Terry Beck Memorial Scholarship

Terry Beck Scholarship Exceeds Fundraising Goal

KCFA is pleased to announce that fundraising for the Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship has exceeded the original goal of $15,000.  Subsequently, KCFA President Jan Holewsinski and Treasurer Mabel Schumacher recently presented a check for $20,000 to Sue Hartwick, executive director of the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation, to fund the inaugural scholarship!

The scholarship was established in memory of Fort Atkinson’s Terry Beck, a Marine Scout Dog Handler killed in action along with his K-9 partner, Seato, while serving in Vietnam.

To learn more about this new scholarship for students going into protective services fields, check out these local news articles:

Daily Jefferson County Union:

Kennel Club of Fort exceeds Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship fund goal | Fort Atkinson | dailyunion.com

FortAtkinsonOnline.com:

Fort scholarship formed in memory of Marine K-9 handler Beck – FortAtkinsonOnline.com (Fort Atkinson Online LLC)

Scholarship criteria and guidelines are available at the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation’s website:

Guidelines (fortfoundation.org)