CFGV Defensive Driving Scholarship
Scholarships & Awards
2021 Winners
Nicholas Ferraro
Katie O’Neill
Piper O’Neill
About the Scholarship
Grandparents Lee and Polly Spann saw astonishing improvement in their grandchildrens’ driving skills after sending them to MasterDrive, in Colorado Springs. Partnering with the Community Foundation, they created the Defensive Driving Award. Other donors have added to the fund. Check it out! www.masterdrive.com
Special thanks to the Gunnison Car Club for supporting the Valley’s young drivers!
DRIVING SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUNG DRIVERS CAN SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE AUTO INSURANCE COSTS
Parents with a new driver in the family brace themselves for many worrisome good-byes as their newly-licensed teen drives away. More than 5,000 youngsters die in car crashes in this country every year – and over 300,000 are seriously injured. Parents are rightly concerned about their teenage driver’s safety.
A Defensive Driving course teaches skills that can save lives. For the twelfth year, donors to the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley are providing a tuition-paid Teen Skills Training Camp through MasterDrive of Colorado Springs. Gunnison Valley teens with a Driving Learner’s Permit or a Provisional Driving Permit (ages 15 to 18) are eligible for this award that teaches car control in various conditions and situations. The award also includes an allowance for some expenses.
The student receives individual lifesaving skills training in their own vehicle with a professional instructor, learning crash avoidance and precision maneuvering, controlling the vehicle’s changing weight dynamics, braking, backing, and skid control and recovery.
For more information, please visit MasterDrive’s website, www.masterdrive.com. Applications for this award are available each spring at GHS or CBHS Offices and at the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley office, located at 525 N. Main Street in the Law of the Rockies building — or just click on the link at the top of this page! Please call 641-8837 for more information. Application deadline is mid to late April each year.
“Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to participate in an amazing experience that will help me long into the future. I learned many new skills to help me grow as a safe and responsible driver (plus drifting was pretty fun). Thank you again for all that you do for our community.”