2025 JAMES EUNICE LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS
THE JAMES EUNICE CHARITY FUND PRESENTED 61 SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS FROM 19 SCHOOLS ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA in 2025. THE FOUNDATION PRESENTED SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS AT BACONTON CHARTER SCHOOL, BROOKWOD SCHOOL, BROOKS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, CAIRO HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, COOK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ECHOLS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, LOWNDES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SEMINOLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ACADEMY, THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, THOMASVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, TIFTAREA SCHOOL, VALDOSTA HIGH SCHOOL, VALWOOD SCHOOL, WARE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WESTOVER COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, WESTWOOD SCHOOL and WORTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
APPLICANTS ARE ASKED TO REVIEW THE JAMES EUNICE WEBSITE AND TO READ THE WORDS JAMES WROTE IN THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND WRITE ESSAYS ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT JAMES AND A SECOND ESSAY ABOUT SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE THEY IMPACTED OR SOMEONE WHO HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIFE. THE REVIEW COMMITTEE IS IMPRESSED EACH YEAR WITH THE QUALITY AND DEPTH OF THESE ESSAYS EACH YEAR. ONE APPLICANT WROTE, “AS WE REFLECT ON JAMES’ LIFE, WE ARE REMINDED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING WITH PURPOSE, STAYING TRUE TO A STRONG FAITH, AND BUILDING GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS.”
THIS YEAR SAW SEVERAL FIRSTS AS WELL. A 2016 RECIPIENT WROTE THE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR ONE OF THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENTS. WE ALSO HAD A 2020 RECIPIENT ASSIST WITH THE PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. ITS HUMBLING TO SEE SCHOLARSHIPS COME FULL CYCLE AS RECIPIENTS BECOME INVOLVED THRU RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
THE SCHOLARSHIPS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE TO SHARE JAMES' LEGACY WITH A NEW GENERATION AND CONTINUE JAMES’ GOAL IN LIFE. WHEN ASKED BY HIS CLASSMATES WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AFTER GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL, JAMES WOULD ALWAYS REPLY, “ALL I WANT TO DO IS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.” THE SCHOLARSHIP DOES THAT AND IS PRESENTED TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR WORLD.
