Brittany Buchholz Memorial Scholarship

12/31/2025

If you are looking for an amazing way to get in your year-end charitable contributions, we would love if you donated to the Shiawassee Community Foundation in honor of Brittany's Birthday month. 💜 ⚓

04/28/2025

📣Thrilled to announce our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ winners — Kalli Salava and Natalie Thayer. 🎉🥳🏆

11/25/2024

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🎉 Attention Shiawassee County Students and Graduates! 🎓

Scholarship applications for 2025 are NOW OPEN! 💻📚

Whether you’re planning to attend college, trade school, or another educational program, the Shiawassee Community Foundation has over 100 scholarships available to help fund your future.

🗓️ Deadline to apply: January 31, 2025
🌐 Apply today: shiacf.org/scholarships

Don’t wait—your future is worth the investment! 💙

10/08/2024

We were thrilled to pick these three young ladies as the recipient of Brittany's scholarship. We feel that Britany would've counted them each as close friends. 💜 ⚓

Only one month away from scholarship applications being open! Please let any high school seniors AND college students know about this amazing opportunity through the Shiawassee Community Foundation. 🎓 ⚕️

📣 Congratulations to the 2024 Brittany Buchholz Memorial Scholarship winners, Quinn Skarich, Kenzee DeFrenn, and Jaidyn Sadler! 🎉

Brittany Buchholz was a vibrant young woman whose love for life and others was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 23. She excelled as a student, passionate dancer, baker, and animal lover. Brittany cherished time with her family and friends, participated in color guard, and volunteered at Humane Societies. She graduated as Valedictorian of the Corunna High School class of 2012 and earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Hope College. Brittany worked as a Patient Care Tech at Memorial Healthcare.

The Brittany Buchholz Memorial Scholarship supports Shiawassee County graduates with high GPAs who demonstrate good citizenship and are involved in community service or volunteer work. Financial need is considered. Preference is given to students who:

Plan to study in medical, education, or child development fields
Have 4-H involvement
Plan to attend Hope College
Are active in band, cheer, and/or dance
We are proud to honor Brittany’s legacy through Quinn, Kenzee, and Jaidyn's dedication and achievements. Here’s to their bright futures and positive impact on our communities! 🌟

05/02/2024

Our fund representatives were so thrilled to have the opportunity to meet Quinn Skarich!

We were sorry to miss Kenzee DeFrenn but wish her well in her studies. We also look forward to meeting Jaidyn Sadler who was unable to make the award ceremony.

3️⃣ amazing ladies for our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ scholarship award recipients. 💜 ⚓

If you'd like to partner with us in giving back to the Greater Shiawassee Community, please follow the link: www.shiacf.org/donate/ and select Brittany's scholarship.

05/02/2024

What an amazing evening at the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Shiawassee Community Foundation Scholarship Awards Night. This is the 2️⃣nd year Brittany's scholarship has been given out. 🎓

We would like to congratulate this year's 3️⃣ recipients: Quinn Skarich, Kenzee DeFrenn and Jaidyn Sadler. We believe Brittany would've loved all of you. 💜 ⚓

12/28/2023

💜 From The Buchholz Family: We are so excited to tell you (that) Brittany’s Memorial Scholarship Fund, through the Shiawassee Community Foundation, will be awarded again this Spring to support a deserving individual’s college expenses!

Last year, we had two wonderful recipients who both are pursuing a career in nursing. It took 5 years to be able to make this scholarship a reality, and we are delighted to be able to offer it again. We know that Brittany would be thrilled with this achievement. Everyone who knew Brittany knew how much she
valued education and the commitment she poured into succeeding in school. She would have absolutely loved
knowing her legacy would support others to achieve that same goal!

Please visit this link to read about Brittany and her scholarship criteria: www.shiacf.org/scholarships/scholarship-donor-history/.

We welcome you to share the information with anyone you know that is college bound from Shiawassee County. Brittany’s scholarship is just one of many to apply for!

If you would like to donate to her scholarship, please make checks out to the Shiawassee Community Foundation. You can also select DONATE at the link provided above. Be sure to select the Brittany Buchholz Memorial Fund. This ensures that we can continue to award the scholarship for future years to come. Your donation will be tax deductible and so helpful for those
who hope to attend college.

Thank you very much for sharing this information, your consideration in giving, and a big thank you to all who
already donated and made this scholarship possible.

Thank you!

12/28/2023

Today would have been Brittany's 3️⃣0️⃣th birthday. Today, we choose to celebrate the light and love that she brought to all of us. We remember the care she gave to others and the vivacious joy she filled every room that she entered with. 💜 ⚓

🎂 If you would like to donate in honor of Brittany's birthday, please visit the Shiawassee Community Foundation: www.shiacf.org/donate/ and select the Brittany Buchholz Memorial Scholarship.

(Photos courtesy of her mother, Mary Buchholz.)

09/14/2023

⚓ "I want to be remembered for my warm, compassionate personality and my desire to help others." 💜

🍂 September is always a rough month. Friday, September 8️⃣ marked the six-year anniversary of Brittany's passing.

We would like to do something special this year to celebrate her life. Please comment your favorite memory of Brittany. Feel free to include your favorite photos of her or message them to us so we can make an album celebrating the light and love she gave us. ✨

🍁 We'll start. Brittany loved picking apples and visiting pumpkin patches with her friends. She enjoyed painting pumpkins. She was also the master baker. 🥧

🎃 If you would like to give in honor of Brittany, please visit the Shiawassee Community Foundation and select the Brittany Buchholz Memorial Scholarship: www.shiacf.org/donate/