February 21, 2011

The scholarship is up and running! We've submitted our application and we'll wait for the candidate to submit their completed applications now. This has been a great way for our family to grieve our loss while honoring the memory of Mom. If you're interested in contributing to the scholarship fund, you can make a check payable to the Mt. Moriah Church with "Susi Scholarship" in the memo. You can mail your checks to me (106 N. Price St. Kingwood, WV 26537) and I will see that they are taken care of. The church has agreed to work with us to allow for contributions to be tax deductible without us forming our own foundation. They have created a separate account and will take care of collecting and distributing the scholarship to the recipient(s) we select each year. Thanks to those of you who have already contributed. You've helped us quickly make this dream a reality.

In order to raise money to support our scholarship we've decided to compile a cookbook. This was something Mom wanted to do when she recovered and so I'm going to take care of this for her. Her idea was to collect recipes from those of you who cooked meals for us while she was sick. I want to extend this to all of our family and friends, so the recipes will be apart of the people who have been important in all of our lives. I'm hoping to collect at least 150 recipes, so look through your favorites and send along anything you'd be willing to share. I'm hoping to have it ready this summer, depending on the response I get, so let me know if you're willing to participate.

Dad is also wanting to organize a benefit dinner that will take place some time in August. Mom would have celebrated her 50th birthday on August 30th, so this may become a yearly event that serves as a means of supporting the scholarship and also as a reminder of the wonderful person she was. I hope to have the cookbooks ready by then, as well as have a raffle or auction of some sort. Lindsay Jenkins has already donated a coupon for teeth whitening and Tammy Light made a beautiful homemade WVU afghan for us to raffle off. We're still in the early planning phases of this endeavor and would appreciate any and all help available. Please feel free to contact me via a comment on the blog, or by email mistydmiller13@gmail.com.