Congratulations and best wishes to an accomplished and inspiring group of nine high school seniors from Black Forest, who are the 2026 recipients of the Black Forest Educational Opportunity Foundation Scholarship! Each student received $2,500 toward their college education and were celebrated at the EOF’s annual awards banquet on April 17 at the Black Forest Community Center. Former Commander of U.S. Space Command, Retired General James Dickinson, was this year’s esteemed speaker. Scholarship recipients are: Daniel Andersen – High Country Christian Academy, Jameson Davis – Homeschool, Sophie Kalivas – Pine Creek HS, Makayla Mayberry – The Village HS, Hunter Moffat – The Classical Academy College Pathways, Emily Paden – Pine Creek HS, Annette Parker – Pine Creek HS, Lillyana Riker – Colorado Springs Christian School, and Molly Wood – Discovery Canyon Campus.

Many thanks to Lynn Still, our Board President, for his numerous years of dedicated support to the Black Forest EOF Board! We wish you safe travels and much happiness during retirement, congrats!

We are also grateful for the continued support of our many amazing sponsors who generously donate to our 501(c)(3) foundation. Please contact us at: https://eofblackforest.org/send-us-a-question/ if you are interested in donating to the academic future of our local Black Forest students.

CONGRATULATIONS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!! 
On April 9, 2025, the Black Forest EOF celebrated the 60th anniversary of our scholarship foundation at the Black Forest Community Center, with an amazing spread compliments of Firehouse on the Run Bbq! Glenn Strebe, CEO of Air Academy Credit Union, provided a moving and inspirational speech to those in attendance. Another highlight was celebrating our very own “Wonder Woman” and Board Secretary, Nancy Billiard, for 25 years of dedicated service to our EOF Board! Thank you Nancy! The special evening culminated in awarding 8 college scholarships, worth $3,000 each to our well-deserving high school seniors. Our 2025 recipients hailed from three local schools – Pine Creek, The Classical Academy, and St. Mary’s High School. These ambitious students are academically accomplished and involved in a wide array of extracurricular and community service activities. We wish them the best of luck and look forward to following their future successes as they pursue their educational and life goals. Congratulations to: Lauren Anderson, Amber Boland, Sydney Frazee, Alex Gould, Noah Hulen, Katherine Kline, Rachel Limb, and Abby Stalp!