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July 2024
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nsign College junior Olivia Pollock enthu¬siastically received the M. Russell Ballard Leadership Scholarship this year. “I saw the scholarship as such a huge blessing—to be able to keep studying and getting a higher education without a financial burden,” she says. “It’s been very peaceful. Now I can just throw myself into school and work and not have to worry about funding for school.”
Pollock especially loves Ensign College because of the unique education she receives. She says, “Ensign College values incorporating the gospel into everyday life, whether it be personal or pro-fessional aspects, because we really do need Jesus Christ in all of those things.” Pollock knows that her testimony has been strengthened while study¬ing at Ensign. “I feel that I’ve grown a lot closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ because I’ve been able to better recognize the blessings that They’ve given me and people around me,” she explains. “They want me to be happy. They want me to suc¬ceed. And I can work toward those things with Their help.”
To those who donate to Ensign scholarships, she says, “I want to thank the donors and tell them that I will pay their contributions forward by using my degree, my talents, and my skills. I want to help oth¬ers move forward in their academic journeys and to also do my best to represent Jesus Christ wherever I go and in whatever I do.”
Pollock continues, “The donors for Ensign College are such a generous group, and they under¬stand that their contributions make a difference and change lives. This generosity doesn’t end with the students—it blesses the students’ lives but also the lives of our families. Then it blesses the present and the future community.”
Kerry and Cynthia Belnap love being members of the Fox Society. Kerry was introduced to the society during the 28 years he worked in the Philanthropies Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As Kerry and Cynthia met and interacted with donors, students, and professors as a part of Kerry’s job, they both felt drawn to participating in the society.
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From the outside, McManus’s childhood in Manchester, England, seemed normal. He had many happy childhood memories playing and being kids with his four older sisters and one younger sister. But behind closed doors, he grew up in a broken home, where he was physically and emotionally abused.
