Morgridge Book

Dear Tashia and John,

Through your stories, you have shared many words of wisdom with grant recipients — from the parking meter story where a kind man offered assistance to a young mother with three children by plugging the meter and saying “do this for someone else someday” to the story of John’s older brother telling him to get in the car instead of staying home to attend community college; to the advice you give Fund for Wisconsin Scholars: “Be ready for opportunities, prepare yourself, take advantage of this grant opportunity, stay in school, and graduate.” You are mentors, role models, and teachers to the thousands of Wisconsin students for whom you have provided a scholarship … and to me as well. You have shared the importance of friendship, listening, and giving to others. Whether we are traveling, conducting business, eating, hiking, visiting, exchanging good reads, or exploring, you have repeatedly demonstrated your belief in sharing and caring.

Thank you.

Love,

Mary Gulbrandsen MS’74, MS’98 Executive Director of the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars