Scholarship Available

The Downtown Bettendorf Business Women organization is offering a $500 scholarship to one female student at Bettendorf High School and one female student at Pleasant Valley High School in the Class of 2024. The scholarship honors the late Bettendorf Alderman Debe LaMar, who passed away in 2018.

 

Alderman LaMar served five terms on the city council under three different mayors. She exemplified the highest ideals of public service, loved all things art, and encouraged women everywhere to dream big. There is a memorial to her at Lincoln Park.

 

Students interested in applying, please submit the application no later than April 28, 2024. A statement of no more than 300 words and a letter of recommendation are required. The top candidates will be interviewed by a committee of the DBBW.

 

The DBBW was founded in 2018 to promote downtown businesses with women in leadership roles. Funds for the scholarship come from an annual sale of Christmas ornaments that feature a scene from downtown Bettendorf. For more information, contact Jan Touney at jtouney@gmail.com.