The Peyton Anderson Foundation awarded 23 Bibb County graduating seniors with scholarships at a luncheon at Middle Georgia State University. This is the eighth year that the Foundation has helped fund college tuition for deserving students in the Central Georgia community.

“The Peyton Anderson Foundation is honored to award promising local students with a scholarship that leverages their talent, community service and opportunity,” said Karen Lambert, president of the Peyton Anderson Foundation. “Young people were important to Peyton Anderson. And if you caught his attention with an eagerness to learn, work and make a difference, your life could be transformed.”

The luncheon and awards ceremony included keynote speaker Josh Rogers, President of NewTown Macon. Mercer Chancellor and Peyton Anderson Foundation Trustee Dr. R. Kirby Godsey awarded the Juanita T. Jordan Community Service Leadership Award for 2016-2017 to Jadzia Hutchings, currently a student at the University of Georgia.  She is a Peyton Anderson Scholar from the Class of 2013.

The Peyton Anderson Scholarship is renewable for up to four years. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and perform volunteer service in their home or campus communities. The Foundation maintains regular contact with each of the students during their college tenure and continues to maintain support with an alumni network.

“What is unique about our scholarship program is we issue more than a check,” said Charla Ivey, who manages the program for the Peyton Anderson Foundation. “The Foundation strives to create and maintain a family-like network of fellowship for our Peyton Anderson Scholars, long after their college careers.”