FUNDS RAISED FOR EDUCATION

AFTER THE SUCCESS OF SEVERAL CHILI COOK OFFS THE COOSA VALLEY CHAPTER WANTED TO START GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING STUDENTS WHO WERE INTENDING TO HAVE A CAREER IN COLD WATER FISHERIES OR A RELATED FIELD.

SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT

WE WERE APPROACHED WITH THE CONCEPT OF ESTABLISHING AN ENDOWMENT AT THE WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. THEY WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONLY COLLEGE IN THE STATE THAT HAD A FISHERIES DIVISION AND WAS WORKING WITH COLD WATER FISH.

THE COOSA VALLEY CHAPTER ALONG WITH THE OCONEE RIVER CHAPTER OF TU ESTABLISHED AN ENDOWMENT TO FUND THE "Trout Unlimited Cold Water Fisheries Scholarship". 

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS IT HAS REACHED AND EXCEEDED THE MINIMUM NEEDED TO BE FULLY FUNDED AND HAS BEEN GENERATING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

RESEARCH GRANT ENDOWMENT

THE GEORGIA COUNCIL OF TROUT UNLIMITED WAS APPROACHED BY A STUDENT FROM THE WARNELL SCHOOL WHO NEEDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP IN HIS RESEARCH PROJECT.

BEING A 501-c-3 TAX EXEMPT INTITY WE COULD NOT GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT  DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENT AND RESEARCH WAS NOT PART OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

THE GEORGIA COUNCIL ALONG WITH THE COOSA VALLEY CHAPTER AND ALL THE OTHER GEORGIA CHAPTERS HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED A "RESEARCH GRANT ENDOWMENT". THIS ENDOWMENT IS NOT YET FULLY FUNDED BUT IS GROWING EVERY YEAR. THIS GRANT WILL HELP TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESEARCH DONE BY STUDENTS.

HOW TO  HELP US

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS RESEARCH ENDOWMENT IS FUNDED SOON AND WE WELCOME DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES.

YOU CAN HELP BY BECOMMING A SPONSOR OF THE CHILI COOK OFF. OR DONATIONS CAN BE MADE DIRECTLY TO OUR CHAPTER AND EARMARKED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP OR RESEARCH GRANT.  

DONATIONS CAN BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND SPECIFIED TO GO INTO THE PROGRAM OF YOUR CHOICE BY GOINT TO: https://dar.uga.edu/os/makegift?foundation=2&unit=11&department=10&account=105&amount=&otheramount=&sp=&appeal=