FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
Contact:
Dave Wellman, Director
of Communications,
304-696-7153
Funds collected in fundraiser benefit Honaker ROTC Scholarship at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A recent fundraiser conducted by American Legion Post 16 on 6th Avenue in Huntington raised $1,150 to be donated to the Marshall University Foundation for the John J. Honaker Memorial ROTC Scholarship at Marshall. The money was raised at a spaghetti dinner at the Legion.
Honaker died in an automobile accident in summer 2000 just six months after being commissioned a second lieutenant in Marshall University’s ROTC program. The scholarship was established in January 2001 in Honaker’s memory. The recipient of the Honaker scholarship must be an outstanding ROTC Cadet at Marshall University.
The addition of the $1,150 from the fundraiser brings the endowed fund total to $4,650. Capt. Michael G. Armstrong with Marshall ROTC said the goal is to raise at least $350 more to bring the scholarship fund total to $5,000.
Contributions by check should be made payable to the Marshall University Foundation and earmarked for the John J. Honaker Memorial ROTC Scholarship. Checks may be mailed to Armstrong at 216 Gullickson Hall, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755.
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