Goldsboro Elks Lodge Presents Air Force Family Scholarships

The Goldsboro Elks Lodge #139 presented Air Force Family Scholarships to six deserving students. The AF Family Scholarship Program funds college scholarships for the children and spouses of disabled or fallen Airmen who are attending accredited North Carolina post-secondary educational institutions.

The program is administered by the lodge and funded through a grant from the Patriot Foundation, who has provided scholarship assistance to military and veteran families nationwide since 2003.

In attendance to help present the AF Family scholarships were President / CEO of the Patriot Foundation Ms. Kim Gilley, Patriot Foundation Scholarship Administrator Ms. Amber Johnson Carter, and 4th Fighter Wing Vice Commander Colonel Bryce Silver. The scholarship recipients were: Kiera Alysse Negron, MaKenzy Ann Schinsky, Jakob Robert Volk, Brianna Catherine Martin, Taylor F. Grotjan, and Jessica Wilson.