Legacy Guild awards $135,000 in college scholarships to 54 area students

(La Grange, IL – June 15, 2016) – The Legacy Guild, a local nonprofit, announced that it has awarded $2,500 college scholarships to 54 students living in Lyons Township District 204 who have had a parent die while being raised in the area. The total value of this year’s scholarships is $135,000.

Thanks to the overwhelming generosity and support of our local community, The Legacy Guild has now provided nearly $300,000 in college scholarship awards since our inception in 2012. To help support this scholarship program, visit www.TheLegacyGuild.com.

This year’s Legacy Guild Scholars represent 10 towns including Brookfield, Burr Ridge, Countryside, Hodgkins, Indian Head Park, La Grange, La Grange Highlands, La Grange Park, Western Springs and Willow Springs.

Legacy Guild Board Member and Scholarship Committee Chair Bob Brogan said, “The Legacy Guild Scholars program was developed to honor our friends and neighbors who have died, and to support their children and surviving spouse. This is a strong community that has responded in amazing fashion. It is so humbling to meet these Scholars, and hear their stories.”

The Legacy Guild was formed in 2012 by a group of men from La Grange and surrounding areas drawn together after a cluster of sudden and unexpected deaths of some great friends and neighbors. The Guild formed within weeks of these tragic events to offer support to each other and to transcend our grief and sorrow. Our fellowship group meets regularly to discuss important issues, including how to be a better father, husband, son, brother, neighbor and friend.

The Legacy Guild nonprofit Scholars program developed out of these fellowship meetings.