COAL CREEK WATERSHED FOUNDATION
AWARDS $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP
TO FORMER BRICEVILLE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL STUDENT ABBEY BRADEN!!

9 May 2021

 

Barry Thacker P.E. and Carol Moore of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation awarded Abbey Braden a $10,000 Nantglo college scholarship on Sunday, 9 May 2021, at Anderson County High School.   

The Nantglo Scholarship is offered to graduates of Briceville Elementary School to assist them in attending college or technical school.  The scholarship is named in honor of the Welsh coal miners who settled Coal Creek after the Civil War.  Nantglo is Welsh for Coal Creek.  We have awarded more than $500,000 in college scholarship assistance to 62 students over the past nineteen years. 

To qualify for the $10,000 college scholarship, interested high school seniors who graduated from Briceville School prepare an essay on "Improving the Quality of Life in the Coal Creek Watershed".  Abbey says I her essay, “My goal is to go to school to get my cosmetology license and open my own salon and boutique.” 

One of the requirements to continue their scholarship each year is that the recipient MUST visit Briceville School at least once during the school year (usually in December or January) with the other scholarship winners and speak to the Briceville students about their experiences in college and encourage them to study hard, stay in school and get a college education. We also encourage scholarship recipients to continue their community service efforts in Coal Creek.

Abbey Braden during 2016 spring cleaning event
picking up trash in Coal Creek

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