As I reflect on 2024, I am very grateful to all of you who have joined the mission of the Carlin Nalley Foundation over the past two decades. Through your partnership with CNF, we provided nine $4,500 life-changing scholarships to Lisle High School Seniors this past spring. CNF has now awarded nearly 100 scholarships to the benefit of Lisle Families’ lives. Thank you so much for being part of this rewarding cause.
Your donations are supporting the students in our hometown, delivering a direct impact on their futures. You don’t have to take my word for it. I have selected a couple of our scholarship recipients’ replies to you.
“The scholarship from The Beverly Fiore Dramatic Arts Award will help to relieve the financial worries that come with attending college. The University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign has a great program for environmental sciences. I was very interested in attending the school and now I can. This award will lessen the worry about the cost of the program. I am extremely grateful for the amount that has been awarded to me. Thank you, Lisle Alumni!” ---Anika Mutum, 2024 Fiore Award winner
“I’m very grateful for receiving the Ralph King Vocational and Career Education Award, and being able to go to school full time, without having to worry about working full time during the school year. The award will help fund my tuition, books, and extra will go towards the tools I need for the automotive classes. I would like to thank the Lisle Alumni for giving me this opportunity. I hope that I can be a good example for other future scholarship awardees.” ---Jackson Cates, 2024 King Award winner
“I would like to thank all of the contributors to the Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award and scholarship. I am very grateful for this opportunity and will not let it go to waste. As a first generation American, I am the first student in my family to go to college and this scholarship provides the aid me and my family need. This was an amazing opportunity, and I cannot thank you enough.”
---Guadalupe Martinez, 2024 Logeman Award
Please consider contributing to the Carlin Nalley Foundation Scholarship Fund. Your donations will help inspire and gratify Lisle kids like Anika, Jackson, and Guadalupe to achieve their goals.
Lisle Alumni brothers and sisters, as you decide what charitable causes you wish to support at the end of the year, We are proud that close to 100% of our donations go directly to the CNF Scholarship winners, empowering these students to reach their educational goals. We ask you to partner with CNF and participate in this program that profoundly gives back to our unique school and hometown of Lisle.
All the best to you and your families over the holidays. Go Lions!
John Bartels
Lisle Class of 1985
Carlin Nalley Foundation President