Adaptive Sports Iowa
Jim Hallihan Character Legacy Scholarship Fund
Please join us in honoring our husband, Dad, Papa, brother, uncle and loyal friend, as we begin the Jim Hallihan Character Legacy Scholarship through the Iowa Sports Foundation.
Story
We want to take our deep grief and broken hearts and try and do something we know he would have championed and encouraged. He believed that good character was even more important than grades, success in sports, or excelling in other talents. He believed in mentoring young people and often talked about the biblical principle of how challenges in life create perseverance which builds character and leads to hope.
The scholarship will provide applicants the opportunity to share some of those challenges and experiences where their character was tested, and they prevailed with good decisions and caring actions. We hope to provide opportunities for first generation college students and/or underrepresented populations on a college campus. Through their stories and narratives the focus will be on their community service, volunteering, involvement in religious organizations and schools, and references of good character as priorities. One recipient will be chosen from an Iowa high school to honor Jim's work with youth in Iowa, and another recipient will be chosen from a Decatur, Illinois high school to honor his hometown. Our goal is for high school seniors to begin applying for this scholarship on January 5, 2022, which would have been his 77th birthday.
Donations will be accepted at Jim Hallihan's Celebration of Life memorial service on Sunday, August 8, 2021, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Checks can be made to the Iowa Sports Foundation (ISF) with (*important!) Jim Hallihan Legacy Scholarship in the memo line. Donations can also be mailed to ISF c/o Jim Hallihan Scholarship, 1421 S Bell Ave #104, Ames, IA 50010.
Online donations will be received through the JustGiving site for Adaptive Sports Iowa, a program of the Iowa Sports Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit in the state of Iowa. Jim was the Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation from 1994-2012.
The amount and longevity of the scholarship will be determined by the donations received. Our hope is to continue his legacy by awarding this scholarship every year, for years to come.
