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MCC Foundation Conveys Two Annual Awards
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The MCC Foundation Board awarded its Humanitarian of the Year and Fundraiser of the Year Awards at its February 2023 meeting. Award recipients were on hand to receive personal thank-yous in addition to commemorative pottery gifts crafted by John Boalick, director of MCC’s Heritage Crafts Program. The Humanitarian Award is given to the individual or […]
Read MoreMCC Celebrates Annual Scholarship Ceremony
Thursday, August 31, 2023
On August 29th, around 75 Montgomery Community College students received financial awards from the very special people and organizations who endow scholarships at the College. Students and their donors were able to meet each other in person during a ceremony and post-event reception. The evening began with the presentation of merit awards, which are scholarships […]
Read MoreMCC Foundation Sets Fundraising Record at Annual Community Event
Monday, October 2, 2023
The Montgomery Community College Foundation extends sincere thanks to the hundreds of community members who attended or donated to the college’s annual auction fundraiser, held on September 22, 2023. The event, called Boots, Bling and Blue Jeans, featured country-western music and a beef brisket/smoked chicken buffet. Around 300 people attended the event, raising a record […]
Read MoreMCC Foundation Hosts Fifth Annual Shooting Clay Tournament
Friday, November 17, 2023
Fifteen teams comprised of 60 shooters headed down to Ellerbe on a gorgeous fall morning for the MCC Foundation’s fifth annual Shooting Clay Tournament. DeWitt’s Outdoor Sports hosted the competition which featured 14 shooting stations with two shooting boxes at each station. The course, over a mile long, winds through wooded areas, fields and duck […]
Read MoreMCC Foundation Golf Tournament Sets Fundraising Record
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The MCC Foundation’s 26th Annual Earle A. Connelly Golf Tournament was a huge success, thanks to the event sponsors and the nineteen teams who competed this year. The April 12th event brought in over $20,000, the highest amount yet! The winner of this year’s tournament was the Colonial LP Gas team, of Troy. The funds […]
Read MoreThe MCC Foundation Welcomes New Director
Monday, June 3, 2024
The Foundation at Montgomery Community College is pleased to welcome Susanna Kornegay as its new Director of Resource Development. Kornegay is a graduate of Appalachian State University, where she studied Electronic Media and Broadcasting and Dance. A lifelong resident of Troy, Kornegay comes to MCC from Montgomery County Schools where she served as its Director […]
Read MoreFaith, Family, Forestry & Fun
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Cody Haywood is a first year Forestry Management Technology student, a second generation MCC student, and the first to come to the Forestry Management Technology program from Montgomery Central High School. Cody is from Mount Gilead, where he lives with his parents. Father Eddie, who went through the first-ever offered two-year MCC forestry program and […]
Read MoreThousands of Meals Prepared at MLK “Day On” Event at MCC
Monday, January 27, 2025
Approximately 120 volunteers met at Montgomery Community College to package nearly 10,000 meals in a half-day of service on January 20, 2025. Volunteers from MCC (board, students, faculty and staff), Communities in Schools, 4-H, Youth Leadership Montgomery, Eckerd Connects, Montgomery County Schools staff, East Middle School, Montgomery County Early College and Troy Rotary participated in the 17th annual […]
Read MoreMCC Foundation Celebrates Generosity with Awards
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Each year the Montgomery Community College Foundation celebrates the generosity and accomplishments of its top individual contributors. The 2024 Fundraiser/Friendraiser of the Year Award goes to Oliver and Wanda Sweeney, and Harlan McCaskill. These friends of the College have supported the MCC Foundation for decades. In 2020, they established the Terri McCaskill Stafford Endowment in […]
Read MoreWork Ethic = Success
Monday, March 24, 2025
Colin Bryant hails from Taylorsville, North Carolina located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Alexander County is a rural community with plenty of outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing and ample space to shoot guns. Colin’s grandfather, Patrick Bryant, after retiring as a flight deck Safety Chief aboard the USS Enterprise, became a gunsmith […]
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