Biography to come.   

Biography to come.   

The Rotary Club of Saginaw Sunrise was founded on September 7, 2001 and celebrated its 20th anniversary as a club in 2021.   In an effort to make an impact and to change the lives of aspiring students in the Great Lakes Region and beyond, the Club formulated a plan to create a second endowed

Great Lakes Bay Pride (formerly Perceptions) is the resource, education, advocacy, and networking organization serving the LGBTQ+ and ally community throughout Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region. The scholarship will be awarded to a Michigan resident who has demonstrated a passion for promoting mutual respect and acceptance for all through engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion

When William “Bill” Thibodeau was is in the 3rd Grade, he contracted polio – a very common disease at the time and one that often led to various kinds of paralysis or even death. Even at a young age, Bill was determined to fight the disease. His fighting spirit (and maybe because he was a

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our scholarship application will not be able to go live today, Dec. 1 as planned. Our software engineers are working to finalize the application as we transition to a new online application. Our application will be ready-to-go on Fri., Dec. 3. We apologize for any inconvenience.   In the meantime, applicants

Shirley J. Thurlow was born in Flint at the beginning of The Great Depression, and her family later moved to Saginaw, as poor as church mice. The first decade of her life was especially tough, but like most folks they learned to be resourceful and make the best of what they had.  The adversity of

  “When your hero dies, everything he stood for does not end. Everything he stood for must continue.” -Terri Irwin, widow of Steve Irwin, A.K.A. The Crocodile Hunter     The Gregory Keith Jones Memorial Scholarship was established in remembrance of the creative energy, kindness and passion that embodied his much too short time on

This scholarship is established in memory of Emily Marie Hahn, who died at age 28 in 2012 from glioblastoma. Emily graduated in 2002 from Heritage High School where she was active in Color Guard, Choir, and Theater. She was selected for the State Honors Choir every year from her sophomore through senior years, was a

Betty and Arthur “Art” Trumble where long-time residents of James Township in Saginaw County. Art was a bricklayer and Betty a stay-at-home mother to son Timothy. Most of the Trumble family were graduates of Swan Valley High School. Betty and Art earned their GEDs from Swan Valley and they were very proud of their accomplishments.