The Kosciusko County Community Foundation announced Alyssa Bolt, a senior at Warsaw Community High School, as a 2006 Kosciusko County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar.

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides tuition and a fee stipend for four years toward an undergraduate degree at any accredited college or university, public or private, in Indiana.

The selection process used by the Community Foundation is "blind," meaning the selection committee does not have access to the names of applicants or their parents until after recipients have been chosen. Recipients are selected based on academics, school and work activities, community service, essay responses and letters of reference/recommendation.

Alyssa is the daughter of Nancy Bolt and Calvin and Debbie Bolt. She plans to study history and English at Taylor University. She plans to eventually earn an advanced degree and to become an author and possibly a college professor.

Academically, Alyssa is ranked second in her graduating class of more than 400 students. In addition to holding a part-time job, Alyssa has been active in many extracurricular activities, including SADD, Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy and band to name a few. Her volunteer activities include camp counseling, mission trips and fundraisers.

Alyssa Bolt joins Kyle Watson as Kosciusko County's two Lilly Endowment Community Scholars for 2006.

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is designed to raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and increase awareness of the potential of Indiana's community foundations to improve the quality of life of the state's residents.

For more information about the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, call 574-267-1901, or visit the Web site at www.kcfoundation.org [[In-content Ad]]