2008 Woodie Awards
LiTE:
Amy Penprase
Issue date: 4/22/05 Section: Features
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Ranger Reporter
Living with a disability can be a challenge. Fortunately, there is help available to students who want to further their education at Amarillo College.
The LiTE program, Living Independently Through Education, has provided scholarships for those with disabilities since its inception three years ago.
The event raised almost $19,000 last year. The scholarships pay for education expenses and additional needs, according to the Panhandle Independent Living Center Web site.
The LiTE luncheon, the annual fund-raiser for the LiTE program, will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. A silent auction and vendors during the luncheon also will provide funds.
Speakers at this year's event are scheduled to include Kelly Forehand, a businessman; and Nathan Jesse and Michael Beukenkamp, previous LiTE scholarship recipients.
Susan Stokes, a social worker for the Texas Department of State Health Services, is chairwoman of ticket sales for the western-themed luncheon.
"It is a cooperative effort between AC and Amarillo to raise money for school for students with disabilities," Stokes said. "All students with disabilities can apply."
The amount of each scholarship varies by the needs of the individual. The scholarships are available only to AC students.
"The amount is on an as-needed basis - whatever is needed to get through a semester," Stokes said. "We've helped over 35 students go to AC in the last two years."
Stokes said it would be wonderful if students from AC would come to the luncheon to support those benefiting from the LiTE program.
Fifteen individuals and businesses currently support LiTE.
Everyone is invited to the luncheon. Cost of tickets before the luncheon is $10 and $15 at the door. There will be live entertainment, including a mandolin player, a guitarist and a vocalist.
Living with a disability can be a challenge. Fortunately, there is help available to students who want to further their education at Amarillo College.
The LiTE program, Living Independently Through Education, has provided scholarships for those with disabilities since its inception three years ago.
The event raised almost $19,000 last year. The scholarships pay for education expenses and additional needs, according to the Panhandle Independent Living Center Web site.
The LiTE luncheon, the annual fund-raiser for the LiTE program, will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. A silent auction and vendors during the luncheon also will provide funds.
Speakers at this year's event are scheduled to include Kelly Forehand, a businessman; and Nathan Jesse and Michael Beukenkamp, previous LiTE scholarship recipients.
Susan Stokes, a social worker for the Texas Department of State Health Services, is chairwoman of ticket sales for the western-themed luncheon.
"It is a cooperative effort between AC and Amarillo to raise money for school for students with disabilities," Stokes said. "All students with disabilities can apply."
The amount of each scholarship varies by the needs of the individual. The scholarships are available only to AC students.
"The amount is on an as-needed basis - whatever is needed to get through a semester," Stokes said. "We've helped over 35 students go to AC in the last two years."
Stokes said it would be wonderful if students from AC would come to the luncheon to support those benefiting from the LiTE program.
Fifteen individuals and businesses currently support LiTE.
Everyone is invited to the luncheon. Cost of tickets before the luncheon is $10 and $15 at the door. There will be live entertainment, including a mandolin player, a guitarist and a vocalist.