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Elizabeth Edgar
Hall, Inc. provides financial assistance for women seeking a more productive
future through post-secondary education in Jacksonville.
     
"Your
organization is an amazing gift to the Jacksonville community and to people like
me who cannot afford a proper education. I cannot thank you enough for all that
you have done for me."
-Aisling Millar
2003 & 2004 EEH Scholarship Recipient
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 Elizabeth Edgar Hall
For almost a
century, Elizabeth Edgar Hall, Inc. has helped women in Jacksonville make a
better life for themselves, their families, and their community. Elizabeth
Edgar Hall opened on West Beaver Street in downtown Jacksonville in the
early 1900s as a nonprofit boarding house for single career women who could
not otherwise afford safe lodging. In the 1970s, proceeds from the sale of
the hall were put into a
trust fund to provide loans to local women attending Jacksonville
post-secondary schools. In 1991, the foundation switched from making
educational loans to the current practice of granting scholarship awards.
Today, our scholarships
help women at local colleges and universities make ends meet so they can
finish their education. The students we sponsor are academically successful
and making steady progress toward a degree. They have sacrificed to pay
their way, working part-time jobs and living within extremely limited means.
Some are mothers; some are nontraditional students, back in college years
after high school graduation. They come from diverse backgrounds, but have
much in common: optimism, perseverance and a history of helping others as
volunteers.
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