The above video is of my son and the two below are of previous Andau scholarship winners, Margret and Lucas. My son gets to give a speech this Saturday morning at the TJEd Forum, to the adults and the youth. Watch for him! I am so proud of him. He is just finishing up his first year at George Wythe College this week.

If you are coming to the TJEd forum this weekend, please consider donating to the Andau Scholarship Fund silent auction. Think of a product or service you can provide. It can be something your husband does, like a plumbing service or accounting work, or something you do. It could be a new or gently used item. Even children are invited to participate! The sky’s the limit.

Two Andau winners, my son and Margret, at the Youth for Freedom summer camp where the Andau winner is interviewed and selected each year. See http://youthforfreedom.org

Then come to the Andau Silent Auction table Saturday morning at the TJEd Forum and donate your product or service to be bid on silently. All the money raised will go to the Andau scholarship fund. It sounds like a big yard sale for homeschoolers to raise money for college! What a great idea! This fund gives a student one-year tuition paid to George Wythe College. My firstborn won this scholarship last year. It was a huge financial blessing to us. He would not have been able to attend GWC without it. He believed so much in the education that he would get at George Wythe College that he gave up the scholarship he had already won for BYU, before he won the Andau, to attract the karma to win the scholarship, to go to George Wythe.

He has loved his first year of college at George Wythe. When I spoke to him on the phone for our weekly mentor meeting last week he was really sad that the year was ending and his friends were all dispersing to go home. Thank you to past donors to this fund for the scholarship my son has enjoyed. The more people donate to this fund, the more it is a grass-roots or “georgics” scholarship, a scholarship from all of us. The more people donate, the more Diann Jeppson can fulfill her dream of funding not one scholarship each year to George Wythe College, but multiple ones.

I had to take this picture with my phone, because I lost my camera…long story, but it’s back now. These are the finalists for the Andau last year, waiting to hear who the winner is.

Here is the message from Diann about the event:

During the Family Forum weekend, we’ll be holding a silent auction to support the Andau Character Scholarship. We invite each family and individual attending the Family Forum to bring a gently used or new item, or a “gift certificate” for a service that you can provide,  to donate to the silent auction. Children are also encouraged to each bring something small to donate.

The Story

The Andau Character Scholarship is named after a small bridge between Hungary and the small town of Andau Austria. During the Hungarian revolution of the 1950’s a simple Austrian school boy waited on the Austrian banks of a freezing canal near the Andau bridge watching for the rustling of the tall reeds on the Hungarian side. Walking through the freezing water with his boots across his shoulders he whispered to the Hungarian refugees lost in the reeds and led them across the canal to freedom. He did this countless times while the AVO gun towers watched the bridge.

The Andau Character Scholarship is based upon the courage and character of those who gave all they had for freedom. It represents not only the courage and sacrifice required to be free, but the need for everyday individuals to be the bridge for freedom. The recipients of the Andau Character Scholarship carry with them the hopes, desires and dreams of all the enslaved world and dedicate their lives to the cause of freedom.

Andau Character Scholarship Application Requirements

1. Submit a written essay to the application committee with Youth for Freedom.
2. Attend the Youth for Freedom conference
3. Complete a “character watch” during Youth for Freedom.
4. During the Youth for Freedom conference, complete an oral exam that evaluates their ability to effectively communicate, and tests their knowledge of topics including literature, geography, world history, The Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and world events.

Link to Youth for Freedom Website: www.youthforfreedom.org

Recipients of the Andau Character Scholarship receive a one-year full tuition scholarship to George Wythe University. The process is rigorous and challenging. The youth that have been awarded this scholarship have made remarkable contributions, shown amazing character and extraordinary scholarship.

Bring your silent auction donation with you to the Family Forum on either Friday or Saturday. When you arrive, deliver your item or service to the Silent Auction Donation Recieving table. You are invited to bid on donated items and services throughout the weekend.

Winners will pick up and pay for their items at 5:30 pm on Friday and Saturday.

Thank you for being a part of “The Scholarship from All of Us.”

Warmly,  
Diann Jeppson