Cloverdale Community Scholarship Fund

Year Founded
1994

Purpose of Fund
The primary purpose of the Fund shall be to provide scholarships for Cloverdale High School graduates to further their education.

History of Fund

Bob Steele graduated from Cloverdale.  He grew up in a 28 x 28 foot home with a tin roof and seven brothers and sisters.  He received free lunches at school all his years. In 1994, he stopped by the superintendent’s office with a check for $600 “to repay a debt.” 

When the school secretary saw the check she told Bob that the superintendent would like to speak to him.  Superintendent Steve Wittenauer said that he did not want any lunch money, he wanted a scholarship.  And a partnership was born. 

Significant donors
Rick Cummings – Sr. Vice President of Emmis Communications –
In memory of his father Frank Cummings

Al Tucker – Tucker State Farm Insurance
In memory of his son Chad Tucker who died tragically in 1995 at age 31.