Dollars for Scholars receives donation in honor of Pat Robinson

| October 26, 2016
The Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars recently received a donation for the Ohio Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate to establish a scholarship in memory of Pat Robinson. Pictured from left are Jim Eckelberry, campaign chair for Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars; Vicky Dempsey, past president of the Ohio JCI Senate; Sherry Gunn, Robinson’s daughter; Marilyn Jones, past president of the Ohio JCI Senate; Jean Geddes, chair of the board of the Ohio JCI Senate; Betsy Brown, treasure of Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars; and Sherry Kirkpatrick, president of the Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars board. Josie Sellers | Beacon

The Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars recently received a donation for the Ohio Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate to establish a scholarship in memory of Pat Robinson. Pictured from left are Jim Eckelberry, campaign chair for Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars; Vicky Dempsey, past president of the Ohio JCI Senate; Sherry Gunn, Robinson’s daughter; Marilyn Jones, past president of the Ohio JCI Senate; Jean Geddes, chair of the board of the Ohio JCI Senate; Betsy Brown, treasurer of Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars; and Sherry Kirkpatrick, president of the Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars board. Josie Sellers | Beacon

COSHOCTON – Vicky Dempsey, Jean Geddes and Marilyn Jones, members of the Ohio Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate and Sherry Robinson Gunn presented the Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars with a check for $1,500 to establish a scholarship in Pat Robinson’s name.

The Ohio JCI Senate established the fund after Robinson’s untimely death in 2011. The Ohio JCI Senate will annually sponsor a $500 scholarship to be presented to a Coshocton County high school senior.

“They will get that if not more in Pat’s honor,” Dempsey said.

Robinson served as past president of the Ohio JCI Senate and the Coshocton Dollars for Scholars. Additionally, she served several years as chairwoman of the Ohio JCI Senate Foundation’s scholarship program.

“We are very pleased that we are able to honor Pat in this way,” Dempsey said. “She always shared her passion of the Dollars for Scholars program and now we can give back in a small way to her community.”

Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars Board President Sherry Kirkpatrick along with Betsy Brown, treasurer and Jim Eckelberry, campaign chair were on hand for the presentation.

“We truly appreciate any donation that we receive and I think it is great that they honored Pat this way for her service to our local chapter of Dollars for Scholars,” Kirkpatrick said.

The Ohio JCI Senate is an organization of past Jaycees that have been awarded the highest award the organization has to offer – a senatorship. The Ohio JCI Senate will celebrate its 50th anniversary in May 2017.

“My parents were involved in Jaycees on the local level even after they aged out and until the chapter closed,” said Sherry Gunn, the daughter of Robinson. “They also were involved at the state and national level and my mom was involved in Dollars for Scholars for many years. She even started a scholarship for Dad after he passed away.”

Last spring, the Coshocton County Dollars for Scholars awarded 142 scholarships to Coshocton County high school seniors for a total of $72,000.

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