2025 PLA SCHOLARSHIP
This is the second annual scholarship offered from the Mary Suzanne Richey Memorial Scholarship, which was formed in 2024.
It has been funded by PLA Board member, George Richey in honor of his wife.
In 2024 the amount was $500. This year 2025, the PLA is happy to be able to offer a $1,000 scholarship.
Click on button below to download application.
Eligibility is extended to high school seniors of any high school in Oceana County and to high school seniors outside of the county whose parents or grandparents are current members of the PLA. Home school students are included.
The application will require a list of the student’s volunteer activities related to the environment and natural resources. The applicants will also be asked to write an essay explaining two ways that our natural resources are important to our future and to identify ways to improve lake health and develop cleaner waters.
Application for the 2025 scholarship is open now- until April 15, 2025. Application submission deadline is April 15, 2025. (Forms are also available at the schools.)
AnnaMae Bush will be the PLA scholarship committee contact for county high schools. Send completed applications to the Pentwater Lake Association, PO Box 825, Pentwater, MI 49449. (If you have questions, please email Mary Ann Bush at: flowersma247@gmail.com)
Committee members: Joe Primozich (chair), AnnaMae Bush, George Richey, Mary Ann Bush, Pat Hooyman, Joan Menke-Schaenzer and Rich Pugsley.