Dear Fraters:

A new corporation (ZOCC Scholarship Foundation) has been formed so that scholarships can be awarded to descendants of ZO TKE’s that attend any college/university. 

The 1st scholarship to be awarded will be in memory of Bob Parr. Bob loved TKE and he kept us out of a lot of trouble over the years and we prospered while he was the fraternity advisor. He ran interference with WCU’s administration for us and kept us informed about what we could and could not do. 

The scholarship committee consists of the following members:

Jonathan Fender – President

Bob Edwards – VP

Lonnie Harris – Treasurer

Paul Marion – Secretary

Norman Bledsoe – Managing Director

This committee currently works with WCU to administer 2 scholarships (Doug Shirley Scholarship and ZO TKE Endowed Scholarship). The ZO TKE Endowed Scholarship honors the memory of deceased members of TKE. The fund balance for these 2 scholarships is $130,370. $5,000 in scholarships has been awarded each of the last 2 years to students that attend WCU. It is amazing to think that we actually raised this much money and that we are now able to give something back to the world. Thank you to the people that contributed to these scholarships over the years. 

The Bob Parr Scholarship will be 100% managed by the scholarship committee and members of ZOCC. The ZOCC Scholarship Foundation has been setup with the IRS so that all contributions will tax deductible. We are now ready to receive contributions to this new scholarship fund. Please remit contributions payable to ZOCC Scholarship Foundation as follows:

Lonnie Harris

393 Bryson Heights Road

Waynesville, NC 28786 

Any contribution (large or small will be welcomed). Thank you in advance for your contributions. 

YITB,  Norman Bledsoe   336-303-5698 (Cell)    nsbent@yahoo.com