Sandbox Foundation prepares for Inaugural Event

Advisor/Source newspaper reports on the foundation’s preparation for it’s inaugural fundraising event to be held on April 16th.  The event will be a “Wine and Deep Fry Party”, where guests are asked to donate two bottles of wine.  The first bottle to be served and the second will be sold at auction.  Guest will be served a variety of unusual deep fried food samples.  Desert will include a selection of chocolate fondue delicacies.

Click here to read more about the event in the Advisor/Source news article.Advisor-Source Announcement

Foundation advisors, Rock and Cheryl Kuchenmeister, along with Pastor Jeff Draeger (Our Redeemer Lutheran Church) will announce three recipients of the foundation’s annual grants during the party.  Two additional grants will be awarded during the annual RHS Honors night, scheduled for May 17th.  The foundation was formed in late 2015 and had intended to award four grants each year.  After reviewing this year’s submissions, the advisors elected to grant a fifth scholarship in its inaugural year

Kuchenmeister Family Scholarship

The Kuchenmeister Family Scholarship is awarded annually to a Romeo High School (RHS) senior pursuing further education.  The grant was first awarded in 1999 and continues to this day.  Applications for the Kuchenmeister Family Scholarship must be submitted through the RHS Counseling office.

The grant is funded by local residents Rock & Cheryl Kuchenmeister and is administered by the RHS Scholarship Fund of the RHS Counseling office, using predefined selection criteria of the family.

Though not specifically linked to the Sandbox Foundation, all of the most recent five recipients of the Kuchenmeister Family Scholarship are also eligible to apply for the Sandbox Foundation Continuing Scholarship, upon completing one semester of supplemental education.

The past five recipients were:

2016 Serena Salsido
2017 Jacob Mullin
2018 Natalia Mladenovik
2019 Kayla Owens
2020 Andrew Selewski