FAMILY MAKES MEMORIAL DONATION FOR ASCENSION SCHOLARSHIP FUND

A Scholarship Fund at Ascension Leadership Academy has been created for students from the Presbyterian Home for Children thanks to a generous donation from the estate of Walter R. Bell.

Ascension is the Home’s Cognia-accredited school that provides personalized learning instruction to help our students develop academically, socially, and spiritually to their maximum potential

Through his estate, Mr. Bell supported that mission by creating a Scholarship Fund for Ascension in memory of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. William H. Hutchinson, and his mother, Mae Lewis Hutchinson Bellin.

“This gift is truly a legacy of pure love in a shared calling from our Lord to these very precious ones,” said Doug Marshall, President and CEO of the Presbyterian Home for Children.

The school’s priority is to foster the development of a strong, moral core; create an interest in learning; and develop life-long, self-disciplined learners who will become the leaders of their communities and provide service to others throughout their lives. We are incredibly grateful for this wonderful legacy of love left to our students by the estate of Walter R. Bell to help our children and youth become the fully functional persons whom God created them to be.

You can join his efforts by giving to this Scholarship Fund by visiting us online at: ascensionleadership.org/give

PHFC accepts gifts made from a will or bequest, through IRAs or publicly traded stock, bonds, closely held stock, mutual funds, or life insurance. After providing for loved ones, one final act of generosity is often made through a bequest in a donor’s will or living trust or as a beneficiary in a life insurance policy to provide enduring support for PHFC’s vital work.

For more information, contact Jennifer Braxton, Director of Development, at (205)410-4851 or jbraxton@phfc.org.