Wisconsin town raised money for college scholarships for all seniors
GRESHAM - Bob Klopke knew how expensive higher education could be. He'd just sent the youngest of his three daughters off to college, and as principal of the Gresham School, he'd seen many other students do the same. Seeing the success of Shawano's Dollars for Scholars program, which had been raising money for scholarships for high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education since 1993, he thought Gresham students, too, could benefit from a program like this. So, in 2001, Klopke started sending letters to people in the community he thought would be interested in starting a fund, an...