Members of the Corwin Family have created the Foundation to honor the life and legacy of Captain Scott Corwin. We remain devoted to his brothers in arms, and strive to help members of the military and their families.
We also created a scholarship in Scott's name to encourage high school athletes to excel not only on the field, but in the classroom and in their community as well.
The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and all contributions are tax deductible. We have no paid employees - all of the officers and board members volunteer their time and talents.
We direct virtually every dollar that we receive to our causes. We do this in honor of Scott, in our efforts to continue his legacy of selfless commitment to his nation.
The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation presented its Captain Scott Corwin Award for its sixth consecutive year at the school Wednesday, November 16th at the Fall Sports Awards Night. The Award is presented to a member of the Hinsdale South football team for athletics, scholarship, citizenship and leadership and includes a $2,000 college scholarship. Coach Mike Barry introduced the sisters of Captain Corwin, Allison Corwin and Jamie Gronko, who presented the Award. This year's Award went to Zach Hynek.
This year's Award presentation marks $14,000 in scholarships provided by the Corwin Foundation to Hinsdale South student athletes since beginning the program in 2006. The Foundation would to thank Coach Mike Barry and his staff for continuing the Award tradition at Hinsdale South. We'd also like to thank Alex Bitto for his kind assistance.
On Saturday, September 3rd in DeKalb Illinois, the Corwin Foundation hosted a pre-game tailgate and tickets to the Army-Northern Illinois football game for 100 guests. Included as guests were several wounded warriors from the Chicago area, scholarship recipients of the Captain Scott Corwin Award at Hinsdale South High School and their families, Alex Bitto from the staff at Hinsdale South, representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project and the Corwin family. Despite some inclimate weather and an Army loss, we hope everyone who attended enjoyed themselves.
The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation was honored to treat our guests to a day of Army football. As a added tribute, Allison Corwin and Jamie Gronko (sisters of Captain Scott Corwin) were on the field for the coin toss as the public address announcer spoke of Scott and the Foundation.
The Corwin Foundation would like to send a warm thank you to Ryan Harris of Northern Illinois University for all of his help with the event. We'd also like to thank the folks at Whitman's Catering in DeKalb, especially Bruce and Debbie, for the outstanding food and service (best brats in town!). A big thanks also goes to Suzanne Seloover and her staff at the Wounded Warrior Project of Chicago, and Carol Bush with the Army Athletic Office for their wonderful support. These folks were instrumental in helping us plan this event, and we couldn't have done it without them. We'd also like to thank Mike Staniec, and Peter and Colleen Sheehan for their help setting up the event on Saturday prior to the tailgate.
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87 Year old Marine Still Serves
The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation is proud to team up with an 87 year old Marine from Hopewell, Pennsylvania to provide paintings of Fallen Heroes. Mr. Alex Yawor has dedicated himself to use his talents to give the families of these Heroes a keepsake for them to remember.
The Corwin Foundation provides the funds for Mr. Yawor's supplies, framing and shipping to those who request a portrait, and there is no cost to the families.
In front of an assembly of the entire student body, Captain Scott Corwin was inducted into the Hinsdale South High School Hall of Fame. In a ceremony led by principal Dr. Brian Waterman on Thursday morning, November 17th, Scott's life bio was read to the assembly, followed by an acceptance speech by Scott's sister Allison Corwin. A luncheon was provided by the Hinsdale South Foundation for the family shortly after the ceremony. Scott was inducted along with Mr. Ross Rice (Class of 1974), a special agent with the FBI.
The Corwin family would like to thank the Hinsdale South Foundation, president Brian Ormiston and the board of directors for the selection of Scott into the Hall of Fame. We are very proud of Scott's induction, and thankful to the Hinsdale South Foundation for their recognition of Scott's contributions in his short life.
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Guidestar has just completed their Military Families Nonprofits Campaign, and the Captain Scott Corwin Foundation has been awarded the Top Rated Military Families Nonprofit List thanks to all of those who wrote reviews for the Foundation. Please visit Guidestar.org and Greatnonprofits.org and type in Captain Scott Corwin Foundation.
This is a trailer for the upcoming special on Showtime documenting Army and Navy football to be aired in December.
The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation has developed a simple but effective way to say 'Thank You' to our military men and women.
Officers and Board Members of the Foundation have been supplied with our ATY's, Airport Thank You Cards with a gift card inside. The cards say "On behalf of the Captain Scott Corwin Foundation, a small token of our appreciation for what you do for all of us".
Included with the Thank You Card is a $10 gift voucher for a food vendor within the airport where they can get a meal. As we travel the country, we have been greeting uniformed members of the military, thanking them for their service, and giving them our ATY's. The feedback from those who have received these Thank You's has been extremely positive.
If you're in the military, look for the ATY's from our Foundation members. If you'd like to help us with our Airport Thank You Program, go to our 'Donation' page and contribute your $10 for an ATY for our military men and women.