During the 2019-20 academic year, the nonprofit Education Foundation awarded more $243,000 to 288 Central Penn College students.

The Central Penn College Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to raise funds to support Central Penn College students through scholarships.

Local students receiving scholarships include:

• Amanda Mooney of Jim Thorpe was awarded the Holtzman Family Endowed Scholarship from Central Penn College’s Education Foundation.

• Dylan Kleintop of Lehighton was awarded the William & Karen Gladstone Scholarship from Central Penn College’s Education Foundation.

• Lance Wargo of Tamaqua was awarded the Duane and Susan Greenly Endowed Scholarship from Central Penn College’s Education Foundation.

Since being founded in 2004, the Education Foundation has distributed more than $2 million in scholarships to over 2,300 students.