For Immediate Release
Recipients announced for 2024 Elgin and Genevieve Daily Farm Scholarship
(Mattoon, Illinois June 14, 2024) Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce eight recipients who have been awarded the 2024 Elgin and Genevieve Daily Farm Scholarship.
- Quentin Day is a 2022 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. He is studying agriculture at the University of Illinois.
Quentin Day is a 2022 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Canyn Borntrager is a 2022 graduate of Mattoon High School. Canyn attends the University of Illinois pursuing a degree in agriculture business.
Canyn Borntrager is a 2022 graduate of Mattoon High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Clayton Bone is a 2021 graduate of Okaw Valley High School studying agriculture at the University of Illinois.
Clayton Bone is a 2021 graduate of Okaw Valley High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Dylan Ealy is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. He plans to study agriculture at Lake Land College.
Dylan Ealy is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Hudson Ruppert is a 2023 graduate of Okaw Valley High School and plans to study agriculture pursuing a degree in Conservation/Forestry.
Hudson Ruppert is a 2023 graduate of Okaw Valley High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Macayla Finley is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. She plans to attend Lake Land College to study agriculture.
Macayla Finley is a 2023 graduate of Charleston High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Colton Middleton is a 2021 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. He is studying music at Millikin University.
Colton Middleton is a 2021 graduate of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
- Katie Honchell 2022 graduate of Sullivan High School pursuing an agriculture degree at the University of Illinois.
Katie Honchell 2022 graduate of Sullivan High School. Photo submitted by Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation.
Elgin and Genevieve Daily generously gifted their farm to support graduates from Coles and Moultrie County in their pursuit of an agriculture degree from the University of Illinois or Lake Land College. They also have made it possible for Coles or Moultrie graduates attending Millikin University to receive funds to study music.
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation manages more than 200 funds for the immediate and long-term benefit of communities in southeastern Illinois. For more information, contact Alex Pleasant, President/CEO of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, at 217.342.4988 or alex@southeasternillinois.org.
