Did you know your Kroger's Plus Card is not only great for discounts but a way to help Scioto County students recieve scholarships? By enrolling in the Kroger community rewards program and selecting Scioto Foundation as your chairity, Scioto County students can benefit from your every day purchases. Weither it's groceries, petrol or home needs a percentage of your total will be donated to Scioto Foundation's UCAN General Endowment. It's that easy! You're already using the card, why not earn more?

Add Scioto Foundation to your Kroger plus card account

Join Scioto Foundation and the schools of Scioto County in sharing our vision, that one day, every student from Scioto County will have the financial resources to attend the college or university of his or her choice! Every Scioto County school has established their own endowment funds and are in year two of their campaign to raise scholarship dollars. As a partner, the Scioto Foundation has pledged to match all gifts to school funds at a rate of 1:1 with a maximum of $10,000 per fund per year for at least 3 more years. So far every school is committed to raising funds for self-sustaining scholarships with some exceeding the match!

Last year almost all the schools gave out their first UCAN Scholarships! Congratualtions to those who have been awarded!

Other ways you can help:

• Donate to your school's endowment fund
• Get involved with your school's alumni committee
• Spread the word about UCAN

Monies raised for UCAN September 2008 to September 2009

• Amount Raise by Schools - $92,464.63
• Amount Matched by Scioto Foundation - $85,118
• Total Amount Raised - $177,582.63

In 2009, AP Mini-Grants - The Scioto Foundation used unrestricted funds to offered a $1,000 dollars to every Scioto County school to expand their Advanced Placement/College prep programs:

• Bloom-Vernon - ACT Access
• Clay - Clay High ACT Test Preparation
• Green - Freshman PSAT Test Preparation
• Minford - Funding AP Exams
• New Boston - New Boston College Preparation
• Portsmouth - AP Testing
• Notre Dame - Preparing Our Students For College
• Valley - Advance Testing for College Access at Valley HS
• Wheelersburg - Wheelersburg High School College Perparation

In 2010, AP Mini-Grants - The Scioto Foundation used unrestricted funds to offered again a $1,000 dollars to every Scioto County school to expand their Advanced Placement/College prep programs:

• Clay - Clay High ACT Test Preparation Class
• Green - Freshman PSAT Test Preparation
• Minford - Funding AP Exams
• New Boston - New Boston College Preparation
• Notre Dame - Preparing Our Students For College
• Scioto Community - Waive Act Fees
• Valley - Advance Testing For College Access
• Wheelersburg - Wheelersburg High School College Perparation

In 2009, with travel budget cuts in mind, the Scioto Foundation worked with Shawnee State University to offer a local site for AP Classes and paid for 23 teacher to become AP certified! This year, Scioto Foundation has agreed to pay up to 25 teachers to become AP certified.