{"id":11697,"date":"2012-06-27T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2012-06-27T01:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T06:25:43","slug":"clarksville-jaycees-foundation-to-give-73000-for-gary-groves-memorial-athletic-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/06\/27\/clarksville-jaycees-foundation-to-give-73000-for-gary-groves-memorial-athletic-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Jaycees Foundation to give $73,000 for Gary Groves Memorial Athletic Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-87421\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AP_logo-200x171.gif\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" width=\"180\" height=\"154\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; A long-running project of the Clarksville Jaycees, the Clarksville Jaycees Gary Groves Memorial Athletic Scholarship at Austin Peay State University will receive a significant financial boost this week.<\/p>\n<p>After a 67-year history in the community, the local Jaycees organization is dissolving. As a result, the club\u2019s foundation will present $73,000 to endow fully the athletic scholarship during a brief presentation at 5:30pm, Thursday, June 28th at F&amp;M Bank on Franklin Street.<!--more-->\u201cThe chapter had a huge growth period in the \u201880s and \u201890s,\u201d said Allan Groves, a longtime member of the Jaycees and a local businessman. \u201cBut in recent years, the local, state and national Jaycees organizations have struggled to keep an identity and grow membership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship honors the late Gary Groves, a local businessman who died in 1983 while serving as vice president of the Clarksville Jaycees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGary was the only executive officer in our local Jaycees history to die while in office,\u201d Groves said.<br \/>\nNot long after Gary Groves\u2019 death, the Jaycees began raising funds for a scholarship in his memory at APSU and organized several fundraising projects to support it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile funds have been set up and scholarships given since 1999, the fund has never been at the level we envisioned when we first started,\u201d Groves said. \u201cWe want these additional funds to make what we envisioned a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship is awarded to APSU athletes who meet specified academic criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in Fall 2014, the scholarship fund will become fully endowed, awarding $4,000 scholarships to APSU athletes.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on to how to contribute to the Clarksville Jaycees Gary Groves Memorial Athletic Scholarship, call University Advancement, 931.221.7127.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; A long-running project of the Clarksville Jaycees, the Clarksville Jaycees Gary Groves Memorial Athletic Scholarship at Austin Peay State University will receive a significant financial boost this week. After a 67-year history in the community, the local Jaycees organization is dissolving. 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