Here is what might be the Final Letter draft of the letter to be sent out about the Stone Scholarship
Dear
Asheboro High School Alumni:
We are
writing to ask your help with a project many believe is long overdue. Members
of several classes from the Lee J. Stone era at Asheboro High School are
banding together to establish a scholarship endowment in memory of Coach Stone.
For those of
you from the Stone era, he needs no introduction. For those who aren’t, he took
athletics, especially football, to a remarkable level. In doing so, he made successful
men of young boys whose lives were changed for the better forever.
Stone is
the only coach in AHS history to be inducted into the NC Sports Hall of Fame as
well as the NC High School Sports Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was inducted
in the AHS Sports Hall of Fame in it’s inaugural year.
We can
think of no better way to carry on Coach Stone’s legacy than to establish a sports
and academic scholarship endowment which will advance the lives of even more
young people. The scholarship will be available to both male and female
students of any official AHS sport who qualify.
Funding an
endowed scholarship requires a minimum of $15,000. We are confident this can achieved and
surpassed! Initial conversations have
been well received and we have begun receiving contributions giving us a head
start on this project!
Please
consider making a tax-deductible contribution today. Your check should be made
out to the Asheboro City Schools Education Foundation with the Lee J. Stone
Scholarship Endowment Fund on the memo line and send to Asheboro City Schools
Education Foundation, P O Box 1103, Asheboro NC 27204-1103 ATTN Kristen Wright
Thank you
for your help and support. Please be sure you include your mailing address or
an email address so we can acknowledge your contribuyion.
The Lee J. Stone Scholarship
Committee
