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A COYNE FAMILY WEBSITE WAS A SECONDARY CONSIDERATION.
I WANTED TO SET UP A SCHOLARSHIP FOR PEOPLE LIKE US WHOSE IMMIGRANT PARENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET MUCH OF AN EDUCATION BUT WHO VALUED IT AND WHO WORKED TO MAKE SURE WE, THEIR CHILDREN, RECEIVED AS MUCH EDUCATION AS WE DESIRED.

ORIGINALLY, I CALLED IT, “THE JANE SCANLAN AND PATRICK COYNE IMMIGRANT SCHOLARSHIP FUND.” AS I WAS PROCESSING THE PROJECT, THE IDEA OF A WEBSITE AROSE. I THOUGHT THEN OF A SCANLAN-COYNE SCHOLARSHIP FUND BUT IT MIGHT BE UNWIELDY. I SWITCHED TO THE COYNE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND. IT IS A BIT PATRIARCHAL TO FAVOR THE MALE LINE BUT
I DEFERRED TO IT AS IT IS MORE POPULATED THAN THE SCANLANS. INTERESTINGLY, THE NINE COYNES BEGAT 35 AMERICAN OFFSPRING, AND THEY IN TURN BEGAT A 110! I HAVEN'T DRILLED DOWN YET INTO THE 3RD AND 4TH GENERATIONS! .

AFTER FISHING AROUND FOR AN EXISTING ORGANIZATION WHICH FACILITATES THE AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS,
I SETTLED WITH GSCF OF SALINA, KS. AMONG ITS ENDEAVORS, SINCE THE 1990’S IT HAS SUPPORTED THE AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS. I WAS WORKING WITH A S.C.O.R.E. VOLUNTEER LOCALLY. THE WOMAN SUGGESTED GSCF WHICH SHE HAD WORKED WITH WHILE A COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR IN KANSAS. AFTER CONSIDERABLE EXCHANGES, I DECIDED TO FUND MONEY WITH THEM TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS.

SCHOLARSHIPS WITH GSCF ARE “IN PERPETUITY”. SO, THE COYNE NAME WOULD LIVE ON IN THIS PROJECT.AS ANDY WARHOL COMMENTED, “THE IDEA IS NOT TO LIVE FOREVER; IT IS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL.” I AM INITIALLY FUNDING IT WITH 115K. GSCF MAKE INVESTMENTS AND HAVE AN 8-10% TRACK RECORD ON RETURNS. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS IN THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 5K. EACH YEAR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS WILL INCREASE INCREMENTALLY. AND, OF COURSE, WITH MORE IN THE FUND, MORE CAN BE DISBURSED.

EVERYONE IS BADGERED CONSTANTLY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN FUNDRAISING FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS, I AM AWARE OF SKEPTICISM ABOUT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. MANY STARTED WITH EXCELLENT INTENTIONS BUT SOME BECOME MORE BUREAUCRATIC, AND SELF-SERVING. ONE CRITIC IDENTIFIED SUCH AS “LORDS OF POVERTY.”

I FOUND PEOPLE ARE MORE INCLINED TO SUPPORT SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND FAMILIAR. HENCE, THIS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION IS IN MEMORY OF PERSONS WITH WHICH YOU HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION, ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE WHO WITH LITTLE BROUGHT US THUS FAR. THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A NEW GENERATION WHO WISH TO SUCCEED AS WELL. THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THEY CAN EXPERIENCE HOW OTHERS WITH ONLY THEIR HOPES SUCCEEDED AND DEVELOPED A PROGENY THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THIS COUNTRY SOUNDER.

IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO ADD TO THE FUND, CONSIDER A CONTRIBUTION IN YOUR WILL OR FOR A TAX DEDUCTION OR AS YOUR MEANS ALLOW. PERHAPS YOU MIGHT AGREE, HELPING SOMEONE TO FISH IS ULTIMATELY BETTER THAN GIVING THEM A FISH. IT IS "MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE." MORE FORTUNATE TO BE IN A POSITION TO GIVE THAN IN A POSITION OF RECEIVING FROM "THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS". THIS LINK PROVIDES A DECRIPTION OF THE COYNE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP:
HTTPS://GSCF.ORG/SCHOLARSHIPS/COYNE-FAMILY-SCHOLARSHIP/

CREATING THIS WEBSITE IS BUILDING ON WHAT OTHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FOUNDATION. JUDGE JOHN LYNCH OF YOUNGSTOWN, OH, BEGAN IN 1980 TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COYNES. THE 2000 REUNION ADDED MORE DETAILED DATA, PARTICULARLY CREATING THE COYNE FAMILY TREE, IDENTIFYING THE CURRENT DESCENDANTS. THIS SITE CAN BE A COYNE DEPOSITORY WHERE ONE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD COYNE FAMILY INFORMATION IN ITS EVERY FLOURISHING TREE OF LIFE.

TODAY, THERE IS A STRONG ANTI-IMMIGRATION PUSH BY SOME AMERICANS. PARADOXICALLY 98% OF ALL AMERICANS ARE DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THEIR ROOTS. IMPROVING THEIR LIVES ECONOMICALLY IS AT THE TOP OF IMMIGRATION. PEOPLE FINANCIALLY SECURE HAVE LESS REASON TO EMIGRATE. UNFORTUNATELY, ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTITUDE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. “IRISH NEED NOT APPLY”.

DIFFERENT GROUPS HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION SENTIMENTS. IRONICALLY, IMMIGRANTS ARE HIGHLY ENTREPRENEURIAL. THEY SENSE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND GO FOR IT. TODAY EDUCATION IS COSTLY, AND ANY KIND OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION. HENCE, THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS TO ASSIST AND WELCOME THOSE WHO WISH TO HELP THEMSELVES. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, BECOMING PART OF THE COYNE LEGACY. THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS SITE AND BECOME PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH POOR, DETERMINED IMMIGRANTS WHO SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND LEFT A LEGACY WITH WHICH THEY CAN BE PROUD.

“LIFE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BACKWARDS; BUT IT MUST BE LIVED FORWARDS.” (SOREN KIERKEGAARD)

MAY YOU MAKE THIS WEBSITE AN ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILY.

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