Applications are called for from students in the Mount Gambier area, for the $2,000 grant given in honour of Mim Ingham who was an active member of Soroptimist International during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Mim was a dedicated teacher who saw the need for student financial assistance in starting training or further study on leaving secondary schooling.
Introduced in the 1990s with the intent of providing assistance where financial hardship may have prevented a student from continuing with her chosen career path. After Mim’s death in 1992 the Soroptimist Club named the grant in her honour recognising her commitment to education.
Over a 25 year period, through continual fundraising, this remains a local project priority with in excess of $26,000 being offered since its inception.
Two young women were recipients of $1,000 each as part of the Soroptimist International Mount Gambier Annual Education Grant awarded in memory of Mim Ingham at their Annual General Meeting on 11 February 2015.
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Pictured are Mother Josephine & daughter Segollene Kasole together with Elena and Corrine Spadotto.