By Terri Spilman
More than 200 Friends and family of the late Amy Kline will be gathering at the Second Annual Wine Night at the Ritz Charles on Nov. 8 with the goal of establishing a second Amy Kline Memorial Scholarship through the Carmel Education Foundation.
“I can’t tell you how many people have come forward to help us including local businesses and restaurants,” said Amy’s husband Spencer Kline. “It’s very heartwarming.”
At the inaugural event last year, CEF raised $38,000, and $1,000 of that will be given as a scholarship in Amy’s name to a Carmel High School senior that will attend Indiana University to study education, and is also active in both school and community activities.
November will mark two years since Amy’s untimely death at the age of 52 from uterine cancer and her family considers the scholarship a way to honor her devotion to being involved with her daughter’s education, her determination to be inclusive and devotion to the community.
Describing Amy as his soulmate, Spencer said still misses his wife terribly and finds comfort in awarding the namesake scholarship to a deserving student.
“It does make me feel good to do it because she was so involved in the Parent Teacher Organization; she was PTO president six times, two times at each school and she just really did it to try and help,” Spencer said.
The Carmel Education Foundation reviews scholarship applicants and forwards the best matches of the scholarship criteria to the Kline family who chooses the recipient.
“When kids are going off to college it helps,” said Spencer on awarding the scholarship money. “I know my kids got scholarships. If nothing else, $1,000 pays for the books.”
For more information on applying for the Amy Kline Memorial Scholarship or to make a donation, visit the Carmel Education Foundation Web site at www1.ccs.k12.in.us/foundation.
