Reading »