Lake Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation

Scholarship management:leaf manages and administers scholarships for several third- party organizations (known as community scholarships). These community scholarships are funded by the cleveland foundation harriet b. Storrs fund, the cleveland foundation willis kelly scholarship fund, willoughby south alumni, western reserve junior league, abb, eastern lake county chamber of commerce, erie affiliates, and three memorial funds. Leaf charges a nominal administrative fee to manage these scholarships. In addition, leaf manages and administers scholarships that are funded by our own donors and fundraising efforts.

The resource center, located at the leaf offices in kirtland, offers the same services identified above to learners and their families at no charge. Services are offered by appointment duringlimited times, both in person and virtually. The resource center also offers virtual sessions, typically on monday nights during the school year, on a variety of topics that include careeroptions, such as the trades, manufacturing, certificate education, and the military, as well as other topics such as scholarships 101, financing your education, and how colleges recruit athletes. Each session has a subject expert, or a panel of subject experts facilitated by leaf staff. Attendance varies by topic. Registration is required and those who register can request a video of the session. All sessions are open to the community at large.