On July 15th, The Michaels Organization Educational Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of The Michaels Organization, celebrated the awarding of $107,500 in scholarships for the 2024/2025 academic school year to 11 residents living at The Villages at Fort Moore.
“The Michaels Organization has had the privilege of housing our nation’s heroes for 20 years,” said Mark Morgan, Chief Executive Officer of The Michaels Organization. “It’s an honor to continue to provide our soldiers and their families with the resources they need to excel in any way that we can, including through the gift of education.”
The Michaels Organization Educational Foundation provides grants to residents to use toward their pursuit of higher education at any accredited college, university, or vocational training program in the nation. Scholarships are awarded annually and students may reapply each year of their undergraduate education for continuing grants. In total, the Foundation has awarded over $16 million to residents across Michaels’ portfolio.
All foundation funds are raised through voluntary contributions by corporations, companies, families, private trusts, and individuals throughout The Michaels Organization’s business network. All donations are then matched $2 for every $1 by The Michaels Organization’s Founder and Chairman, Michael J. Levitt, and his wife, Pat Levitt.
Michaels has been a Department of Defense private-sector partner since 2004 and began offering scholarships for military residents in 2006. Since then, the Foundation has awarded over $5 million to Michaels’ military residents – $785,500 of which has been to Fort Moore residents.
Among the scholars at Fort Moore this year is Lyssa Harris, a two-time award recipient and incoming sophomore at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. With her scholarship from the Educational Foundation, Lyssa will earn her degree in aerospace and aeronautical science to achieve her goal of becoming an astronaut.
The scholarships awarded to Michaels’ Fort Moore residents are part of the record-breaking $2 million Michaels announced in June as being awarded to residents of military and affordable communities owned or managed by The Michaels Organization.
Shared July 26, 2024.
