Lilly Scholar
Pays
it
Forward
Taryn
Knox, a 2005 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
recipient, has felt the desire to pay-it-forward
since graduating from college last year.
Taryn is currently a Registered Nurse at the St.
Joseph Hospital Burn Center in Fort Wayne and
along with her parents, Neal & Bev
Knox, has reflected on what being a recipient
of the Lilly Scholarship has meant to her
family.
Taryn
feels that fulfilling her dream of becoming a
nurse was due to the benevolent act of being
selected by the Steuben County
Community Foundation for the
scholarship. Bev and Neal recall
feeling "blessed knowing that the responsibility
of paying the tuition bills received, did not rest
on their shoulders".
The
Knox family has chosen to pay-it-forward by making
donations to the Steuben County Community
Foundation. Their thoughtful gifts are to
acknowledge the generosity shown to
them.
As an
additional gesture of appreciation, Taryn, Bev and
Neal are reaching out to other Steuben
County Lilly Scholarship recipients and their
parents to share stories of gratitude and to
encourage them to support the Community Foundation
in whatever way they can.
Thank you Taryn, Bev and
Neal for your heart and
vision!
"Have you had a kindness
shown? Pass it
on:
'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it
on:
Let it travel down the
years. Let it wipe another's
tears,
Till in Heaven the deed
appears, Pass it on.
----Henry Burton
