Fripp Island Women’s Club Presents . . . . . Scholarship

The Fripp Island Women’s Club is honored to sponsor The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy Scholarship. Many of us have enjoyed his books: The Water Is Wide, Prince of Tides, , The Great Santini. The list is long!

Pat lived on Fripp Island for many years and complimented the people of Fripp Island because they were very nice to him and left him alone to let him write. In December 2015, Pat Conroy, accompanied by his wife, Cassandra King Conroy, was the main speaker at the Fripp Island Women’s Club luncheon. That was to be Pat’s final public speaking engagement.

Pat believed in equality for everyone and was a strong advocate of the importance of education. The Fripp Island Women’s Club (FIWC) The Water is Wide Pat Conroy Scholarship is a scholarship to provide financial assistance to anyone over 21 whose education has been interrupted and who desires to return to school to better themselves and/or to provide for their families and is studying at the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB). In 2017, the FIWC with your help awarded our first scholarship of $1,500.

The Fripp Island Women’s Club will donate $500 annually for this scholarship, but we would like to invite you to make a contribution to this worthwhile project. We know that Pat would be humbled by our honoring him with this scholarship. All donations will receive a receipt/thank you for tax purposes.

———————————————————————————————————————————— NAME______ADDRESS______PHONE #______EMAIL ADDRESS______Make checks payable to USC Education Foundation with FIWC Pat Conroy Scholarship Fund on the memo line. Your contribution along with the information listed above may be dropped off or mailed to: Anne Hoyle, 5 Pelican Cove, Fripp Island, SC. 29920. Thank you for supporting the Fripp Island Women’s Club’s efforts with your donation.