HRC FOUNDATION, INC.

Hunting Retriever Club, Inc. established the HRC Foundation, Inc. in 1994.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT	GLENN STELLY	PO BOX 486 ARNAUDVILLE, LA 70512	(337)754-7317
VICE PRESIDENT	ROGER O. DAVIS	6226 107TH ST PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI 53158	(262)694-5989
TREASURER	DORINE REINERT	14980 DURKEE RD HARVARD, IL 60033	(815) 648-4884
SECRETARY	PATTY MUNSON	400 S. MISSISSIPPI AVE. MORTON IL 61550	(309)263-7892
BOARD MEMBER	DIANA PEACOCK	11555 BELLMAN ROAD GRASS LAKE, MI 49240	(517)522-4862
BOARD MEMBER	MIKE WITT	26633 122ND STREET, TREVOR, WI 53179	(815)341-6879

The Foundation's sizable grants are primarily awarded to worthwhile animal health research projects at various universities and colleges. Some recipients of the grants are: Comparative Oncology Unit and the Animal Tumor Center of the Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado, Dr. Stephen J. Withrow, DVM, Chief, Clinical Oncology Service; University of Wisconsin, Veterinary Teaching Hospital Cancer Tumor Research Program, Madison, Wisconsin; Louisiana State University, Companion Animal Fund, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Auburn University Labrador Retriever Muscular Dystrophy Fund, Auburn, Alabama; Texas A & M University Veterinary Teaching Hospital - Anesthesiology Research Program, Bryan-College Station, Texas; The National Association for Search and Rescue Dogs; The University of North Carolina Canine Soft Tissue Cancer Research Program and Michigan State University for Characterization of Colonic Microbial Ecology.

Recommendations for the grants are received from the HRC Membership for consideration and are determined by the Foundation President and it's Board of Directors at the annual National Board of Directors Meeting of HRC, Inc.

Additionally, minimums of five educational scholarships are awarded to HRC Members or the legal dependent of an HRC Member, each year. The Guidelines for a scholarship are:

1. The applicant must be a citizen of the United States or Canada.
2. The applicant must be an HRC member, or the legal dependent of an HRC member on a family membership, and that membership must have been in place for a minimum of one year (12 months) at the time of application.
3. The applicant must be a high school senior, or graduate, with a minimum of a 3.0 Grade Point Average on a four (4) point system, or the equivalent on a five (5) or six (6) point system. College students must meet the same requirements.
4. The applicant must be ranked in the upper one-third (1/3) of his/her class.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are published in the December/January issues of the Hunting Retriever Club magazine.

To contribute to the HRC Memorial/Honor Program click HERE for a contribution form.

In addition to annual corporate donations to the Foundation, HRC, Inc. has designated all funds from its Memorial / Honor Program to go the Foundation to further its philanthropic endeavors.