In recent weeks, the Cape Fear Community Foundation has received three gifts to provide financial assistance to CFCC students.

The Wilmington Tri-County Dental Society presented the Cape Fear Community College Foundation with a check for $4,000 to provide funding to assist dental hygiene and dental assisting students, according to a news release from the organization.

The majority of funds will provide scholarships for students, but $1,000 will also be available to be used at the discretion of the faculty to assist deserving students with incidental program-related expenses related to their programs,  the release stated.

The Wilmington Tri-County Dental Society supports the study and practice of dentistry in New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties, the release stated. Since 1999, the association has provided over $32,000 in support of Cape Fear Community College dental students.

A second gift came from Neal Andrew, president of Andrew Consulting Engineers, who announced in an email that his firm was celebrating the retirement of his father, John “Rod” Andrew, by endowing a scholarship for engineers at CFCC. The Rod Andrew scholarship will be presented annually beginning in 2015 and will cover the tuition, fees and course-related expenses for students in mechanical engineering technology or a related field in engineering.

“My father has been a great inspiration to me in my life and my career and we wanted to honor him for all of the contributions he has made to our industry and to the Wilmington community,” Neal Andrew said in the release. “He inspired me to become an engineer and through this scholarship, we hope he will continue to inspire other students to pursue their passions and launch successful careers in engineering.”

Rod Andrew and his firm Andrew & Kuske played an important role in many of Wilmington’s most-recognized buildings, including Water Street Condominiums, Duneridge Resort, and the McKeithan, Engineering and Cosmetology buildings at Cape Fear Community College, the release stated.  He also designed Seapath Towers, Cape Fear Hospital and UNCW’s Cameron School of Business.

The third gift to the CFCC Foundation comes from the Trinity Children Foundation, which recently gave the foundation a check for more than $12,800, the proceeds from the 5th annual Trinity Children Golf Invitational. The gift will continue funding the Trinity Children Foundation’s Donna Morse Scholarship at the college, according to a news release. 

Trinity Children Foundation founder, the late Doris Eakes, “worked diligently to raise funds and awareness for abused children in the Wilmington area, across North Carolina and around the world. Trinity Children Foundation’s goal is to provide abused and at-risk children with the opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest,” the release stated.

The Donna Morse scholarship was established at Cape Fear Community College to support the educational goals of students who have suffered abuse and have been helped by any of the agencies supported by the Trinity Children Foundation,” according to the release.

The Trinity Children Foundation was formed by Eakes in 2005 to support children by addressing the needs for food, clothing, shelter and health care while providing for emotional stability for orphans, underprivileged and at-risk children.